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These ransomware hackers gave up when they hit multi-factor authentication
“A ransomware attack was prevented just because the intended victim was using multi-factor authentication (MFA) and the attackers decided it wasn’t worth the effort to attempt to bypass it.”
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TikTok Engaging in Excessive Data Collection
“TikTok has been engaging in excessive data collection and connecting to mainland China-based infrastructure, Internet 2.0 has claimed in a new white paper.”
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Belgium says Chinese hackers attacked its Ministry of Defense
“Belgium assesses these malicious cyber activities to have been undertaken by Chinese Advanced Persistent Threats (APT).”
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US Government Picks Quantum-Resistant Encryption Algorithms
“The American government agency that’s also a global trendsetter for cryptographic standards today selected four algorithms designed to withstand a decryption attack mounted by a quantum computer.”