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Hackers linked to the governments in Russia, North Korea and Iran have turned to ChatGPT to explore new ways to carry out online attacks, OpenAI and Microsoft said Wednesday. OpenAI and Microsoft said accounts linked to hackers have been shut down as the companies increase efforts to thwart malicious use of the popular AI chatbots by state actors. Microsoft is a major financial backer of OpenAI and uses its AI technology, known as large language […]
Évry, France (AFP) — Hackers who crippled a French hospital and stole a trove of data last month have released personal records of patients online, officials have confirmed. The cyberattackers demanded a multimillion dollar ransom from the Corbeil-Essonnes hospital near Paris a month ago, but the institution refused to pay. The hospital said the hackers had now dumped medical scans and lab analyses along with the national security numbers of patients. “I condemn in the […]
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — Hackers who targeted Mexico’s interbank payment system made off with more than $15 million in the past several weeks, the Bank of Mexico said Wednesday. The amount of funds involved in the irregular activity totaled “approximately 300 million pesos ($15.3 million),” central bank governor Alejandro Diaz de Leon told reporters. He said commercial bank customers’ accounts were never in danger. An investigation is under way, the governor said, without indicating […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Uber said Tuesday hackers compromised personal data from some 57 million riders and drivers in a breach kept hidden for a year. “None of this should have happened, and I will not make excuses for it,” said a statement from chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi, who took over at the ridesharing giant in August. Two members of the Uber information security team who “led the response” that included not alerting […]
A Reuters report says a hacking group previously linked to the Vietnamese government or working on its behalf has broken into the computers of neighboring countries as well as a grouping of Southeast Asian nations. According to the report, cyber-security company Volexity said the hacking group was still active, and had compromised the website of the ASEAN over several high-profile summit meetings. ASEAN is holding another summit of regional leaders in Manila next week. In […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Files released by the mysterious hacker Shadow Brokers suggested Friday the United States National Security Agency had penetrated the SWIFT banking network and monitored a number of Middle East banks. The files, according to computer security analysts, also showed the NSA had found and exploited numerous vulnerabilities in a range of Microsoft Windows products widely used on computers around the world. Analysts generally accepted the files, which show someone exploiting so-called […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The massive theft of Yahoo user data disclosed last week came from “professional” hackers seeking to profit from the breach, according to an analysis by security researchers. The analysis published Wednesday by the security firm InfoArmor, which claims to have seen some of the data, contrasts with Yahoo’s claim that the attack was likely “state-sponsored,” but did suggest that stolen data was sold to a state-sponsored group at one point. […]
(Eagle News) — Hackers attacked the website of the National Telecommunications Commissions (NTC) as protest for the expensive but slow internet service in the Philippines. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
MAY 25 (Eagle News) — An estimated 35, 000 companies as well as many others are possible targets for hackers. Said potential victims are users of an online banking system, after several customers lost their money. (Brussels, Belgium) (Courtesy of Reuters) (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
(Reuters) – North Korea experienced Internet outages on Monday, a U.S. company that monitors Internet infrastructure said, adding that the reason for the problems was not known. “For the past 24 hours North Korea’s connectivity to the outside world has been progressively getting degraded to the point now that they are totally offline,” said Doug Madory, director of Internet analysis at New Hampshire-based Dyn Research. “There’s either a benign explanation – their routers are perhaps […]
