Chinese state-sponsored hackers broke into an internal computer network used by the Dutch Ministry of Defence last year, the Netherlands said Tuesday. In a rare announcement, both the country’s military (MIVD) and civilian (AIVD) security services said the ministry had been hacked for espionage purposes after the threat actor exploited a vulnerability in FortiGate devices, […]
A former Dutch cybersecurity professional named Pepijn Van der Stap has been sentenced to four years in prison for hacking and blackmailing more than a dozen companies. He also infiltrated networks and stole sensitive information.