United Nations hacked, officials tried to cover up information
A report by the Associated Press has revealed that the United Nations' offices in Geneva and Vienna were targeted in a cyber attack in an espionage operation, but top officials attempted to bury information related to the leak. Staff members were not made aware of the attack, which is thought to have been backed by certain state actors.
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Garmin hit with massive outage in suspected ransomware attack
Garmin, the GPS and wearable device company, says a widespread blackout has left its fitness devices, website and call centers offline for more than 24 hours in what may be a ransomware attack. "We are currently experiencing an outage that affects Garmin.com and Garmin Connect," the company announced on Twitter and the Garmin Connect website .
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Google recently announced that a website built by the company to inform readers about safety precautions and verified information regarding the highly contagious disease is now online, but it does not contain the testing features that US President Donald Trump had claimed it would. Instead, Verily, which shares the parent company Alphabet with Google, is currently building a testing screening website.
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Microsoft leads an attack against the world's largest bot network
A statement from tech giant Microsoft, one of the most valuable companies in the world, has stated that the company has successfully participated in a project to dismantle Necurs, one of the world's largest zombie bot networks, which are webs of internet-connected devices that are used to accomplish tasks automatically. Necurs had been responsible for several cyberattacks aimed at stealing customer information and phishing scams across the world.
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