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Fired IT Guy's Revenge: A $862K Cyberattack

Waste Management to have the last laugh as ex-contractor now faces up to a decade in prison

(Newser) - A former contractor at Waste Management has admitted to hacking the company's network and resetting thousands of employee passwords, leaving workers across the US locked out of their systems, in retaliation for his firing. Maxwell Schultz, 35, of Ohio parted ways with the company in May 2021 for unclear...

Latest Hit on French Museums: a $700K Gold Heist
Woman, 24, Charged in
Paris Museum's Gold Heist
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Oct 21, 2025 10:37 AM CDT

Woman, 24, Charged in Paris Museum's Gold Heist

This one was at the National Museum of Natural History, before the one at the Louvre

(Newser) - Amid the ongoing search for thieves who struck Paris' Louvre on Sunday, French prosecutors have some good news to announce: an arrest in last month's break-in at Paris' National Museum of Natural History. A 24-year-old woman from China stands charged with stealing roughly 13 pounds of gold nuggets from...

Japan Braces for Shortage of Its Favorite Beer

Cyberattack has halted Asahi's operations

(Newser) - A major cyberattack has brought Asahi's Japanese operations to a halt, leaving convenience stores and supermarkets across the country bracing for a shortage of the nation's best-selling beer and bottled tea. The cyberattack hit ordering and delivery systems, forcing Asahi Group, the nation's largest brewer and...

Fliers in Europe Face Delays After Multi-Airport Cyberattack

Heathrow, Berlin, Brussels airports among those seeing issues with check-in, boarding systems

(Newser) - A cyberattack targeting check-in and boarding systems has disrupted air traffic and caused delays at several of Europe's major airports, officials said Saturday. The main airport in Brussels reported that the attack means that only manual check-in and boarding was possible there, and that the incident was having a...

Hackers Shut Down Range Rover Production

Jaguar Land Rover's factories have been idle for weeks

(Newser) - Range Rover maker Jaguar Land Rover is scrambling to revive its idled production lines after a cyberattack discovered at the end of last month forced the automaker to halt operations on Sept. 1. Typically, hundreds of luxury SUVs roll out of factories in the UK and elsewhere each day,...

'Salt Typhoon' Hack May Have Compromised Nearly Entire US
'Salt Typhoon' Hack May Have
Compromised Nearly Entire US
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Sep 7, 2025 7:00 AM CDT

'Salt Typhoon' Hack May Have Compromised Nearly Entire US

Coordinated breach via Chinese hackers hit global telecom, government, infrastructure networks

(Newser) - Chinese hackers operating under the group name "Salt Typhoon" have reportedly carried out one of the largest cyberespionage campaigns to date, according to Western security officials. The group is thought to be behind an operation that breached networks across more than 80 countries, including the United States, and...

Russia Linked to Hack of Federal Court Filing System

Hackers accessed sealed files in multiple states, leaving officials scrambling to respond

(Newser) - Hackers with suspected ties to Russia recently penetrated the federal court filing system, exposing sensitive documents and highlighting major security flaws in one of the US justice system's most critical networks, the New York Times reports. The hack targeted the computer network that manages federal court documents, including...

Cyberattack Wreaks Havoc in St. Paul

City scrambles to restore online services, declares state of emergency

(Newser) - The city of St. Paul, Minnesota, is reeling from a sweeping cyberattack that has forced officials to shut down numerous online services—everything from internet at the library to payment portals, reports the Minneapolis Star Tribune . The disruption began late Friday and prompted the city to disconnect systems as...

Clorox Sues: Hackers Just Called IT Firm, Asked for Passwords

Suit claims that poor IT checks by Cognizant led to massive data breach

(Newser) - Clorox has filed a lawsuit against IT services provider Cognizant over a 2023 cyberattack that disrupted the bleach-maker's business, alleging the breach happened in a remarkably straightforward fashion. According to the complaint, a hacker associated with the group Scattered Spider simply called Cognizant's help desk and asked...

FBI: Cybercriminal Group Has Turned to Airline Industry

No harm has been reported so far from breaches

(Newser) - A cybercriminal group has breached the networks of several major US and Canadian airlines, the FBI reports, raising industry-wide alarm as summer travel peaks. While flight operations remain unaffected by the incursions the agency blamed on the group known as "Scattered Spider," officials warn the threat could...

