The Institute of Critical Infrastructure Technology casts doubt on allegations that Russia attempted to hack US election, saying the evidence is lacking.
An unclassified e-mail system used by the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, their chairman and his support staff was infiltrated by Russian hackers in August 2015, according to CBS News, citing former Joint Chiefs Chairman Martin Dempsey.
Authorities have charged a Nigerian national for his role in the hack of the Los Angeles County email system which resulted in the compromise of 756,000 people.
The company says that it does not store any financial credentials, but appears to have ignored multiple attempts to work with the individual who claims to have carried out the breach.
Pizza purveyor Domino's Pizza has advised its customers by email to change their account password to one which is strong and unique to avoid fraudulent account activity, owing to recent large-scale data breaches and password reuse across multiple websites.
While American intelligence agencies claim Russian hackers are behind the hacking of computers belonging to the Democratic National Committee, similar hack attempts failed to penetrate systems belonging to the Republican National Committee.
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