Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., spoke to reporters at the U.S. Capitol on March 22, 2022. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) With a mysterious surveillance target identified, calls for Congress to change course Civil liberties advocates want to narrow the scope of an amendment to a controversial surveillance law. Apr 17, 2024 By Tim Starks
Data centers at risk due to flaws in power management software Bugs found by Trellix researchers could allow for malicious hackers to gain access to sensitive sites like data centers. Aug 14, 2023 By Christian Vasquez
(Flickr/Sam Valadi) Negligent data center shutdowns bring $60 million fine for Morgan Stanley Hardware from the decommissioning of two facilities in 2016 still had some customer data on it by the time it reached recyclers. Oct 9, 2020 By Joe Warminsky
(Getty Images) Multibillion-dollar Equinix is the latest data-center firm to face ransomware incident Data-hosting firms are a recurring target for ransomware gangs that figure the threat to customer data helps their chances of a payout. Sep 10, 2020 By Sean Lyngaas
Japanese IT services firm reveals hack affecting up to 621 corporate customers Between cloud computing and other IT services, NTT Communications has a wealth of data for hackers to aim at. May 28, 2020 By Sean Lyngaas
Hackers seize on software flaw to breach two victims, despite patch availability LineageOS and Ghost — makers of open-source software — grappled with security incidents over the weekend. May 4, 2020 By Sean Lyngaas
(wikicommons) Advice for the U.S. government: Stop talking and start doing Op-Ed: The first federal CISO has three pieces of advice for the federal government when it comes to shoring up their cybersecurity practices. Jul 30, 2018 By Gregory Touhill
A photo of the Mongolia flag. (Flickr user Sergio Tittarini) This Chinese hacking group pwned a bunch of Mongolian government sites A Chinese hacking group broke into a national data center in Mongolia late last year, quietly planting malware into local government websites. Jun 15, 2018 By Chris Bing
(wikicommons) Report: Kaspersky Lab to open new data center in Switzerland to curb espionage suspicions It's not clear whether the Kremlin will accept the Moscow-based company's decision to build the facility outside Russia. Mar 21, 2018 By Chloe Kim