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☆ What a historic prisoner swap means for Vladimir Putin’s Russia
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Nathan Hodge | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Among those headed back to Russia are convicted hackers and several Russian nationals detained in the West for spying. And the biggest prize for Russia was the return of Vadim Krasikov, a convicted hitman whose release had been publicly sought by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Anna Chapman, one of 10 Russian sleeper agents deported from the US in a 2010 prisoner swap, was also feted on her return to Russia. Britain blamed the poisoning on Russia; Russia has consistently denied involvement, although Putin referred to Skripal as a “scumbag” and a “traitor,” his contempt suggesting that Skripal had gotten his just desserts. The release of Russians in the swap means that Russia’s political climate is no less repressive.

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Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWatch 'Putin's Trader' — the biggest insider trading ring on Wall Street is in the KremlinRussian oligarch Vladislav Klyushin was the owner of a cybersecurity company in Moscow called M-13, but the firm was secretly a front for a hacking and insider trading operation that plagued Wall Street for years, generating more than $90 million in illicit profits. With exclusive access to the investigators who chased Klyushin around the globe, and an interview with a former Russian spy, CNBC's Eamon Javers reveals the shocking details of this audacious criminal enterprise.

Persons: Vladislav Klyushin, Klyushin, CNBC's Eamon Javers Organizations: Kremlin Locations: Moscow, Russian

☆ Venezuelans have seen this movie before, but Maduro should beware. This time, the ending could be different
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Rafael Romo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The month before, President Nicolás Maduro had declared a “constitutional state of emergency.”Julio Borges, in a photograph taken by CNN's Rafael Romo on June 9, 2016. Maduro, now 61, is a former bus driver who became a Caracas metro system union leader and rose through the ranks. In January of that year, Juan Guaidó, then president of the National Assembly, had proclaimed himself interim president of Venezuela. Supporters of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido scuffle with members of the Bolivarian National Police during a protest against the government of President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas on November 18, 2019. The Venezuelan opposition political party Voluntad Popular said Tuesday that its leader Freddy Superlano has been kidnapped.

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☆ Delta just issued a warning shot to CrowdStrike about the money it wants to help cover some losses from the huge outage
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Shubhangi Goel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewDelta Air Lines is gearing up to demand money following an outage that sent the world, including the airline, into chaos. The carrier hired star attorney David Boies to seek damages from CrowdStrike and Microsoft for the July 19 computer outage that forced Delta to cancel about 6,000 flights, CNBC reported on Monday. AdvertisementWhile no lawsuit has been filed, Delta plans to seek compensation from CrowdStrike and Microsoft, CNBC reported. AdvertisementEven individuals hoping to seek damages from CrowdStrike through proposed class action lawsuits may have little luck. Between customer agreements that favor CrowdStrike and SolarWinds largely beating the SEC, CrowdStrike stands a good chance in court, Sanchez said.

Persons: —, David Boies, Delta, Boies, Elizabeth Holmes, Al Gore, Boies Schiller, CrowdStrike, Elizabeth Burgin Waller, Woods Rogers, Mauricio Sanchez, Sanchez, SolarWinds, Andrew Selbst, Selbst Organizations: Service, Lines, Microsoft, CNBC, Business, Delta, Analysts, Bloomberg, CrowdStrike's Falcon, Dell'Oro, Fierce, Securities and Exchange, SEC, UCLA School of Law, Harvard Law, Federal Trade Commission, FTC Locations: CrowdStrike, Delta, Texas

☆ Rapid renewable energy growth leads FBI to warn hackers will hit new, vulnerable power supply
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Michelle Castillo | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Government incentives, including the Inflation Reduction Act, have encouraged individuals and private ownership groups to invest in clean energy systems. The renewable energy industry's rapid expansion in the U.S. in some cases is occurring without traditional utility protocols and regulations. The boom in renewable energy has also led manufacturers of products and services to ramp up their offerings. Inverters connected to the internet, in particular, could be controlled by hackers to reduce output or overheat home energy systems. Other major players in the U.S. utilities and renewable energy sector, including Next Era Energy, Constellation, Enphase Energy, First Solar and Sunrun, did not respond to requests for comment.

