Business Sep 20, 2018
¥6.7 billion in digital money stolen from Osaka firm
by Kazuaki Nagata
Hackers gained unauthorized access to the exchange’s hot wallets, which are less secure and where funds are held for immediate transactions.
World / Politics Aug 19, 2018
White House counsel interviewed for 30 hours in Russia probe: report
The White House's top lawyer has cooperated extensively with the special counsel investigating Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election, sharing detailed accounts about the episodes at the heart of the inquiry into whether President Donald Trump obstructed justice, The New York Times reported ...
Business Aug 17, 2018
Hackers at 'China's MIT' targeted U.S. firms, government after Alaska trade mission: researchers
Hackers operating from an elite Chinese university probed American companies and government departments for espionage opportunities following a U.S. trade delegation visit to China earlier this year, security researchers told Reuters. Cybersecurity firm Recorded Future said the group used computers at China's Tsinghua University to ...
Commentary / World Aug 10, 2018
In the Age of Malware we're flirting with national disaster
by Robert Samuelson
The things we like about the Internet are the same things that make us vulnerable to its dangers.
Business / Tech Aug 9, 2018
New kind of artificial intelligence program takes computer hacking to another level
The nightmare scenario for computer security — artificial intelligence programs that can learn how to evade even the best defenses — may already have arrived. That warning from security researchers is driven home by a team from IBM Corp. who have used the artificial intelligence ...
Business / Tech Aug 2, 2018
Congress passes bill forcing tech firms to disclose foreign access to software sold to U.S. military
The U.S. Congress is sending President Donald Trump legislation that would force technology companies to disclose if they allowed countries like China and Russia to examine the inner workings of software sold to the U.S. military. The legislation, part of the Pentagon's spending bill, was ...
World Jul 28, 2018
The Pentagon is working on a software "do not buy" list to block vendors who use code originating from Russia and China, a top Defense Department acquisitions official said on Friday. Ellen Lord, the undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, told reporters the Pentagon ...
World / Crime & Legal Jul 28, 2018
Witness list for trial of Trump's former campaign chief Paul Manafort released
U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller on Friday submitted a list of 35 potential witnesses for the trial of President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort due to begin next week in Virginia, including bankers and accountants likely to testify regarding charges of bank ...
Asia Pacific Jul 24, 2018
Singapore disconnects health care computers from the internet after cyberattack
Singapore has disconnected computers from the internet at public health care centers to prevent cyberattacks of the kind that caused its worst breach of personal data, a government official said on Tuesday. Singapore started to cut web access for civil servants in 2016 to guard ...
National Jul 16, 2018
Japan strengthens cybersecurity cooperation with EU ahead of Olympics
by Yuka Nakao
Japan and the European Union are strengthening their cooperation on cybersecurity ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, where the city is expected to face a significant cyberthreat. Organizers of past games faced an estimated 500 million cyberattacks during the 2016 Rio Games ...
World / Politics Jul 14, 2018
If U.S. President Donald Trump was inclined to be tentative when raising the issue of election meddling when he meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, the indictment Friday of 12 Russian intelligence officers over hacking in 2016 has made that approach a ...
Business Jun 22, 2018
Intel Corp. CEO Brian Krzanich resigned on Thursday after a probe found a consensual relationship with an employee violated company policy. The head of the largest U.S. chipmaker is the latest in a line of powerful men in business and politics to lose their jobs ...