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Global wave of cyberattacks hit India’s largest port
MUMBAI: A wave of cyberattacks wreaking havoc across computer systems worldwide disrupted operations at India’s largest container port, the government said Wednesday. India’s shipping ministry said a private terminal run by Danish sea transport giant A.P. Moller-Maersk at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) in Mumbai had been...
Global wave of cyber attacks hit India’s largest port
MUMBAI: A wave of cyberattacks wreaking havoc across computer systems worldwide disrupted operations at India’s largest container port, the government said Wednesday. India’s shipping ministry said a private terminal run by Danish sea transport giant A.P. Moller-Maersk at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) in Mumbai had been...
Chernobyl’s radiation monitoring hit by cyberattack: spokeswoman
This photo taken on April 22, 2016 shows the 4th block of Chernobyl’s Nuclear Power Plant (R) and Chernobyl’s New Safe Confinement (L). AFP file photo KIEV: The radiation monitoring system at Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear site has been taken offline after a massive cyberattack, forcing employees to use hand-held counters to...
New wave of cyberattacks spreads from Russia across globe
Some IT specialists identified the newcomer as “Petrwrap”, a modified version of ransomware called Petya which circulated last year. AFP file photo KIEV: A wave of cyberattacks hit Russia and Ukraine before spreading to western Europe and North America on Tuesday, in the second global outbreak of so-called ransomware in less than two months....
Multinationals hit by vast wave of cyberattacks
KIEV: Several multinational companies said Tuesday they were targeted in a massive wave of cyberattacks which started in Russia and Ukraine before spreading to western Europe. Danish sea transport company Maersk, British advertising giant WPP and the French industrial group Saint-Gobain were among those who said they came under attack and put...
Cyber attacks affect some radiation checks at Ukraine's Chernobyl site
KIEV (Reuters) – Some radiation checks at the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site in Ukraine were being carried out manually on Tuesday after a wave of cyber attacks that hit Ukrainian institutions affected operations there, a state agency said. …read more Source: The...
Factbox – Companies hit by global ransomware attack on June 27
(Reuters) – A global ransomware attack on Tuesday hit computers at Russia’s biggest oil company, Ukraine’s international airport, global shipping firm A.P. Moller-Maersk and the world’s biggest advertising agency WPP. …read more Source: The...
CNN journalists resign after Trump-Russia article pulled
US President Donald Trump seized on the CNN retraction to renew his attacks on the cable network as a purveyor of “fake news” -AFP photo NEW YORK: Three CNN journalists have resigned following the retraction of an article that claimed the US Congress was investigating links between members of Donald Trump’s administration and a Russian...
Several major firms say targets of international cyberattack
PARIS: Several major companies said Tuesday they were targeted in an international cyberattack which started in Russia and Ukraine before spreading to western Europe. Danish sea transport company Maersk, British advertising giant WPP and the French industrial group Saint-Gobain all said they came under attack and put protection protocols in place...
Petya ransomware virus is back amid cyber attack – Swiss agency
ZURICH (Reuters) – Ransomware known as Petya seems to have re-emerged to affect computer systems across Europe, causing issues primarily in Ukraine, Russia, England and India, a Swiss government information technology agency said on Tuesday. …read more Source: The...
