News of the Week 25 July 2020
Episode description
In this week's podcast, hacks abound in multiple sectors, some of which happened months back, and we are only getting details on now.
www.justice.gov: Two Alleged Criminals – A Hezbollah Associated Narco-Money Launderer and a Computer Hacker - Extradited from Cyprus to the United States
www.wired.com: Chinese Hackers Charged in Decade-Long Crime and Spying Spree
www.bbc.com: Blackbaud Hack: Universities lose data to ransomware attack
arstechnica.com: Ongoing Meow attack has nuked >1,000 databases without telling anyone why
www.reuters.com: Twitter says hackers saw messages from 36 accounts, including Netherlands official
www.scmagazine.com: New cryptominer botnet spreads payload, less intrusive
www.zdnet.com: Ransomware gang demands $7.5 million from Argentinian ISP
www.theregister.com: UK.gov admits it has not performed legally required data protection checks for COVID-19 tracing system
www.zdnet.com: Why the internet went haywire last week
www.zdnet.com: Two more cyber-attacks hit Israel's water system
www.bleepingcomputer.com: Lorien Health Services discloses ransomware attack affecting nearly 50,000
www.c4isrnet.com: The new ways the military is fighting against information warfare tactics