China cyber-attacks explained: US and the UK announces set of criminal charges and sanctions against seven Chinese hackers for allegedly conducting sweeping attacks on behalf of china’s civilian intelligence agency. Who is behind the cyber-attacks? And what is their goal?

China's cyber espionage campaign against the world

Who is behind hacking operation against US and UK?

Britain on Tuesday (Mar 26) summoned the chargé d’affaires of the Chinese embassy to register its protest against the alleged cyber-attacks from Chinese state actors against the UK’s democratic institutions.

Britain summons Chinese diplomat over ‘malicious cyber activity’

The New Zealand government said it had raised concerns on Tuesday with the Chinese government about its involvement in a state-sponsored cyber hack on New Zealand’s parliament in 2021, which was uncovered by the country’s intelligence services.

New Zealand: Chinese hackers behind 2021 parliament cyber attack

New Zealand accuses China of 2021 parliament hacking

New Zealand accuses China of hacking parliament

New Zealand joins US and UK in accusing China of cyber attacks

British Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden tells lawmakers that entities linked to the Chinese government were behind the alleged accessing of the personal details of 40 million UK voters and cyberattacks on lawmakers critical of China.

UK Deputy PM blames China for cyber-attack on election commission

US government on March 19 issued a warning to state governors regarding a series of disruptive cyberattacks targeting water and sewage systems across the nation.

US govt urges state action against cyber threats to water systems

Russia has revealed that approximately 160,000 cyber attacks targeted the nation's remote electronic voting portals however the attacks were successfully blocked by the country additionally 30,000 cyber attacks were directed at the remote voting systems monitoring portal. Watch to know more!

Russia faces cyberattacks on its remote voting systems

The US Department of State Thursday (Feb 8) announced a reward of up to $10 million for information revealing the identity of the leaders of the Hive ransomware gang.

US announces $10mn award for information on Hive ransomware gang

Security researchers claimed to have uncovered a massive database leak, calling it the "Mother of all Breaches," which contained a staggering 26 billion records.

Major data leak: 26 billion records exposed from platforms including Twitter and LinkedIn, report says

Australia, on Tuesday (Jan 23) sanctioned a Russian man named Aleksandr Ermakov for his role in the country’s worst data breach, which impacted nearly 10 million customers of the insurer Medibank.

Medibank breach: Russian hacker sanctioned for role in Australia’s biggest data theft

The attack on Kyivstar, Ukraine's largest electronic communications operator took out mobile and home internet service for as many as 24 million people in Ukraine.

Report: Russian hackers gained access to Kyivstar's system

Attack on Ukrainian telecom provider disrupted services for 24 mn people

Europe's most hazardous nuclear site Sellafield is facing a double trouble. On one hand a major leak of radioactive waste has made it a huge public risk and on the other the Guardian has confirmed that foreign cyber groups have compromised its online systems.

Europe's most dangerous nuclear site faces twin challenge: A leak and a cyberattack

Taiwan has been taking measures to counter espionage activities by China ahead of the presidential polls. The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) had passed sweeping anti-espionage laws ahead of the 2020 election, after self-confessed Chinese spy Wang Liqiang told Australian media about China's espionage activities in Taiwan

Taiwan's crackdown on Chinese spies ahead of presidential polls

LockBit, a notorious ransomware gang, known for a series of high-profile cyberattacks, has sent shockwaves through the financial world with its recent breach of Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd.

LockBit ransomware gang strikes ICBC, sends shockwaves through financial markets

Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO, faces over 100 cyber-attacks daily. With the risk of cyber-attacks being much higher in rocket technology, the chairman of ISRO has said that India's space agency faces more than 100 cyber attacks on a daily basis. Interestingly the possibility of cyber attacks is much higher in rocket technology.

Indian space agency ISRO fights over 100 cyber attacks every day

Bharatpur (Rajasthan) and Mathura (Uttar Pradesh) have crossed Jamtara (Jharkhand) and Nuh (Haryana) as infamous cybercrime hotspots in India, a new study revealed.

Infamous cybercrime hubs of India: Mathura and Bharatpur pip Jamtara and Nuh, says study

According to a Microsoft report, Chinese state-linked hackers have secretly accessed the email accounts of around 25 organizations in a sweeping cyber Espionage campaign.

Chinese spies accuse of worldwide cyber espionage

The Indian army and educational institutions are experiencing persistent cyber attacks from a Pakistan-based group. What does Pakistan want from the Indian army? Molly Gambhir tells you how.

Gravitas: Pakistan hits Indian army with cyber attacks

India witnessed 1,787 cyber-attacks each week on an average in an organisation over the past six months, compared to the global average of 983, as per an analysis by Check Point Software Technologies, an American-Israeli cyber threat intelligence analyst.

Data Lab | Digital India and the need to beef up cyber-security in healthcare

India's National Security Board is conducting cyber defense exercises in the wake of threats from China and other adversaries mounting by the day. The agencies including India's TRAI services are participating in the week-long exercise to test the resilience of India's civilian and Military infrastructure. The cyber security exercises are being held under the ages of India's defense cyber agency with participants aiming to test the firewalls guarding India's critical infrastructure.

India gears up to deal with cyber threats

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