There have been many significant cyber security incidents in recent years, and it is difficult to rank them in terms of their importance or impact. Here is a list of ten examples of significant cyber security incidents that have occurred in the past few years: The WannaCry
The Washington Post published the list of most wanted hackers, offering a total of 4.2 million dollars for them. Russian Yevgeny Mikhailovich Bogacev, dubbed ZeuS comes first, offering $ 3 million for his capture. He is accused of Trojans used to steal bank account details, passwords and
Personal data of 18 million current, former and potential employees US government was accessed after a cyber attack to the Office for Personnel Management (OPM). The number of people affected is four times more than the recognized public agency, reported CNN. The estimate of 18 million was made
Increasingly,more and more hackers offer help in spreading Islamic State terror network messages, attacking the websites of media organizations, according to security company FireEye. “Supporters help the terrorist organization Islamic State for opportunistic attacks and more sophisticated cyber operations”, specifies the company FireEye. French TV5 Monde station
The US government announced on Thursday it had detected computer piracy of personal data belonging to a total of four million federal employees who, according to the Washington Post, were committed by the Chinese. This “cyber intrusion” was detected in April 2015 the Office of Personnel Management (OPM),
IRS (Internal Revenue Service), believes that the hackers who stole personal data of 100,000 US taxpayers would come from Russia. The attacks took place over a period of four months and authorities have found that it contained some cyber criminals in the country led by Vladimir Putin, shows
Hackers stole data from Bundestag during a cyber attack committed two weeks ago, a spokeswoman confirmed for the lower house of the German Federal Parliament, but it was unclear who is behind the attack, reports Deutsche Welle website. Spokeswoman said that several data leakage was detecting. But it is
When it comes to find some security holes, people employed to break the information system of a company starts with what is often the clearest and greatest vulnerability. A professional hacker, employee of a large company in Silicon Valley, tells Business Insider which is the easiest way
Hackers had broken the database of the German Lufthansa airline customers, Der Spiegel newspaper, quoted by Agerpres. Lufthansa said it had taken prompt action, but admitted “that failed to prevent illegal access to records of customers’. According to Der Spiegel, unidentified hackers have accessed data site users, compromising their
A group of russian hackers managed to break the White House computer system, gaining access to private information which contain the program of US President Barack Obama, writes CNN. According to available information, the attack, behind which they may be Russian hackers, as stated by the authorities, was