Information of just over 40 million former and prospective customers that applied for T-Mobile credit was exposed in a recent data breach, the company said.

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The software company whose software was exploited in the biggest global ransomware attack on record said Tuesday that it so far it appears that fewer than 1,500 businesses were compromised.

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Sensitive personal information collected by the Maryland Higher Education Commission continues to remain vulnerable, according to a recent audit report presented to lawmakers. The finding is one of eight identified by the Office of Legislative Audits and one of five ...

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Fulton-based DataTribe announceda $2.5 million seed investment in cybersecurity company Ntrinsec.

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The U.S. government offers a little-noticed incentive for those who do pay after ransomware attacks: The ransoms may be tax deductible.

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If your business falls victim to ransomware and you want simple advice on whether to pay the criminals, don't expect much help from the U.S. government.

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The world’s largest meat processing company says it paid the equivalent of $11 million to hackers who broke into its computer system late last month.

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The Justice Department has recovered most of a multimillion-dollar ransom payment to hackers after a cyberattack that caused Colonial Pipeline to halt its operations, officials said.

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There are numerous technological, legal and diplomatic hurdles to going after ransomware gangs.

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The Justice Department said Tuesday that it has seized two domain names used in a cyberespionage campaign that targeted U.S. and foreign government agencies, think tanks, and humanitarian groups.

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