Feds Recover Some of the Colonial Pipeline Ransom The feds say that they recovered most of the Bitcoin paid as ransom, but because the price of Bitcoin is in a slump, it is only worth about $2 million. The feds say that they acquired the private key to the Bitcoin wallet and transferred 63 Bitcoin […]
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After not doing anything over the last twenty years to protect the cybersecurity of pipelines, the TSA decided they needed to do something – anything – so that they have the appearance of responding the problem. If you get the sense that I am not impressed, you are correct. So what do pipeline operators have […]
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Freaking Ooops: Us Nuke Bunker Security Secrets On Public ‘Net Since 2013 Details of some US nuclear missile bunkers in Europe, including secret duress codewords have been exposed publicly on the Internet. Journalists discovered it by using simple search queries. The information was on training flashcards, which should not have been public. It includes “intricate […]
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When you renew or try to obtain cyber insurance, the questions have historically been pretty lame. But, in the face of large losses, insurance companies are STARTING to get serious. Here is a report from one company on what their insurance company asked at renewal time. This is from an actual application. How would you […]
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As more police departments are being hit by ransomware attacks, there are several issues to consider. Unfortunately, there is not a simple fix to the problem. First, if the hackers steal data as part of the ransomware attack and then sell or publish it, it could compromise investigations or expose witnesses to physical harm if […]
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When insurance companies first started writing cyber risk insurance, it was unbelievably profitable. They were writing many policies and not processing many claims, so they were very happy. Over the last few years customers discovered that it did not make any sense to buy insurance and not make a claim when a bad event happened. […]
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