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  2. 2020 United States federal government data breach - Wikipedia

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    In 2020, a major cyberattack suspected to have been committed by a group backed by the Russian government penetrated thousands of organizations globally including multiple parts of the United States federal government, leading to a series of data breaches. [1] [28] [29] The cyberattack and data breach were reported to be among the worst cyber ...

  3. US State Dept broadens security vendor list amid Microsoft ...

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    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of State has been working with a range of security vendors beyond Microsoft since China-linked hackers stole tens of thousands of the department's ...

  4. FBI says Chinese hackers preparing to attack US infrastructure

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    Chinese government-linked hackers have burrowed into U.S. critical infrastructure and are waiting "for just the right moment to deal a devastating blow," FBI Director Christopher Wray said on ...

  5. 2022 Costa Rican ransomware attack - Wikipedia

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    Beginning on the night (UTC-6:00) of April 17, 2022, a ransomware attack began against nearly 30 institutions of the government of Costa Rica, including its Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Science, Innovation, Technology and Telecommunications (MICITT), the National Meteorological Institute, state internet service provider RACSA, the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (Caja Costarricense de ...

  6. US cyber agency says Russian hackers used Microsoft access to ...

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    April 11, 2024 at 4:31 PM. By Raphael Satter. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said Russian government-backed hackers have used their access to ...

  7. Office of Personnel Management data breach - Wikipedia

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    The Office of Personnel Management data breach was a 2015 data breach targeting Standard Form 86 (SF-86) U.S. government security clearance records retained by the United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM). One of the largest breaches of government data in U.S. history, the attack was carried out by an advanced persistent threat based ...

  8. New US strategy looks to blunt Russian and Chinese ... - AOL

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    May 6, 2024 at 7:59 PM. Susan Walsh/AP. The US State Department on Monday released an ambitious new cybersecurity strategy that seeks to curb Russia and China’s digital influence in the ...

  9. Democratic National Committee cyber attacks - Wikipedia

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    The Democratic National Committee cyber attacks took place in 2015 and 2016, [1] in which two groups of Russian computer hackers infiltrated the Democratic National Committee (DNC) computer network, leading to a data breach. Cybersecurity experts, as well as the U.S. government, determined that the cyberespionage was the work of Russian ...

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