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Is JBS cyberattack a dry run?
[FoxBusinessNews] Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said last month that ransomware attacks cost victims a combined $350 million in 2020.

Ransomware attack cripples Martha's Vineyard ferry - as it's revealed China hacked NYC's MTA in April in failed bid to get control of its subway trains
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • New York City's transit system was hacked in April, it emerged on Wednesday

  • Hackers from China accessed the IT services via remote log-in systems

  • The MTA required 3,700 employees and contractors to change their passwords

  • Transit authority said that passengers were not at risk, and no data was stolen

  • It is the third time in recent years that foreign hackers have accessed the MTA

  • The report of the hack came a month after the Colonial Pipeline was taken out

  • On Tuesday US operations at the world's largest meat processer were stopped

  • On Wednesday the ferry between Massachusetts and islands was disrupted

  • Passengers traveling to Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket faced delays


Posted by: Skidmark 2021-06-03
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