British Army has fallen victim to a major hacking incident over the weekend. YouTube and Twitter accounts were targeted to promote cryptocurrency and NFTs. The hacking lasted for a short period of time and the army soon regained control of its various handles authorities.

UK Army regains control of its Twitter, several posts about NFTs retweeted

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United Kingdom's defence ministry investigating Russian hack targeting its army recruits

A number of Israeli government websites went down in an apparent cyberattack as the country's cyber authority confirmed it was a DDos attack that had blocked access to government websites, and that all websites were back online.

Israeli govt sites crash in 'largest-ever' cyberattack, National Cyber Directorate declares State of Emergency

Ukraine on Tuesday said that websites of the country’s defence ministry, armed forces and two banks came under a cyber attack. The Ukrainian Centre for Strategic Communications and Information Security, which is part of the culture ministry, issued a statement suggesting that the perpetrator may have Russian origins.

As predicted by US, Ukraine hit by cyber attacks amid Russian invasion fears

From MNCs to government entities to International organization, companies are falling prey to cyber attacks in recent months. The latest is International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), it revealed that the company was hit with a cyberattack this week that compromised the personal data of "more than 515,000 highly vulnerable people."

Red Cross falls victim to cyber attack, confidential data exposed

Ukraine on Friday was targeted by a “massive cyber attack” with at least 10 government websites, including the ministry of foreign affairs and education ministry, which ceased functioning.

Ukrainian govt websites fall prey to ‘massive cyber attack’, Russian hand suspected

A new "apocalyptic" cyberattack has the potential to wipe out the Internet, putting NASA, televisions, and Minecraft in jeopardy. Everything from NASA helicopters to Amazon and Google is now vulnerable to a sophisticated hacking attack, making the 'worst-ever' Internet security flaw 'apocalyptic' for the computer industry.

This cyber attack could wipe out the internet. Here's why

In a shocking reveal, a Taiwanese minister told the Taiwanese parliament that government agencies faced around five million cyber attacks a day. The minister's statement came after a report warned of increasing Chinese warfare targetting Taiwan.

Official says Taiwan government faces 5 million cyber attacks daily

The popular trading app Robinhood announced Monday that millions of its users had their personal information exposed in a data breach.

World Business Watch: Robinhood app hit by data breach exposing email of 5 million customers

According to reports, the US state department was recently hit by a cyber attack, and notifications of a possible serious breach were made by the department of defence cyber command.

Report: US State Department hit by cyber attack, possible breach notified

Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that the United States will seek global rules on how to prevent misuse of artificial intelligence as he renewed warnings against Russia over hacking.

How have cyber attacks become strategy for hybrid warfare?

Four Chinese nationals have been charged for targeting dozens of companies, universities and government agencies in the United States and abroad. This action comes right in the heels of the United States and its allies publicly accusing China of a global cyber espionage campaign.

4 Chinese nationals charged for hacking US companies

The Biden administration and Western allies blamed China for a massive hack of Microsoft Exchange email server software and accused Beijing of working with criminal hackers in ransomware attacks and other cyber operations.

US & allies condemn China for malicious cyber activity

The meat processor company, JBS, has claimed that its systems were hacked in a ransomware attack that they believe originated in Russia. JBS claims they received a ransom demand from "a criminal organisation likely based in Russia," White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre said.

JBS cyberattack might have Russian links: White House

Hackers have stolen data on about 4.5 million Air India passengers around the world in the latest breach reported by a major airline. Names, credit card numbers and passport information were among the data stolen, Air India said in a statement released late Friday.

Air India says data on 4.5 million passengers stolen

Air India on Friday reported a mega data breach compromising nearly 4.5 million passengers. 10 years worth of customer data including passport and credit card details have been compromised in the massive cyber attack.

4.5 million passengers affected in massive cyber attack on Air India

Ireland's health ministry was the target of an attempted cyber attack the Irish government said on Sunday, days after a similar attack struck the country's health service.

Irish Department of Health targeted in cyber attack

Few days after one of the worst cyber attacks in the US history leading to shutting down of a major fuel pipeline, the world has witnessed two other major cyber attacks. A unit of the Japanese conglomerate Toshiba was recently hacked by the darkside ransomware group.

Japanese Conglomerate Toshiba hacked by darkside ransomware group

Apple may be the influential tech company that is at the forefront of innovation but when it comes top sophisticated cyberattack, Apple's interests are as vulnerable as our tech-challenged friend's computer.

Apple faces ransomware demand from cybercriminals

Iran is blaming Israel for the blackout at its Natanz nuclear site. Tehran is calling the cyber attack an act of 'nuclear terrorism'. WION's Palki Sharma tells you how an electrical outage became a headache for US President Joe Biden.

Gravitas: Did Israel's Mossad 'sabotage' Iran's nuclear site?

With a rise in technology-driven work all around the world, cybersecurity has become more important now. With Microsoft being one of the front runners of the tech world, a brach in its system can lead to a massive leak of sources.

Microsoft software flaw being misused by at least 10 hacking groups: Researchers

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According to reports, Chinese hackers have made a connection with the network system of an Indian port, even as authorities block attempts to penetrate the South Asian nation’s electrical sector.

Reports say Chinese hackers still actively targeting Indian Port

Chinese state-sponsored hackers have at least one connection still open into the network system of an Indian port. A report in Bloomberg, citing United States-based cyber security firm Recorded Future, reported on Wednesday that a China-linked group was targetting India’s power sector through an exchange of traffic, between itself and the Indian port.

Chinese hackers are still targetting one Indian port

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