Canadian federal police says they were targeted by cyberattack
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - Canadian federal police said on Friday their systems were targeted by an "alarming" cyberattack but there was no impact on operations and no known threat to the safety of Canadians. "The situation is evolving quickly but at
Gulf Air exposed to data breach, ‘vital operations not affected’
By Omar Abdel-Razek and Hatem Maher CAIRO (Reuters) - Gulf Air said its data was breached on Friday but its operations and vital systems were not affected, Bahrain's news agency BNA reported on Saturday. The agency quoted the company as saying that
Australia says ports operator cyber incident ‘serious’
By Sam McKeith SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Australian government on Sunday described as "serious and ongoing" a cybersecurity incident that forced ports operator DP World Australia to suspend operations at ports in several states since Friday. DP World Australia, which manages nearly
ICBC puts capital into US unit, seeks cyber review after hack
By Paritosh Bansal, Lananh Nguyen and Davide Barbuscia NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) - Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) injected capital into its U.S. unit to help pay BNY Mellon $9 billion for unsettled trades and hired a cybersecurity firm to
Software firm Okta’s shares slump on cyber breach
By Yuvraj Malik (Reuters) - Okta on Friday disclosed a breach of its customer support system that allowed some hackers to view files uploaded by certain clients, pushing the software company's shares down about 12%. "Okta security has identified adversarial activity that
Major cyber attack could cost the world $3.5 trillion -Lloyd’s of London
By Carolyn Cohn LONDON (Reuters) - A major cyber attack on a financial services payments system could lead to global losses of $3.5 trillion, with much of it not covered by insurance, commercial insurance market Lloyd's of London said on Wednesday. The
UK watchdog fines Equifax $13.4 million for role in cyber breach
By Huw JonesEditing LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's financial watchdog said on Friday it had fined consumer credit rater Equifax Ltd 11 million pounds ($13.4 million) for its role in "one of the largest" cyber-security breaches in history. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
Zero Trust and Zero Touch, key differences in company security
Any type of device or user trying to access any corporate resource, even a known one, is potentially dangerous. This assumption is the basis for Zero Trust, a network security model favoured by companies to defend their data against cyberattacks
Clorox, reeling from cyberattack, expects quarterly loss
By Savyata Mishra and Zeba Siddiqui (Reuters) - Clorox, a U.S. maker of cleaning products, said on Wednesday it expects to post a first-quarter loss after a cyberattack in August caused product outages and disrupted supplies and operations. "The company expects to