Tag: Cyberattack

Russian government spies targeted Ukraine using tools developed by cybercriminals

A Russian-government backed hacking group targeted Ukraine’s military using tools and infrastructure developed by cybercriminals, according to new research. On Wednesday, Microsoft published a...

US Senator announces new bill to secure telecom companies in wake of Chinese hacks

U.S. Democratic Senator Ron Wyden announced a new draft bill with the goal of securing American telephone networks and Americans’ communications in response...

US says Chinese hackers are still lurking in American phone networks

U.S. government officials said Tuesday that the China-backed hacking group dubbed Salt Typhoon are still inside some of the networks of America’s largest...

T-Mobile says telco hackers had ‘no access’ to customer call and text message logs

U.S. phone giant T-Mobile said Wednesday that hackers had “no access” to its customers’ calls, text messages, and voicemails during an ongoing industry-wide...

Authorities catch ‘SMS blaster’ gang that drove around Bangkok sending thousands of phishing messages

Thai authorities announced last week the arrests of two organized fraud gangs, one of which was accused of driving through the streets of...

T-Mobile hack linked to Chinese breaches of telecom networks

U.S. phone giant T-Mobile was hacked as part of a broad cyberattack on U.S. and international phone and internet companies in recent months,...