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Elon Musk's evidence for the latest X-formerly-Twitter cyberattack being orchestrated by Ukraine is flimsy at best.

The Real Reason Twitter Went Down Actually Sounds Pretty Embarrassing

By Victor Tangermann

Last month, news emerged that Chinese hackers penetrated the networks of a number of US broadband providers. The situation is even worse.

It Appears That Chinese Hackers Have Stolen Your Naughty Texts

By Victor Tangermann

Hackers have brought a children's hospital in Chicago to its knees, an especially cruel attack that has made life for staff a nightmare.

World’s Cruelest Hackers Went After, Yes, a Children’s Hospital

By Victor Tangermann

For weeks, hackers have been targeting major telescopes in Hawaii and Chile, forcing scientists to suspend all observations.

Mysterious Hackers Are Targeting Space Telescopes

By Victor Tangermann

ALMA is one of the largest and most advanced radio telescopes in the world. And for reasons still unknown to the public, hackers decided to take it down.

Hackers Just Took Down One of the World’s Most Advanced Telescopes

By Frank Landymore

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is warning that the next cyberattack could end up killing people — a shift from ransomware to "killware."

Homeland Security Warns of Cyberattacks Intended to Kill People

By Victor Tangermann

The US Department of Justice is prioritizing its investigations into ransomware attacks that have ground several industries in the country to a halt.

US Authorities Start Treating Ransomware Hacks Like Terrorism

By Victor Tangermann

Game developer CD Projekt Red, creator of video games including Cyberpunk 2077, became the victim of a targeted cyberattack.

Hackers Apparently Stole the “Cyberpunk 2077” Source Code

By Victor Tangermann

US prosecutors have charged six Russian intelligence officers for being involved in several major cyberattacks, including disrupting the 2018 Olympic Games.

US Indicts Russia for Some of the Biggest Cyberattacks in Recent History

By Victor Tangermann

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Microsoft’s President Says Cyber Warfare Prevention Falls Largely on Tech Companies

MIT Artificial Intelligence Can Predict 85% of Cyber-Attacks

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MIT Artificial Intelligence Can Predict 85% of Cyber-Attacks

By June Javelosa