Persons: Jim Hempstead, SEIA, Bheshaj Krishnappa, Freddie Mac, Moody's, Jim Guinn Organizations: FBI, U.S . Energy Information Administration, Metropolitan Washington Council, Governments, Department of Defense, U.S ., Solar Energy Industries Association, Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office, Constellation Energy, Corporation, cybersecurity, Cybersecurity, GE Vernova, Constellation, Enphase Energy Locations: U.S, California , Utah, Wyoming, United States, China, Russia, Iran, cyberattacks

☆ Ukraine's IT army is a 'world first' in cyberwarfare — but it's a major gamble for the government, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( Cameron Manley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

AdvertisementIn Russia, however, "they have the expertise but not necessarily the service providers who sit in front of organisations to detect and deflect DDoS attacks," Woodward added. AdvertisementSuch attacks may also help "support defensive movements of the Ukrainian army," said Vasileios Karagiannopoulos, an associate professor in cybercrime and cybersecurity at the University of Portsmouth. Advertisement"The IT Army is managed by the SBU and the Ukrainian MoD," Soesanto said, adding that they receive support from Ukraine's Ministry of Digital Transformation. Ted told BI that "the MoD does not run the IT army, but there is collaboration to ensure efforts are synchronized." Ukraine's Ministry of Defense did not respond to a request for comment from BI on the nature of its relationship with the IT army.

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☆ Stop trying to charge your Tesla faster with the wet towel 'hack,' company warns
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewTesla issued a warning against using the wet towel charging "hack" that's been circulating among some owners online. Related storiesIt's not a surprise that Tesla owners are looking for hacks to charge their vehicles faster. The damp towel trick is just one example of the many experiments Tesla owners have tried out. Other YouTubers have made videos using oranges or water bottles to cheat the sensors in the steering wheel. (Elon Musk has said the company is removing the steering wheel nag in upcoming software).

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☆ Sam Altman says the US has to do 4 things to prevent China from taking the AI throne
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewOpenAI CEO Sam Altman has a four-point plan to help the United States retain its dominance in the global AI arms race. To this end, the first step in Altman's plan is to ensure proper safeguards around AI technology. He said that would help create more jobs and establish AI as a "new industrial base" in the United States. He also said the United States needs to invest in developing a new generation of AI innovators, researchers, and engineers. Related storiesThird, the United States should establish more regulations around trade and the transmission of information across borders.

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☆ US indicts North Korean hacker accused of helping extort US hospitals
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Sean Lyngaas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The US Justice Department on Thursday announced the indictment of an alleged North Korean government-backed hacker for allegedly participating in a scheme to break into US hospital computer systems and extort them for ransom. The hacks of health care providers locked up medical records and disrupted health care services in the US, US officials said. Thwarting North Korean hacking and money laundering has become a national security priority for the Biden administration. CNN previously reported on how South Korean spies and American companies try to intercept cryptocurrency stolen by North Korean hackers. Another CNN investigation identified one cryptocurrency entrepreneur who said his firm had unwittingly sent a North Korean IT worker tens of thousands of dollars.

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☆ CrowdStrike says bug in quality control process led to botched update
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

A CrowdStrike software update that crashed computers globally last week hitting services from aviation to banking and healthcare was caused by a bug in the U.S. cybersecurity firm's quality control mechanism, the company said on Wednesday. "Due to a bug in the Content Validator, one of the two Template Instances passed validation despite containing problematic content data," CrowdStrike said in a statement, referring to the failure of an internal quality control mechanism that allowed the problematic data to slip through the company's own safety checks. CrowdStrike did not say what that content data was, nor why it was problematic. CrowdStrike said it had added a "new check" to its quality control process in a bid to prevent the issue from occurring again. Wednesday's statement was in line with a widely held assessment from cybersecurity experts that something in CrowdStrike's quality control process had gone badly wrong.

