Author: Raphael Satter
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New cyberattack wallops Europe; spreads more slowly in U.S.
PARIS — A new and highly virulent outbreak of data-scrambling software caused disruption across the world Tuesday. Following a similar attack in May , the fresh assault paralyzed some hospitals, government offices and major multinational corporations in a dramatic demonstration of how easily malicious programs can bring daily life to a halt. Ukraine and other parts…
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WikiLeaks publishes CIA trove alleging wide scale hacking
WASHINGTON — WikiLeaks published thousands of documents Tuesday described as secret files about CIA hacking tools the government employs to break into users’ computers, mobile phones and even smart TVs from companies like Apple, Google, Microsoft and Samsung. The documents describe clandestine methods for bypassing or defeating encryption, antivirus tools and other protective security features…
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Soldiers thwart attack on Louvre, tourists held in lockdown
PARIS — Paris was plunged into panic — again — when soldiers guarding the Louvre Museum shot an attacker who lunged at them with two machetes on Friday and shouted “Allahu Akbar!” as the historic landmark went into lockdown. The threat appeared to quickly recede after the assailant was subdued, but it cast a new…
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US internet repeatedly disrupted by cyberattacks on key firm
LONDON — Cyberattacks on a key internet firm repeatedly disrupted the availability of popular websites across the East Coast of the United States Friday, according to analysts and company officials. Manchester, New Hampshire-based Dyn, Inc. said its server infrastructure was being hit by a distributed denial-of-service attacks, which work by overwhelming targeted machines with junk…
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Ecuador: We have ‘temporarily restricted’ Assange’s internet
QUITO, Ecuador — Ecuador’s government acknowledged on Tuesday that it had “temporarily restricted” WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s internet access at its embassy in London after the whistleblowing site published documents from Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign A foreign ministry statement said that while it stands by its decision in 2012 to grant Assange asylum, it doesn’t…
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Activist discovers iPhone spyware, sparking security update
AJMAN, United Arab Emirates — The suspicious text message that appeared on Ahmed Mansoor’s iPhone promised to reveal details about torture in the United Arab Emirates’ prisons. All Mansoor had to do was click the link. Mansoor, a human rights activist, didn’t take the bait. Instead, he reported it to Citizen Lab, an internet watchdog,…
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Truck slams into Bastille Day revelers in Nice, at least 80 dead
NICE, France — A truck loaded with weapons and hand grenades drove onto a sidewalk for more than a mile, plowing through Bastille Day revelers who’d gathered to watch fireworks in the French resort city of Nice late Thursday. At least 80 people were killed before police killed the driver, authorities said. Nice prosecutor Jean-Michel…
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Greece says crashed EgyptAir plane suddenly lost altitude
CAIRO — An EgyptAir jetliner en route from Paris to Cairo with 66 people aboard veered wildly in flight and crashed in the Mediterranean Sea early Thursday, authorities said. Egyptian and Russian officials said it may have been brought down by terrorists. There were no signs of survivors. EgyptAir Flight 804, an Airbus A320 with…
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Islamic State claims deadly bombings in Brussels
BRUSSELS — Islamic extremists struck Tuesday in the heart of Europe, killing at least 34 people and wounding scores of others in back-to-back bombings of the Brussels airport and subway that again laid bare the continent’s vulnerability to suicide squads. Bloodied and dazed travelers staggered from the airport after two explosions — at least one…
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AP analysis: Climate e-mails show disdain for skeptics but not fabrication of data
LONDON — E-mails stolen from climate scientists show they stonewalled skeptics and discussed hiding data — but the messages don’t support claims that the science of global warming was faked, according to an exhaustive review by The Associated Press.The 1,073 e-mails examined by the AP show that scientists harbored private doubts, however slight and fleeting,…