U.S. accuses Chinese nationals of hacking spree for COVID-19 data, defense secrets

The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday indicted two Chinese nationals over their role in what the agency called a decade-long cyber espionage campaign that targeted defense contractors, COVID researchers and hundreds of other victims worldwide.
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Russian Spies Try Stealing Coronavirus Vaccine Research

Western security services say Russian spies try to steal coronavirus research in several Western nations. Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) warned Friday that Russian hackers “almost certainly” operated as “part of Russian intelligence se…

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U.S. Attorney General Says “Foreign Actors” and Antifa Stoking Unrest

United States Attorney General Bill Barr says the federal government has evidence that “foreign actors” and “extremist agitators” tied to the radical left-wing Antifa movement exploit legitimate protests against the killing of a black man by U.S. polic…

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Naikon, Group Tied to China’s Military, Deploys Debilitating New Cyberattack Tool

On the morning of Jan. 3, an email was sent from the Indonesian Embassy in Australia to a member of the premier of Western Australia’s staff who worked on health and ecological issues. Attached was a Word document that aroused no immediate suspicions, since the intended recipient knew the supposed sender.

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U.S., UK cyber officials say state-backed hackers taking advantage of outbreak

American and British cybersecurity officials are warning that state-backed hackers and online criminals are taking advantage of the coronavirus outbreak to further their operations, echoing concerns from digital safety experts.
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Iran ‘identified defused’ huge cyberattack by a foreign government

The Iranian telecommunications minister said Wednesday that Iran had foiled a large-scale cyberattack on its critical infrastructure by a highly sophisticated state-level team of hackers.

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