Miscellaneous News, Cyberattack
August 25, 2024
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Potential cyberattack impacts Port of Seattle online systems, including SEA Airport

Has the airport been hit by a cyberattack? Possibly. KIRO 7 reports: A possible cyberattack has affected internet and web networks at Port of Seattle, impacting systems across SeaTac Airport. According to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, the Port of Seattle ‘experienced certain system outages indicating a possible cyberattack earlier this morning.’ Passengers were encouraged to check […]

Data Breach News, Miscellaneous News, News
August 11, 2024
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We received internal Trump documents from ‘Robert.’ Then the campaign confirmed it was hacked.

Here we go again with foreign interference in our national election? Maybe. Politico reports: Former President Donald Trump’s campaign said Saturday that some of its internal communications had been hacked. The acknowledgment came after POLITICO began receiving emails from an anonymous account with documents from inside Trump’s operation. The campaign blamed “foreign sources hostile to […]

Miscellaneous News
August 09, 2024
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Iranians ramp up cyber attacks linked to US election, warns Microsoft

The U.S. voting public is the target of misinformation campaigns from within and from without. The Financial Times reports that one of the foreign sources of attempted interference in our election is Iran: Iranian state-backed actors have sought to access senior US political figures’ email accounts and launched “covert news sites” aimed at American readers […]