Schneider's Sustainability division, which provides software and consulting services to enterprises, was felled by cybercriminals in mid-January.
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'Cactus' Ransomware Strikes Schneider Electric
Schneider's Sustainability division, which provides software and consulting services to enterprises, was felled by cybercriminals in mid-January.
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Ivanti Zero-Day Patches Delayed as 'KrustyLoader' Attacks Mount
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'Midnight Blizzard' Breached HPE Email Months Before Microsoft Hack
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Critical Cisco Unified Communications RCE Bug Allows Root Access
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Fulton County Suffers Power Outages as Cyberattack Continues
County services have come to a halt and are not expected to resume until next week; no threat actor has yet been identified.
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