'Predatory Sparrow' Pulls Off $90M Iranian Crypto Heist

Israel-tied group claims responsibility for hack

(Newser) - An Iranian cryptocurrency exchange has been relieved of tens of millions of dollars from its coffers, and a group linked to Israel is now claiming responsibility for the hack. On Wednesday, Gonjeshke Darande (which translates to "Predatory Sparrow") said it had breached the Nobitex exchange, with the Elliptic...

'Security Incident' Shuts Down Victoria's Secret's Website

Lingerie company hasn't confirmed that a cyberattack is the cause

(Newser) - Victoria's Secret has taken down its US website and says some in-store services will also be unavailable as it addresses a "security incident." A message to customers remained in place on the popular lingerie brand's normal shopping site Thursday, stating that these operations had been halted...

Musk: 'Massive Cyberattack' Caused X Outages

'Either a large, coordinated group and/or a country is involved,' he says

(Newser) - Hours after a series of outages Monday that left X unavailable to thousands of users, Elon Musk claimed that the social media platform was being targeted in a "massive cyberattack." "We get attacked every day, but this was done with a lot of resources," Musk claimed...

Cyberattack Could Cause a Blood Supply Problem

Blood-donation nonprofit OneBlood was target of ransomware attack

(Newser) - More than 250 hospitals in the Southeast have been told to "activate their critical blood shortage protocols" on the heels of a cyberattack on a blood-donation nonprofit. CNN reports OneBlood—which provides blood products to hospitals in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and North and South Carolina—was the target of...

$25M Ransom Ends Cyberattack That Crippled Car Dealers

CDK Global reportedly caves to hackers who caused $1B in losses

(Newser) - CDK Global, maker of crucial software used by half of the nation's car dealerships, has reportedly paid a $25 million ransom to end a cyberattack that cost its customers an estimated $1 billion. The cyberattack beginning June 19 forced CDK to shut down most of the systems used by...

Cyberattack Paralyzes Car Dealerships Nationwide

CDK Global outage could last for days

(Newser) - A system that around 15,000 car dealerships rely on was down for a second day Thursday after a cyberattack, and the chaos paralyzing dealerships could continue for days to come. CDK Global said Wednesday that it had temporarily shut down systems out of an "abundance of caution."...

EPA: Iran, China, Russia Are Targeting Water Utilities

Agency urges utilities to step up cybersecurity

(Newser) - Cyberattacks against water utilities across the country are becoming more frequent and more severe, the Environmental Protection Agency warned Monday as it issued an enforcement alert urging water systems to take immediate actions to protect the nation's drinking water. More, from the AP :
  • About 70% of utilities inspected by
...

In This Catholic Hospital System, 'Unusual Activity'

Cyberattack fells Ascension, diverting ambulances and wreaking havoc across the US

(Newser) - A cyberattack on the Ascension health system operating in 19 states across the US forced some of its 140 hospitals to divert ambulances, caused patients to postpone medical tests, and blocked online access to patient records. An Ascension spokesperson said it detected "unusual activity" Wednesday on its computer network...

UnitedHealth CEO Is 'Deeply Deeply Sorry'

He tells lawmakers that lack of basic security feature led to ransomware attack

(Newser) - The cyberattack that caused massive disruption to health care systems across the US earlier this year was an easy payday for hackers, UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty admitted Wednesday. He told the Senate Finance Committee that criminals using "compromised credentials" accessed a Change Healthcare portal that did not have...

Overflowing Texas Water Tower May Be a 'Worrisome Escalation'
In Texas, an
Overflowing
Water Tower
Points to Russia
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Apr 21, 2024 8:30 AM CDT

In Texas, an Overflowing Water Tower Points to Russia

Russian hackers have claimed responsibility, in what may be nation's first attack on US water

(Newser) - A water tower in a small Texas town overflowed in January, spilling tens of thousands of gallons into the streets. Now, Google-owned cybersecurity company Mandiant says the incident in Muleshoe may be the first hack into US water systems by Russia after infiltrators tied to one of that country's...

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