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Norway blames China-linked APT31 for 2018 government hack

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Norway police secret service states said that China-linked APT31 group was behind the 2018 cyberattack on the government’s IT network. Norway’s Police Security Service (PST) said that the China-linked APT31 cyberespionage group was behind the attack that breached the government’s IT network in 2018. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Google Fi Customer Information leaked in a Cyber Attack

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Hackers did not take any customer personal information or payment card, the threat actors accessed data in the attack and no data related, says the official statement from the web search giant’s communication subsidiary. The post Google Fi Customer Information leaked in a Cyber Attack appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Tokyo Olympics 2021 on Russian Cyber Attack Radar

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Security analysts from West estimate that the much renowned games event might be on the Russian Cyber Attack Radar, as disrupting such events has been a regular practice for the said nation, if history is considered. Hacking group named Fancy Bear was assumed to be a prime suspect in the attack.

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Data of US Car company leaked in a Cyber Attack

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As per the details to Cybersecurity Insiders, the details were siphoned from a database on December 7th,2020 and was leaked on a hacking forum this week as the car dealership service provider might have not paid heed to the demands of the hackers.

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Is Your Small Business Safe Against Cyber Attacks?

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In fact, small businesses are more susceptible to security breaches and cyberattacks because most often they dont expect the attack, thus are unprepared to handle the situation. Back in 2018, almost two-thirds of the small businesses suffered from cyber security attacks. . Upgrade your IT set up. Backup data on Cloud .

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Top 5 Cyber Attack news headlines trending on Google

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Chinese intelligence-backed hacking group APT41 has given a hint that its hackers were behind the cyberattacks launched on Air India and SITA-the IT and Telecom solutions provider to the air travel industry. And as hackers failed to gain any financial gain from the hack, they decided to sell that data via various hacking forums.

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Microsoft warns Australia for complicating Cyber Attack response

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Microsoft, the American tech giant, has warned the government of Australia to halt its response to cyber attacks as it is complicating the company’s attempt to mitigate hacking incidents. And practically the bill is actually an extension to the existing act of 2018 related to communications, transport, data and cloud.