Cyber attack
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Japan Airlines reported a cyber attack which it said could impact flights
Dec 27, 2024Japan Airlines on Thursday reported a cyber attack which it said could impact flights, without offering further details. “We can confirm that we have been subjected to a cyber attack and are addressing the situation,” a... -
Japan’s space agency was likely penetrated by cyber attack
Nov 30, 2023Officials stated on Wednesday that although Japan’s space agency was probably the target of an unknown cyberattack this year, no private data regarding satellites or rockets was accessed. Government spokesperson Hirokazu Matsuno told reporters that the... -
Colombia mulls legal action against US firm targeted in cyber attack
Sep 19, 2023Colombia announced on Monday that it was thinking about taking legal action against a US company that offers web hosting services and was recently the target of a cyberattack that brought down hundreds of official websites.... -
The websites of seven German airports hit by a suspected cyber attack
Feb 17, 2023The websites of seven German airports were hit by a suspected cyber attack on Thursday, the ADV airport association said, a day after a major IT failure at Lufthansa left thousands of passengers stranded. Among the... -
Holiday Inn hotels hit by cyber attack, owner confirmed
Sep 8, 2022Holiday Inn owner, Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG), has confirmed the company has been hit by a cyber-attack. IHG, which has some of the world’s largest hotel chains, issued a statement saying it was investigating “unauthorized access”... -
Iran became the victim of a horrific cyber attack
Oct 29, 2021Cyber-attacks have rendered Iran’s energy distribution network inoperable. The country’s fuel supply has been cut off. Tehran has accused foreign governments of being behind the cyberattack but has not named any single country. In such a... -
500 Coop supermarket stores in Sweden forced to close due to cyber-attack
Jul 5, 2021Some 500 Coop supermarket stores in Sweden have been forced to close due to an ongoing “colossal” cyber-attack affecting organisations around the world. Coop Sweden says it closed more than half of its 800 stores on... -
10 million Dixons Carphone records containing personal data may have been accessed in a 2017 cyber attack
Aug 1, 2018Some 10 million Dixons Carphone records containing personal data may have been accessed in a 2017 cyber attack, the British electronics and mobile phone retailer said on Tuesday, boosting an earlier estimate of 1.2 million. It... -
Careem hit by a cyber attack compromising the data of 14 million users,
Apr 23, 2018Careem, Uber’s main ride-hailing app rival in the Middle East, was hit by a cyber attack that compromised the data of 14 million users, it said on Monday. The company learned of the breach, in which... -
UK could launch retaliatory cyber attack on Russia if infrastructure targeted
Apr 15, 2018Britain would consider launching a cyber attack against Russia in retaliation if Russia targeted British national infrastructure, the Sunday Times reported, citing unnamed security sources. Britain’s relations with Russia are at a historic low, after it...