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Attack against supercomputers
More than 10 high-performance data centers were hacked, including the one in the city of Garching (Germany). They are used for research on Covid-19 therapies, but those affected suspect other motives behind the attacks.
Dieter Kranzlmüller cannot explain what the hacker wanted. "Someone broke in and manipulated the system. But we don't know exactly what he did," says the head of the Leibniz computer centre in Garching near Munich. The high-performance computer SuperMUC-NG is located there. Kranzlmüller's team had to take it off the Internet this week after a hacker had gained access to the system. The Cybercrime Department of the Bavarian State Office of Criminal Investigation is investigating.
The case has shaken the research community, which depends on the expensive machines for its investigations. They are scattered internationally, but can no longer access the computers online. According to Kranzlmüller, in addition to Garching, more than ten high-performance computer centres in different countries are affected, including those in Freiburg, Stuttgart and Jülich. A "serious problem right across the academic community", is what those responsible for the super computer Archer in Edinburgh call it.
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https://www.computerbase.de/2020-05/sicherheitsprobleme-europaeische-rechenzentren-supercomputer/
https://www.sueddeutsche.de/digital/supercomputer-hacker-garching-corona-1.4909397
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More than 10 high-performance data centers were hacked, including the one in the city of Garching (Germany). They are used for research on Covid-19 therapies, but those affected suspect other motives behind the attacks.
Dieter Kranzlmüller cannot explain what the hacker wanted. "Someone broke in and manipulated the system. But we don't know exactly what he did," says the head of the Leibniz computer centre in Garching near Munich. The high-performance computer SuperMUC-NG is located there. Kranzlmüller's team had to take it off the Internet this week after a hacker had gained access to the system. The Cybercrime Department of the Bavarian State Office of Criminal Investigation is investigating.
The case has shaken the research community, which depends on the expensive machines for its investigations. They are scattered internationally, but can no longer access the computers online. According to Kranzlmüller, in addition to Garching, more than ten high-performance computer centres in different countries are affected, including those in Freiburg, Stuttgart and Jülich. A "serious problem right across the academic community", is what those responsible for the super computer Archer in Edinburgh call it.
Read more 🇩🇪:
https://www.computerbase.de/2020-05/sicherheitsprobleme-europaeische-rechenzentren-supercomputer/
https://www.sueddeutsche.de/digital/supercomputer-hacker-garching-corona-1.4909397
#attack #hacker #hacked #supercumputers #datacenter #research
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Sicherheitsprobleme: Rechenzentren fahren Supercomputer herunter
Mehrere europäische Forschungs- und Hochleistungsrechenzentren melden akute Sicherheitsprobleme und fahren ihre Supercomputer herunter.
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Hackers who stole files from a law firm to stars like Lady Gaga and Drake doubled their ransom to $42 million and threatened to release 'dirty laundry' on Trump
Grubman, Shire, Meiselas and Sacks was recently the target of a hack by a group called REvil, which is attempting to random the information.
One of the top entertainment law firms in the US — Grubman, Shire, Meiselas and Sacks — was recently the target of a ransomware attack.
REvil, the group behind the attack, on Thursday doubled their ransom to $42 million, Page Six reported.
They also threatened to release "dirty laundry" on President Donald Trump if the amount wasn't paid.
They did not elaborate on what the material might be. Sources told Page Six that Trump had never been a client of the firm.
A hacker group that stole 756 gigabytes of data from one of top US entertainment law firms has doubled their ransom to $42 million, and threatened to release "dirty laundry" on President Donald Trump if the money is not paid.
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https://www.businessinsider.fr/us/revil-hackers-threaten-trump-dirty-laundry-taken-from-law-firm-2020-5
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Grubman, Shire, Meiselas and Sacks was recently the target of a hack by a group called REvil, which is attempting to random the information.
One of the top entertainment law firms in the US — Grubman, Shire, Meiselas and Sacks — was recently the target of a ransomware attack.
REvil, the group behind the attack, on Thursday doubled their ransom to $42 million, Page Six reported.
They also threatened to release "dirty laundry" on President Donald Trump if the amount wasn't paid.
They did not elaborate on what the material might be. Sources told Page Six that Trump had never been a client of the firm.
A hacker group that stole 756 gigabytes of data from one of top US entertainment law firms has doubled their ransom to $42 million, and threatened to release "dirty laundry" on President Donald Trump if the money is not paid.
👉🏼 Weiter auf:
https://www.businessinsider.fr/us/revil-hackers-threaten-trump-dirty-laundry-taken-from-law-firm-2020-5
#hacker #hacked #ransom #LadyGaga #drake #trump
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