Nation Mar 27 Pro-Iranian group claims credit for hacking into FBI Director Patel's personal account By Eric Tucker, Associated Press
World Mar 12 Iran-linked hackers take aim at U.S. and other targets, raising risk of cyberattacks during war Hackers supporting Iran claimed responsibility for a significant cyberattack Wednesday against U.S. medical device company Stryker. By David Klepper, Associated Press
World Jan 19 Hackers disrupt Iranian state TV to broadcast video of exiled crown prince Hackers have disrupted Iranian state TV to air footage supporting the exiled crown prince. The video urged security forces not to target civilians. By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press
World Jun 19 Hackers reportedly wipe out $90 million from largest Iranian cryptocurrency exchange The hack appears to be motivated by escalating tensions in the Israel-Iran conflict, which broke out last week when Israel struck Iran’s nuclear sites and military officials, drawing Tehran’s response with barrages of missiles. By Gabe Levin, Associated Press
Nation May 10 Watch 4:31 Hackers leak to press passenger details of Trump deportation flights More than a month after The Atlantic broke the story that top U.S. officials were sharing military attack plans on Signal, the Trump administration’s handling of sensitive data is still under scrutiny. Hackers targeted another app used by Trump officials… By Laura Barrón-López, Andrew Corkery, Satvi Sunkara, Gerard Edic
Dec 04 Watch 4:13 Chinese hackers have infiltrated at least 8 U.S. telecom companies, White House says By Nick Schifrin The White House said that a broad Chinese hacking operation had infiltrated at least eight American telecommunications companies and that none of them have managed to remove the Chinese hackers from their systems. Nick Schifrin reports. Continue watching
Oct 23 Report: Efforts by Russia, Iran and China to sway U.S. voters may escalate By Ali Swenson, Associated Press A new threat intelligence report from Microsoft says foreign adversaries have showed continued determination to influence the U.S. election and there are signs their activity will intensify as Election Day nears. Continue reading
Jun 24 Watch 6:25 Cyberattack on software company disrupts business at thousands of car dealerships By William Brangham, Courtney Norris, Karina Cuevas Thousands of car dealers across North America have been forced to revert to pen and paper after a software company they rely on was hit by several cyberattacks. The outage has not only caused delays and inconveniences for customers, but… Continue watching
Jun 15 Chinese hackers breached hundreds of public, private networks, security firm says By Frank Bajak, Associated Press Word of the breach came as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken departs for China this weekend as part of the Biden administration’s push to repair deteriorating ties between Washington and Beijing. Continue reading
Jan 26 U.S. infiltrates, dismantles big ransomware gang By Eric Tucker, Frank Bajak, Associated Press Attorney General Merrick Garland and other U.S. officials say the FBI and international partners have at least temporarily dismantled the network of a prolific ransomware gang they infiltrated last year. Continue reading