SolarWinds hack infected hundreds of US government networks
As more research is conducted into the hack on SolarWinds' Orion software, the attack's apparent scale appears to be increasing. Hundreds of networks within the US government were affected.
According to The New York Times, the hack hit up to 250 networks within the US government. Initially, this... Read more
SolarWinds hack may have started earlier than previously thought
The hackers behind the attack on the SolarWinds Orion software may have set up the attack earlier than initially thought. Until now, researchers assumed that the attackers entered the SolarWinds systems around March or April.
This is what Mark Warner, the senator in Virginia, tells Reuters. Warn... Read more
Ticketmaster to pay $10 million to settle hacking charges
Imagine being a company that got hacked and then hacked others. That is Ticketmaster Entertainment for you. In 2018, Ticketmaster UK was hacked and is one of the earliest companies hit by the Magecart attacks.
The information stolen included addresses, names, phone numbers, payment details, and ... Read more
France resumes taxes on tech giants
France has resumed its previously halted taxes on the revenue of tech giants. The country had previously stopped this tax following a deal with the United States. It is a 3 percent tax.
The tax on tech giants was stopped after a deal with the United States. In the deal, the country promised that... Read more
Amazon acquires podcaster Wondery to enhance entertainment portfolio
Amazon signed a deal to buy a venture-backed podcast maker with 20 million monthly listeners named Wondery. The deal is a bid on the retail giant’s part, to expand into the entertainment business, where it has invested billions in recent times, to attract a larger audience.
For instance, the c... Read more
US warns for cyber attacks on Covid-19 vaccines
The US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has published a warning that financial institutes must be alert to criminal activities targeting Covid-19 vaccines and their distribution.
Examples of criminal activities are the sale of illegal vaccines. These include vaccines that have not y... Read more
Finnish Parliament was hacked and MPs’ emails breached
The Finnish Parliament stated that hackers breached its internal IT system and gained access to email accounts belonging to members of parliament (MPs). Finland’s government officials said that the attack happened in the fall of 2020 and was not discovered until this month by the IT staff that ru... Read more
Facebook closes Irish holding used to evade paying taxes
Facebook is closing several Irish holding companies it uses to evade paying taxes in the United States, the UK, and hundreds of other countries where it has a profitable presence. The company has a main Irish subsidiary that paid only about $101 million in taxes while showing profits of more than $... Read more
SolarWinds hackers used Microsoft resellers to breach targets
The supposedly Russian hackers behind the worst cyberattack in U.S. history in years used reseller access to Microsoft services to reach their targets, who were not using the compromised SolarWinds network management software.
SolarWinds updates to its Orion software were the known point of entr... Read more
Canadian VoIP company Sangoma hit by Conti ransomware
Sangoma Technologies, the Canadian VoIP company has been hit by a ransomware attack. The company sells products like Switchbox and FreePBX and owns Asterix provider Digium. It disclosed the attack in a statement, on Christmas Eve and said the ransomware targeted the company’s servers.
The comp... Read more