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Andrew Torba, who launched the alternative social network in 2016, previously branded the culprits of a cyberattack "demon hackers" after a trove of data was reportedly stolen from his platform.

The attacks by the gang allegedly targeted thousands of victims in 2020, including famous internet influencers, sport stars, musicians and their families, Europol said.

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"There was minimal security leadership at the top," said the cybersecurity expert, who left SolarWinds after giving his warning.

The Republican senator described the SolarWinds cyberattack—which Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and top GOP lawmakers blame Russia for—as "extraordinary." The president has downplayed it.

President Donald Trump has downplayed the threat from the SolarWinds cyberattack and attempted to cast doubt on Russia's involvement.

A high-profile cybersecurity attack has threatened government agencies and businesses, but the president remains silent on the issue.

Even as critical government agencies acknowledged their computer systems appeared to have been affected, the president has continued to tweet about an election he had already lost.

The fallout from the cyberattack via Texas-based software company SolarWinds appears to be vast, with a slew of powerful U.S. government agencies and businesses, seemingly targeted.

Microsoft has denied a Thursday report claiming that the company was compromised during the recent SolarWinds cyberattacks and used to distribute further attacks.

The former homeland security adviser has said the Biden administration should "assume that any government data or email could be falsified."

"You can't trust electronic communications right now in the unclassified side," former White House Chief Information Officer Theresa Payton warned.

Although the issue was fixed in November 2019, it raises questions about the company's security safeguards.

The State Department is now also believed to have been compromised by hackers reportedly acting under orders from Moscow.

The cyberattack seemingly went undetected for months as hackers were able to sneak into various U.S. government agencies, potentially putting sensitive information at risk of theft.

SolarWinds says on its website its products are currently used by more than 300,000 customers, spanning military, government, business giants and educational institutions.

A cyberattack that locked down computers sparked mass disruption at a German university hospital this month. Now, investigators claim to have found a link to Russia.

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"We feel terrible about the security incident that negatively affected the people we serve and their trust in us. Security doesn't have an endpoint, it's a constant iteration," Jack Dorsey told investors.

Twitter's security team says "significant steps" have been taken to limit access to its backend systems after an unprecedented cyberattack blamed on a "coordinated social engineering attack."

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"While it makes for a good headline in these already dramatic times, it's not accurate. The reality is far more boring," tweeted Matthew Prince, CEO of internet security giant Cloudflare.

"The Iranian government does not engage in cyber warfare," Iranian mission to the U.N. spokesperson Alireza Miryousefi told Newsweek following a Reuters report tying Tehran to an attack on Gilead.

"We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience caused and concern to our customers and related parties. In the future, we will make further efforts to strengthen security," Nintendo said.

If successfully downloaded, attackers can "run programs and access victims' data including sensitive personal and financial information," Proofpoint researchers warned.

The data included names, home addresses, email addresses, and phone numbers, but does not appear to have resulted in the loss of guests' financial details, an MGM spokesperson said.

Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow said Iran has the "capacity" to launch attacks against Americans by land, sea or online, and she warned the Trump administration that "there better be a plan."

Amazon Web Services "was not compromised in any way and functioned as designed," the firm told Newsweek. Capital One said a breach impacted 100 million individuals in the U.S. and six million people in Canada.

Russian telecom companies will have to re-route all Internet traffic to exchange points managed or approved by the Russian telecom supervisor Roskomnazor.