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DOJ Indicts Iranians For Cyberattacks On Banks
DOJ Indicts Iranians For Cyberattacks On Banks
March 25, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

Seven Iranians who were employed by Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-affiliated entities were indicted on charges of computer hacking related to numerous coordinated distributed denial of...

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HSBC Hit By Cyberattack
HSBC Hit By Cyberattack
January 29, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

HSBC customers are experiencing yet another outage, but this time it’s due to a cyberattack. The bank, which has experienced recent outages and service issues...

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ProtonMail Crowdfunds Cyber Defense Against DDoS Attack
ProtonMail Crowdfunds Cyber Defense Against DDoS Attack
November 09, 2015  |  News

Swiss encrypted email provider ProtonMail has been held hostage by continued distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS) since last week, but the company is fighting...

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Financial Watchdogs Warn Of Hacker Extortion
Financial Watchdogs Warn Of Hacker Extortion
November 05, 2015  |  News

After noticing an increased “frequency and severity” in the number of hackers attempting to extort financial institutions, U.S. financial regulators have put out a serious...

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Big Bank Shakedowns On The Rise
Big Bank Shakedowns On The Rise
August 03, 2015  |  Controversial

Hackers are now resorting to extortion and threats of cyberattacks in order to get financial companies to pay up, and in some cases it’s working.

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