US Healthcare Breaches

The healthcare sector of the United States has been targeted by several cyber-attacks this year. The pandemic has pushed the world to embrace technology at a rapid speed, the healthcare sector more than any other. However, regulators and security officials are finding it hard to cope with this sp...

US partners up with Israel to address ransomware attacks

The US Treasury Department said that it will partner with Israel in order to combat ransomware. Both the countries will be addressing the cybersecurity issue by launching a joint task force.

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• US and Israel partner up to address cybersecurity<...

Amazon Web Services sign a deal with UK, to host their classified information

Britain's spy agencies have asked Amazon Web Services to host classified material in a deal, this deal is aiming to enhance the use of data analytics and artificial intelligence.

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• UK has signed a deal with Amazon Web Services
• B...

US sanctions Over Cryptocurrency Exchange Suex OTC

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•           Hackers take down systems that control everything

•           Suex OTC is a private company trading in cryptocurrency

US GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE TO BATTLE THREAT OF RANSOMWARE

According to an announcement made by the U.S. government on Thursday on the Department of Justice website, under new resources and initiatives to protect American businesses and communities from ransomware attacks it has launched a new website. This new website is jointly launched by tgr U.S. Dep...

U.S. FERTILITY CONFIRMS A RANSOMWARE ATTACK, SAYS PATIENTS DATA STOLEN

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• U.S. Fertility said the hackers were successful in acquiring a limited number of files during the month that they were in its systems, until the ransomware was triggered on September 14

• The company which is one of the largest networks of fertility clin...

US TREASURY WARNS CYBER INSURERS NOT TO PAY UNKNOWN RANSOMWARE VICTIMS

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• According to the advisories issued by two offices of the United States Department of the Treasury on ransomware payments, these kind of payouts are a threat to the national security

• As per the advisory, it should also be noted that even though Bitcoin ...

HONDA MOTORCYCLE PRODUCTION IN INDIA STOPPED AFTER RANSOMWARE CYBER ATTACK

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• According to the statement issued by the Japanese automobile maker, a company-wide network outage was reported globally and the cause of the problem is still under the investigation

• Production at Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India (HMSI) was also impac...