(Natural News) The University of California San Francisco paid $1.14 million in bitcoin to hackers following a ransomware attack that took place earlier this month. The attack encrypted data on the university’s School of Medicine servers, rendering it inaccessible. The hackers initially demanded $3 million, but the university got them to agree to a lower […]

(Natural News) A nuclear attack is terrifying, that much is certain. Both the United States and Russia have pulled out of a decades-old nuclear weapons pact; North Korea continues to test their missile program; and tensions in Iran are putting a lot of people on edge. However, there’s another threat that the world needs to look […]

(Natural News) In case we needed another reminder of how terribly things can go wrong when we place too much trust in technology, an attack on the computers of a healthcare system in Wyoming forced a hospital to transfer patients and cancel surgeries. The problem was caused by a ransomware attack that took control of […]

(Natural News) Why do preppers do what they do? That’s the question people often ask when they hear about prepping. The world isn’t burning, so what’s the hurry? Little do these people know that threats to humanity are genuine. Even the government admits it: The National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC) recently released a report warning […]

(Natural News) Shocking research has revealed just how easy it would be for malicious actors to exploit the U.S. emergency alert system. The vulnerabilities in the broadcast system could allow America’s enemies to hijack and weaponize it, causing all kinds of panic and chaos in targeted areas of the country. Back in 2018, a bogus […]

(Natural News) The U.S. power grid may not be on its last legs, but it is getting there. Most of the country’s power transmission and distribution network is old and well past their limit. And when one part finally goes down, many of the others will follow in a disastrous domino effect. The grid is […]

(Natural News) All of the tech dummies out there who foolishly made their homes “smart” by handing over control of their appliances to Google are finally learning the hard way that, in the event of an “outage,” what’s yours quickly becomes inaccessible and not yours. During the recent East Coast tech failure, many people with […]

(Natural News) As the Western media continues to drum up fear and hysteria about the alleged impending threat of Russia launching a cyber attack against the United States and other NATO allies, the former Soviet Union is reportedly prepping its own communications infrastructure to withstand a potential Western-launched cyber attack against itself. According to reports, […]

(Natural News) A new smartphone created by a Russian company is “surveillance-proof” and five times more affordable than smartphones sold in the United States. InfoWatch Group, a Russian information technology (IT) company, has introduced the TaigaPhone which is a surveillance-proof smartphone designed for corporate use. The company claims that the privacy features built into the […]

(Natural News) Most people have one blinking away on a shelf somewhere in their home. A WiFi router is as much a standard fixture in a modern home as a refrigerator or a microwave oven. And most of us believe that these devices are secure and safe from attack because of network security technology called […]