Cyber & Internet

Over 8,000 cyberattacks perpetrated against Israeli targets in 2020, Israel Hayom discovers. Most common complaints include identity theft and digital forgery.

"Today's agreement is an important milestone in helping to prevent future attacks," says EU Vice-President Margaritis Schinas.

Black Shadow hackers raise ransom demand for stolen Shirbit Insurance database to nearly $4 million "We will not cooperate with extortion attempts," Shirbit Insurance says.

Group calling itself "BlackShadow" hacks Shirbit Insurance, whose clients include many civil servants. "The organization that claimed responsibility for this hack could be a cover for a foreign intelligence agency, maybe even the Iranians," cyber expert says.

British lawmakers "appalled" with Alexa's responses to a number of queries related to Jews.

Computer problem took TASE's system offline for some 30 minutes on Thursday afternoon. Source of the snafu is under investigation; prior to halt in trading, main indices were up some 0.8%.

Social media giants say move will take effect on Jan. 20, 2021, after the president-elect is sworn in. Twitter, Facebook will also hand over other institutional handles – for the White House, vice president and first lady of the United States – on inauguration day.

Russia's Fancy Bear and North Korea’s Lazarus Group among state-backed groups tech giant says attempted to steal valuable data from leading pharmaceutical companies and vaccine researchers in Canada, France, India, South Korea, and the US. Most of the attacks in recent months were uncuccessful, Microsoft says.

Email addresses created by the Education Ministry for students to participate in online classes might be easy prey for pedophiles.