Analysis: Decentralised finance – Latest front in crypto’s hacking problem
or most of the 13-year life of cryptocurrencies, exchanges were the epicentre for cyberheists. Now, a bigger hacking risk in the growing sector has exploded into view: peer-to-peer crypto platforms.
Coop, other ransomware-hit firms, could take weeks to recover, say experts
Computer systems of several companies across the world, including 800 physical grocery stores of Sweden’s Coop, that were shut down after attacked by REvil ransomware could take weeks to recover, cyber security experts said.
Microsoft says new breach discovered in probe of suspected SolarWinds hackers
Microsoft (MSFT.O) said on Friday an attacker had won access to one of its customer-service agents and then used information from that to launch hacking attempts against customers.
One password allowed hackers to disrupt Colonial Pipeline, CEO tells senators
The head of Colonial Pipeline told U.S. senators on Tuesday that hackers who launched last month’s cyber attack against the company and disrupted fuel supplies to the U.S. Southeast were able to get into the system by stealing a single password.
U.S. seizes $2.3 mln in bitcoin paid to Colonial Pipeline hackers
The Justice Department on Monday recovered some $2.3 million in cryptocurrency ransom paid by Colonial Pipeline Co, cracking down on hackers who launched the most disruptive U.S. cyberattack on record.
