Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center chose to pay a $17,000 ransom to hackers who took the institution’s computer network hostage. The hackers said they wouldn’t hand the computer systems over until the medical center paid the ransom, according to the hospital’s chief executive on Monday. The incident took place on Feb. 5th when hackers used a […]

The computers behind Israel’s power grid were shut down by a cyberattack in late January, which Israel Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz described as a “severe” attack. “We had to paralyze many of the computers of the Israeli Electricity Authority,” Steinitz said during a speech at the Cybertech Conference in Tel Aviv in wake of the […]

North Korea claims it wishes to resolve its nuclear issues with the United States through negotiations, warning that the country is capable of attacking America with its tested hydrogen bomb. The threat follows a declaration from North Korea last month, when the outcast state claimed to have tested a hydrogen bomb. North Korea released footage […]

The world’s largest chip maker, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. raked in record profits in 2015, highlighting a burgeoning industry that’s changing the way humans interact with and connect to technology. The company’s net profits totalled an upwards of $9 billion, up more than 16 percent from last year, along with 10.6 percent increase in revenue, according […]

A malicious piece of malware infected three regional power grids in Ukraine, which plunged hundreds of thousands of homes into darkness last week, according to researchers. The charade gave experts a glimpse of what a major attack on America’s power grid might look like. According to the report, the power outage was a consequence of […]

Hacker group Anonymous declared war on ISIS in wake of the terrorist attacks in Paris. Now, the organization has declared war on a different group: the Thai police. The cyber activist group vowed to take down multiple Thai police websites in protest of the conviction of two Burmese men accused of killing two British backpackers on […]

North Korea’s KMS-3 satellite has been passing over the United States almost everyday for several weeks now. Dubbed by one expert as the “problem from hell,” the satellite continues to drift over America from the south, an area said to be particularly vulnerable to an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack. In wake of North Korea’s proclamation that it has successfully conducted […]

The country’s largest electrical company, otherwise known as Duke Energy, is on high alert for cyber attacks that stymie the flow of electrical power. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, the company is working with U.S. intelligence agencies about potential threats, the Duke Energy executive heading electronic protection efforts told sources. Duke Energy maintains various electrical […]

Nuclear power plants have always been a target for terrorists, particularly as a means of cyber-warfare. According to a report released in October, however, the civil infrastructure in most nations is not well prepared to defend against such attacks. In an effort to mitigate these threats, security specialist Guardtime has been given the task of […]

RFID technology is becoming increasingly common, as computer chips are now routinely being placed inside passports, drivers’ licenses and credit cards. Some school districts even insert them into student IDs in order to track their movements, disciplining them when they are caught missing class. However, as is the case with most new technology, it is […]