Tag: cyberattack
GitHub, a code management website used by more than 8 million developers, has been hit by a flood of data intent on taking down anti-censorship tools, the largest such attack in the site’s history. As of 11:50 UTC Monday, GitHub is back online, but the attack continues to “evolve” and the staff is racing to […]
It’s only the second time in history that a cyberattack delivered confirmed physical damage to its target, but no one seemed to notice because the hacking story at the time was all about a Seth Rogen movie and Sony executives. Just before Christmas a German report confirmed that an unnamed steel mill was attacked by […]
After pretty much everyone mocked them, the president scolded them, and some even offered to screen the movie for them, it seems that Sony executives have backtracked from their original stance of having “no plans” to release The Interview. Speaking to CNN on Sunday, Sony CEO Michael Lynton said, “We would still like the public […]