The European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol), the European Union’s main la enforcement agency, released updated statistics on the recent massive cyber attack which affected dozens of countries around the world over the weekend.
Israel thwarted a large cyberattack on government offices and private citizens, the National Cyber Bureau at the Prime Minister’s Office said Wednesday.
The U.S. sanctioned a couple of well-known crooks and handful of Russian government intelligence officers Thursday in retaliation for the Russian government’s interference in America’s elections and diplomacy.
Hackers stole 2 billion rubles from correspondent bank accounts at Russia’s central bank, a spokeswoman at the central bank confirmed Friday, adding that the country was devising new measures to be prepared for further attacks.
Two Israelis and an American with ties to Russia have been charged in connection with an alleged hacking scheme against 10 financial institutions, news organisations and other companies, including JPMorgan Chase, Fidelity Investments and the Wall Street Journal .