News of the Week 25 July 2020

In this week’s podcast, hacks abound in multiple sectors, some of which happened months back, and we are only getting details on now.

www.justice.gov: Two Alleged Criminals – A Hezbollah Associated Narco-Money Launderer and a Computer Hacker – Extradited from Cyprus to the United States

www.wired.com: Chinese Hackers Charged in Decade-Long Crime and Spying Spree

www.bbc.com: Blackbaud Hack: Universities lose data to ransomware attack

arstechnica.com: Ongoing Meow attack has nuked >1,000 databases without telling anyone why

www.reuters.com: Twitter says hackers saw messages from 36 accounts, including Netherlands official

www.scmagazine.com: New cryptominer botnet spreads payload, less intrusive

www.zdnet.com: Ransomware gang demands $7.5 million from Argentinian ISP

www.theregister.com: UK.gov admits it has not performed legally required data protection checks for COVID-19 tracing system

www.zdnet.com: Why the internet went haywire last week

www.zdnet.com: Two more cyber-attacks hit Israel’s water system

www.bleepingcomputer.com: Lorien Health Services discloses ransomware attack affecting nearly 50,000

www.c4isrnet.com: The new ways the military is fighting against information warfare tactics