Persons: CrowdStrike, George Kurtz Organizations: Rome Fiumicino, Microsoft, U.S . House, Representatives Homeland Locations: Rome, Italy, U.S

☆ How CrowdStrike caused a global IT meltdown and what comes next
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Arjun Kharpal | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +24 min

But this was not a Microsoft issue. Tom ChittyWe're going to talk more about who CrowdStrike are, I think, you know, some people would probably never have heard of CrowdStrike. Lots and lots and lots of global businesses rely on CrowdStrike for their security. I had first seen that and thought it was a Microsoft issue, the reason why Windows crashed on my PC. It was a CrowdStrike issue.

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☆ Russian lawmakers seek to punish troops using smartphones on Ukraine battlefields
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Christian Edwards | Anna Chernova | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Russia’s lower house of parliament has proposed punishing Russian soldiers caught using smartphones while fighting in Ukraine, state media TASS reported, amid growing concerns that electronic devices can reveal troops’ location on the battlefield. According to a draft law supported by the State Duma Committee on Defense, carrying internet-connected cell phones whose data can identify Russian troops or the location of forces will be classified as a “gross disciplinary offense” punishable by up to 10 days of arrest. Both Russian and Ukrainian militaries have reportedly used enemy cell phones to identify targets during the war, scraping data from photos and messages to track coordinates and launch attacks. Although the Kremlin has acknowledged the risks posed by soldiers carrying cell phones, Russian military bloggers have criticized the draft law, claiming it shows the Duma’s lack of understanding of the nature of modern warfare. Russian soldiers are already banned from publicly distributing information that could reveal the identity or location of military personnel.

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☆ Hackers are already taking advantage of the CrowdStrike outage chaos
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Brian Fung | Sean Lyngaas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CrowdStrike has issued its own guidance on what affected organizations can do in response to the issue. One example of that has been targeting Spanish-speaking CrowdStrike customers, the company said in a separate blog post. When opened, the file installs malicious software that phones home to a server the hackers control and may use to give additional instructions to the malware. “CrowdStrike Intelligence recommends that organizations ensure they are communicating with CrowdStrike representatives through official channels and they adhere to technical guidance the CrowdStrike support teams have provided,” the company said. “Bad actors routinely try to take advantage of current events, so it’s not all surprising to see them attempting to take advantage of this one,” Callow said.

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☆ CrowdStrike shares tumble as fallout from global tech outage continues
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

CrowdStrike shares slipped as much as 13% on Monday morning, as the cybersecurity software company continued to help clients across industries recover from an outage that took millions of Microsoft Windows devices offline last week. The incident ensnared 8.5 million Windows devices, less than 1% of the global total, Microsoft said. CrowdStrike shares fell 11% on Friday, but the fallout was not over yet. Guggenheim Securities downgraded its rating on CrowdStrike shares to neutral from buy on Sunday. Goldman Sachs maintained their buy rating on CrowdStrike shares in a note issued early Monday.

Persons: George Kurtz, CrowdStrike, CNBC's Jim Cramer, John DiFucci, Goldman Sachs, Gabriela Borges, Dave DeWalt Organizations: Microsoft, Guggenheim Securities, McAfee, Intel Locations: Laguna Beach , California, U.S, CrowdStrike

☆ The Crowdstrike outage and global software's single-point failure problem
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-20 | by ( Kaya Ginsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

In this article CRWD Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNTwatch nowThe frequency of large-scale attacks on corporate enterprise IT is increasing. Earlier this year, AT&T had a nationwide outage attributed to a technical update. Selcuk Acar | Anadolu | Getty ImagesSingle-point failure risk management is an issue that companies need to plan for and protect against. Companies that the Chertoff Group works with are closely reviewing software development and update standards in the wake of the CrowdStrike outage. That's likely after the recent string of incidents, from AT&T to the FAA and CrowdStrike, since this type of technical failure has now been shown to impact the lives of citizens and operations of critical infrastructure on a widespread basis.

