The hackers attacked Bithumb, a South Korean Bitcoin Exchange with thousands of users. The personal data of more than 30,000 customers were stolen through an employee’s private computer. The hack took place in February, but Bithumb discovered the digital burglary ...

British advertising agency WPP is among those to say its IT systems have been disrupted as a consequence, according to the BBC. The virus, the source of which is not yet known, freezes the user’s computer until a ransom in ...

The latest disruptions follow a spate of hacking attempts on state websites in late-2016 and repeated attacks on Ukraine’s power grid that prompted security chiefs to call for improved cyber defences, Joinfo.com reports with reference to Reuters. The central bank said ...

Their campaign raised a relatively small sum by cyber-crime standards – more than 50 million roubles ($892,000) – but they had also obtained more sophisticated malicious software for a modest monthly fee to go after the clients of banks in ...

Using trademark garbled English, the Shadow Brokers group said in an online statement that, from June, it will begin releasing software to anyone willing to pay for access to some of the tech world’s biggest commercial secrets, Joinfo.com reports with ...

Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger revealed Monday that hackers claiming to have access to a Disney movie threatened to release it unless the studio paid a ransom, Joinfo.com reports with reference to The Hollywood Reporter. Iger didn’t disclose the name of the ...

He told the BBC the act was “unprecedented in its scale” and warned more people could find themselves affected on Monday morning. The virus took control of users’ files, demanding payments; Russia and the UK were among the worst-hit countries. ...

Computers in thousands of locations have been locked by a programme that demands $300 (£230) in Bitcoin, Joinfo.com reports with reference to the BBC. In April hackers known as The Shadow Brokers claimed to have stolen the tools and released ...

The document dump happened Friday night, less than 48 hours before the country votes in the final round of the presidential election, which pits the independent centrist Macron against the far-right Marine Le Pen, according to CNN. The files were ...

According to The Next Web, the infection was first spotted by Mahmoud Al-Qudsi from cybersecurity firm NeoSmart Technologies, which has since detailed the attack in a blog post. The researcher initially noticed the trap while browsing an unnamed WordPress website that was ...

The warning was issued by the German Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur), which oversees telecommunications, Joinfo.com reports with reference to the BBC. Researchers say hackers can use an insecure bluetooth device embedded in the toy to listen and talk to the ...

“We need to take action and we will,” he told US public radio network NPR, according to the BBC. Russia stands accused by the US of hacking the emails of the Democratic Party and a key Hillary Clinton aide, which ...

“The President has directed the Intelligence Community to conduct a full review of what happened during the 2016 election process. It is to capture lessons learned from that and to report to a range of stakeholders,” White House Homeland Security ...