by Andrea Peterson | Nov 8, 2016 | Technology
It will be hard — if not impossible — to stop hackers from weaponizing the “Internet of Things” anytime soon. That’s what some experts are warning in the wake of a massive cyberattack Friday that used compromised Internet-connected devices like security...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 26, 2016 | Technology
The White House recently released a new set of instructions on how government agencies should respond to major cyber security attacks. The Tuesday published directory was seen as an attempt to combat perceptions and criticisms on the Obama administration being...
by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Mar 27, 2016 | Opinion
Had the engineers responsible for the New York dam not disconnected the water gates from the electronic control center for reasons of maintenance, a huge disaster would have taken place. On that day hackers affiliated with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 18, 2013 | Media
Reuters—The Financial Times’ website and Twitter feeds were hacked on Friday, renewing questions about whether the popular social media service has done enough to tighten security as cyber-attacks on the news media intensify. The Syrian Electronic Army, an...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 25, 2013 | Media
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Today, there is nothing that cannot be done from behind a computer screen—including waging war. Earlier this week, the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) succeeded in hacking into the Associated Press’s Twitter account, sending out a fake tweet about...