Persons: Chad Sweet, Selcuk, doesn't, Sweet, That's, Aneesh Chopra Organizations: Microsoft, FAA, Staff, Department of Homeland Security, CNBC, Anadolu, Getty, Companies, Chertoff, White House Locations: New York City, United States, Arcadia

☆ When Tech Fails, It Is Usually With a Whimper Instead of a Bang
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-20 | by ( David Streitfeld | Kate Conger | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Friday brought a pointed reminder that disaster is at least as likely to creep in quietly, perhaps from a piece of technology so mundane that hardly anyone knows it exists. Our lives are built on systems piled on systems. This week’s global software outage, immediately proclaimed as the biggest in history, was not caused by terrorists or A.I. It wasn’t even done as a lark by some off-the-charts smart teenager. Instead, it was a routine upgrade that somehow went off the rails.

The outage was attributed to CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity firm whose software is used by scores of industries around the world to protect against hackers and outside breaches. At least three major U.S. airlines, American, United and Delta, grounded all flights, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, one day after a major outage at Microsoft briefly grounded some flights. “A global technical outage has impacted some airplane operations and terminal services,” the airport said on social media. Disruptions were also reported at Berlin Brandenburg Airport, Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam and Dubai International Airport. Microsoft said the problem had affected multiple systems for customers in the central United States.

Persons: CrowdStrike, ” Michelle McGuinness, Australia’s, ” Organizations: United, Federal Aviation Administration, Microsoft, Sydney Airport, “, Cyber Security, Berlin Brandenburg Airport, Dubai International Locations: Australia, Amsterdam, Phoenix, United States

☆ How the world’s tech crashed all at once
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( Sean Lyngaas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —When computers and tech systems around the world went down Friday, snarling airports, closing Social Security offices and limiting jail operations, many people had one question: How on Earth could this happen in 2024? CrowdStrike is everywhereNumerous Fortune 500 companies use CrowdStrike’s cybersecurity software to detect and block hacking threats. Computers running Microsoft Windows — one of the most popular software programs in the world — crashed because of the faulty way a code update issued by CrowdStrike is interacting with Windows. Anne Neuberger, a senior White House tech and cybersecurity official, spoke of the “risks of consolidation” in the tech supply chain when asked about the IT outage on Friday. The infamous hack of the US government using SolarWinds software in 2020, which US officials blamed on Russia, came through a tampered software update.

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☆ What Is CrowdStrike?
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( Claire Moses | More About Claire Moses | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Until Friday morning, many people had either not heard of — or were not thinking about — CrowdStrike. But as flights were canceled, broadcasters went off air, trains did not run and medical procedures were delayed around the world, its name quickly spread around the internet. CrowdStrike, which was founded in 2011, is a cloud-based cybersecurity platform whose software is used by scores of industries around the world to protect against hackers and outside breaches. “Once CrowdStrike is installed, it actively scans for threats on your machine without having to manually run virus scans,” according to an explanation on the University of Denver’s website, which offers the platform to students and staff. Cybersecurity software like CrowdStrike’s has broad privileges to run across a computer system, including into sensitive areas.

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☆ What We Know About the Global Outage
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( Eshe Nelson | More About Eshe Nelson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Across the world, critical businesses and services including airlines, hospitals, train networks and TV stations, are being disrupted by a global tech outage affecting Microsoft users. In many countries, flights have been grounded, workers couldn’t access their systems and, in some cases, customers haven’t been able to make card payments in stores. A series outages rippled across the globe as information displays, login systems and broadcasting networks went dark. The problem affecting the majority of services was caused by a flawed update by CrowdStrike, an American cybersecurity firm, whose systems are designed to protect users from hackers. Microsoft said on Friday that it was aware of an issue affecting machines running “CrowdStrike Falcon.”

