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Yale New Haven Health officials said the personal information of some patients was compromised in an April data breach. Officials said that certain demographic information such as names, addresses, phone numbers, emails, Social Security numbers, treatment locations and preferred languages were included in the Elekta databases impacted by the breach. A small group of people may have had their financial…

President Joe Biden said Monday that his office is expecting an intelligence report on Tuesday morning regarding the massive hack against Microsoft Exchange’s email server software, saying, “My understanding is that the Chinese government, not unlike the Russian government, is not doing this themselves but are protecting those who are doing it, and maybe even accommodating them being able...

The Russia-based criminal syndicate behind a devastating series of recent ransomware attacks is offline.

Paying cryptocurrency like bitcoin to end ransomware attacks is a decision many companies say is the only choice, even if the funds can help hackers get better.

Cybersecurity company SentinelOne made its market debut Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange and is now trading under the ticker symbol “S.”

Development of a set of cybersecurity standards, similar to generally accepted accounting principles, could go a long way in helping companies with breaches.

The JBS hack shut a key meat processor a month after gas prices rose in wake of the Colonial Pipeline attack. Cyberthreats are targeting consumers in new ways.

Last year alone in the U.S., ransomware gangs hit more than 100 federal, state and municipal agencies, upwards of 500 health care centers, 1,680 educational institutions and untold thousands of businesses, according to the cybersecurity firm Emsisoft.

An epidemic of ransomware attacks has prompted Biden administration officials to deem them a national security threat. But what exactly is “ransomware” and how do these cyberattacks work?

The world’s largest meat processing company has resumed most production after a weekend cyberattack, but experts say the vulnerabilities exposed by this attack and others are far from resolved.

The MTA became the target of a cyberattack this past April, MTA officials confirmed. However, the intrusion did not pose any risk to employee or customer information. According to MTA officials, on the evening of April 20, CISA, NSA and FBI issued joint alert that there was a discovered zero day vulnerability, which means no one in the world was…

The cyberattack on JBS, the world’s largest meatpacking company, could cause pain for restaurants if the situation isn’t fully resolved quickly, analysts say.

A ransomware attack on the world’s largest meat processing company disrupted production around the world just weeks after a similar incident shut down a U.S. oil pipeline. Brazil’s JBS SA, however, said late Tuesday that it had made “significant progress” in dealing with the cyberattack and expected the “vast majority” of its plants to be operating on Wednesday. “Our...

Ahead of President Biden’s summit with Vladimir Putin, one tension is hacking, from the DarkSide ransomware attack on energy infrastructure to SolarWinds.

The action comes as Colonial Pipeline continues to grapple with a crippling ransomware attack.

The Colonial Pipeline hack is an example of why it’s critical the federal government and business world create a deeper cybersecurity defense relationship.

Sen. Mark Warner is calling for legislation that would require private companies to report cyberattacks to the government.

More than 1,000 gas stations in the Southeast reported running out of fuel, primarily because of what analysts say is unwarranted panic-buying among drivers, as the shutdown of a major pipeline by hackers entered its fifth day.

The national average for a gallon of gas stood at $2.985 on Tuesday, according to AAA, pennies from its highest price in nearly seven years.

Experts say it’s too early to know the potential impact of a pipeline cyberattack on drivers in Connecticut but the longer the shutdown goes on, the more significant the impact.