/tags/hacking hacking en-US Copyright Wed, 17 Jul 2024 19:17:16 GMT /business-economy/2024-07-17/class-action-suit-att-data-breach-2022-dallas The Dallas-based telecommunications company says it doesn't believe the data compromised in a breach that affected nearly all its more than 100 million customers is public. Wed, 17 Jul 2024 19:17:16 GMT /business-economy/2024-07-17/class-action-suit-att-data-breach-2022-dallas Toluwani Osibamowo /education/2024-06-28/texas-teachers-group-says-data-breach-compromised-info-for-more-than-400-000-people-association-of-texas-professional-educators The Association of Texas Professional Educators, the largest independent educators’ association in the United States, was hit with a data breach that compromised the information of more than 414,000 Texans. Fri, 28 Jun 2024 10:20:11 GMT /education/2024-06-28/texas-teachers-group-says-data-breach-compromised-info-for-more-than-400-000-people-association-of-texas-professional-educators Megan Cardona /government/2024-06-13/frontier-communications-hit-with-class-action-suit-in-texas-after-massive-data-breach Dallas-based telecommunications company Frontier Communications Parent suffered a data breach in April that compromised the information of more than 88,000 Texans and hundreds of thousands more across the country. Thu, 13 Jun 2024 10:00:00 GMT /government/2024-06-13/frontier-communications-hit-with-class-action-suit-in-texas-after-massive-data-breach Megan Cardona /news/2023-06-24/hacker-group-leaks-city-of-fort-worth-info-over-gender-affirming-care Fort Worth city officials say a group called SiegedSec posted internal information from the city's maintenance order management website online. According to one of the group's posts, they targeted Texas over its ban on gender-affirming care. Sat, 24 Jun 2023 21:17:01 GMT /news/2023-06-24/hacker-group-leaks-city-of-fort-worth-info-over-gender-affirming-care Toluwani Osibamowo /news/2021-04-06/after-a-major-hack-u-s-looks-to-fix-a-cyber-blind-spot By law, the government can't monitor domestic Internet traffic. Hackers suspected of being Russian exploited this blind spot by disguising their origins and working through unwitting U.S. companies. Tue, 06 Apr 2021 22:00:12 GMT /news/2021-04-06/after-a-major-hack-u-s-looks-to-fix-a-cyber-blind-spot Greg Myre /news/2021-02-10/hack-exposes-vulnerability-of-cash-strapped-u-s-water-plants A hacker’s botched attempt to poison the water supply of a small Florida city is raising alarms about just how vulnerable the nation’s water systems may be to attacks by more sophisticated intruders. Treatment plants are typically cash-strapped and lack the cybersecurity depth of the power grid and nuclear plants. Thu, 11 Feb 2021 01:00:46 GMT /news/2021-02-10/hack-exposes-vulnerability-of-cash-strapped-u-s-water-plants Associated Press /news/2021-01-25/russian-hack-of-u-s-federal-agencies-exposed-supply-chain-weaknesses The elite Russian hackers who gained access to computer systems of federal agencies last year didn’t bother trying to break one by one into the networks of each department. Instead, they got inside by sneaking malicious code into a software update pushed out to thousands of government agencies and private companies. Mon, 25 Jan 2021 21:00:58 GMT /news/2021-01-25/russian-hack-of-u-s-federal-agencies-exposed-supply-chain-weaknesses Associated Press /news/2020-11-02/a-perception-hack-when-public-reaction-exceeds-the-actual-hack This election season has brought a series of computer hacks and disinformation efforts. How do we distinguish between a real threat and a minor distraction? Mon, 02 Nov 2020 17:00:20 GMT /news/2020-11-02/a-perception-hack-when-public-reaction-exceeds-the-actual-hack Greg Myre /texas-news/2018-11-14/crafting-new-weapons-in-battle-for-cybersecurity-at-unt Firewalls, anti-virus software and a whole galaxy of tools are employed to secure our online world. There's a daily, ongoing battle between cybercriminals… Wed, 14 Nov 2018 14:09:28 GMT /texas-news/2018-11-14/crafting-new-weapons-in-battle-for-cybersecurity-at-unt Justin Martin /2018-08-21/microsoft-says-russian-operation-targeted-u-s-conservative-groups-as-midterms-loom Six phony websites were created by hackers linked with Russian intelligence and blamed for 2016 election interference, the company says. They allegedly targeted the Senate and two think tanks. Tue, 21 Aug 2018 12:13:00 GMT /2018-08-21/microsoft-says-russian-operation-targeted-u-s-conservative-groups-as-midterms-loom Colin Dwyer, Sasha Ingber