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☆ What Happened to ‘Digital Resilience’?
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( David E. Sanger | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In the worst-case scenarios that the Biden administration has quietly simulated over the past year or so, Russian hackers working on behalf of Vladimir V. Putin bring down hospital systems across the United States. In others, China’s military hackers trigger chaos, shutting down water systems and electric grids to distract Americans from an invasion of Taiwan. As it turned out, none of those grim situations caused Friday’s national digital meltdown. Among Washington’s cyberwarriors, the first reaction on Friday morning was relief that this wasn’t a nation-state attack. It is hard to find, even harder to evict from vital computer networks and designed to sow far greater fear and chaos than the country saw on Friday.

Persons: Biden, Vladimir V, Putin, ”, cyberattacks — Organizations: Pentagon, Massachusetts General Hospital, America Locations: United States, Taiwan, China, Massachusetts

☆ AT&T is telling customers they were hacked. Protecting data has been a big fight – from companies like AT&T
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

In a statement, AT&T said, “We have long supported a comprehensive federal privacy policy protecting all Americans that applies across the internet ecosystem. Currently, data privacy laws exist in 19 states covering at least 150 million Americans, though differing in scale and scope. Industry trade groups say that while cyber security and data privacy can be interrelated, there is tension between those concepts that might not be fully covered in a data privacy law. What it’s like trying to pass data privacy lawsWhen Collin Walke, a data privacy and cybersecurity attorney, was in the Oklahoma House, he focused on data privacy legislation. One lobby, the State Privacy & Security Coalition, represents AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, Meta, as well as automobile, healthcare and payment card companies.

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☆ Hacker group claims it leaked internal Disney Slack messages
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —An activist hacking group claimed it leaked thousands of Disney’s internal messaging channels, which included information about unreleased projects, raw images computer codes and some logins. Nullbulge, the “hacktivist group,” claimed responsibility for the breach and said they leaked a gigantic, roughly 1.2 terabytes of information from Disney’s Slack, a communications software. In an email on Monday to CNN, the group claimed it gained access through “a man with Slack access who had cookies.” The email also claimed the group was based out of Russia. The hackers said they leaked the data because making demands of Disney would be futile. “If we said ‘Hello Disney, we have all your slack data’ they would instantly lock down and try to take us out.

Persons: ”, Disney’s Slack, Slack, Disney, “, Nullbulge, CNN’s Erika Tulfo, Jon Passantino Organizations: New, New York CNN, CNN, ESPN, Hulu, Disney, ABC News, Disneyland, Screen Actors Guild, Writers Guild of America, Sony Pictures Locations: New York, Russia, Disneyland Paris, North Korea

☆ AT&T says hackers stole the call and text records of almost all of its wireless customers
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

AT&T says hackers stole call and text records from "nearly all" of its wireless customers. The data includes the phone numbers that customers interacted with. It doesn't include the contents of the calls and texts, or Social Security numbers, AT&T said. AdvertisementAT&T says that call and text records from almost all of its wireless customers were stolen in a hack earlier this year. The compromised data includes files containing AT&T records of calls and texts of "nearly all of AT&T's cellular customers, customers of mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) using AT&T's wireless network, as well as AT&T's landline customers who interacted with those cellular numbers between May 1, 2022 - October 31, 2022."

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☆ Nearly all AT&T cell customers’ call and text records exposed in a massive breach
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Matt Egan | Sean Lyngaas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The call and text message records of tens of millions of AT&T cellphone customers in mid-to-late 2022 were exposed in a massive data breach, the telecom company revealed Friday. The records of a “very small number” of customers on January 2, 2023 were also implicated, AT&T said. The breach also included AT&T landline customers who interacted with those cell numbers. Additionally, AT&T said that for an undisclosed subset of its records, one or more cell site identification numbers linked to the calls and texts were also exposed. In the new incident, AT&T told CNN it learned in April that customer data was illegally downloaded from its workspace on Snowflake, a third-party cloud platform.

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