Source code shows how computer programs work. Gaining access to such code could have given hackers valuable insight into how they might exploit programs or evade detection.
Sunburst malware was released through Orion Platform's auto-update feature, crippling networks. How India reacted to this was telling in how well prepared it is against such threat actors.
The advisory, issued by the Department of Homeland Security, has imposed further penalties on Chinese firms amid continuing deterioration in relations between the two countries.
Hackers with ties to the Russian government are suspected to be behind the attack that took advantage of weaknesses in the US supply chain to penetrate several federal agencies.
Breaches at US Treasury and Commerce departments and those of other government agencies took place in an attack that started months ago, the Washington Post reported.
Most strategic analysts in the US today unhesitatingly declare that the main economic, technological & security challenge in coming years will be from China.
According to a company report, 52% of the 13,000 hacking alerts between July 2019-June 2020 were related to Russian hackers, with targets ranging from elections to the Olympics.
Though state operations have not been affected, the timing of the attack, which has already lasted more than a week, has raised security questions ahead of the election.
Overall, the five hackers created millions of dollars in damages to companies in countries including the US, UK, Germany, India, Japan and Indonesia, the Justice Department said.
Going through their Instagrams and dissecting their ‘statements’ is not the astute political commentary you think it is—it is time for us to back off from targeting 20-year-olds.
Companies are borrowing more from banks and public. Economists say high capacity utilisation & growing new orders could set stage for renewed investment push by India Inc.
New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
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