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Scattered Spider, also referred to as UNC3944 among other names, [1] is a hacking group mostly made up of individuals aged 19 to 22 as of September 2023. The group, whose name was first tagged by cybersecurity researchers, gained notoriety for hacking Caesars Entertainment and MGM Resorts International, two of the largest casino and gambling companies in the United States.
A cyberattack is any type of offensive maneuver employed by individuals or whole organizations that targets computer information systems, infrastructures, computer networks, and/or personal computer devices by various means of malicious acts usually originating from an anonymous source that either steals, alters, or destroys a specified target by hacking into a susceptible system.
March: As a response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Anonymous performed many attacks against computer systems in Russia. Most notably, Anonymous committed a cyberattack against Roskomnadzor. [222] March: On 23 March 2022, hackers compromised the Ronin Network, stealing approximately US$620 million in Ether and USDC.
In 2020, a major cyberattack suspected to have been committed by a group backed by the Russian government penetrated thousands of organizations globally including multiple parts of the United States federal government, leading to a series of data breaches. [1][28][29] The cyberattack and data breach were reported to be among the worst cyber ...
Hafnium (group) Hafnium (sometimes styled HAFNIUM; also called Silk Typhoon by Microsoft [1]) is a cyber espionage group, sometimes known as an advanced persistent threat, with alleged ties to the Chinese government. [2][3][4] Hafnium is closely connected to APT40. [5]
Sandworm is an advanced persistent threat operated by Military Unit 74455, a cyberwarfare unit of the GRU, Russia 's military intelligence service. [3] Other names for the group, given by cybersecurity researchers, include APT44, [4] Telebots, Voodoo Bear, IRIDIUM, Seashell Blizzard, [5] and Iron Viking. [6][7]
The Impact Team announced the attack on 19 July 2015 and threatened to expose the identities of Ashley Madison's users if its parent company, Avid Life Media, did not shut down Ashley Madison and its sister site, "Established Men". [2] On 20 July 2015, the Ashley Madison website put up three statements under its "Media" section addressing the ...
The exact duration of the hack is yet unknown. U.S. investigators say the culprits spent at least two months copying critical files. [7] A purported member of the Guardians of Peace (GOP) who has claimed to have performed the hack stated that they had access for at least a year prior to its discovery in November 2014. [8]