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SchoolDesk is currently working with various local, state and federal law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, to investigate the source of the attack.

Hackers were reportedly distributing the ransomware, which may be linked to Russia, via a new phishing campaign.

Nearly 20,000 people have potentially unknowingly handed over their personal data and financial details to hackers, according to Proofpoint.

Some of the websites compromised belong to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, China's BDStar and the Armed Forces of the Philippines among others.

The Crunchyroll site was taken offline after hackers "gained access" to its Cloudflare configuration to serve up visitors with malware.

The British wrestler Saraya-Jade Bevis, who goes by the name Paige, was targeted by hackers earlier in March as part of the so-called "Fappening 2.0".

The sites were reportedly infiltrated a few months before Trump traveled to Moscow for the Miss Universe pageant in November 2013.

The latest breach impacted six websites, including Toyotanation.com and Jeepforum.com – the company's second most popular website.

Equifax has drawn intense scrutiny since the disclosure of the massive hack that compromised valuable personal and financial information of 145.5 million Americans.

In order to keep you up-to-date, here are some clickable links to the best cybersecurity stories of the week from the IBTimes UK tech desk.

Deep Instinct researchers noticed a new, modified variant of the malware is being distributed via spam emails with Office documents attached.

The AP investigation revealed that Russian-linked hackers used brute force tactics for months to try and break into the emails of people across the Democratic Party.

The APT group's new corporate espionage campaign makes use of phishing emails and specialised malware to spy on and steal from targets.

Hackers are reportedly taking advantage of Google's algorithms to infect people with banking malware, gaming the system by using search engine optimisation (SEO) tactics.

A corrupt banking insider working for Barclays, and four other men, have been jailed after helping a gang of Eastern European hackers launder £16m.

Despite the size of the botnet, Sean Tiernan insisted that the profits made from the scheme were "comparatively small".

Fancy Bear first targeted Bellingcat journalists in 2015 and again last year as the journalists probed the mysterious downing of flight MH17.

Google's Advanced Protection Program locks down users' Gmail accounts like never before and is meant for its high-risk users.

The Turkish hacking group named Akincila previously targeted a number of Dutch websites, and posted pro-Turkish and anti-European messages.

The US Department of Justice reportedly has enough evidence to charge six hackers associated with Russian military and intelligence.

What happens when a hacker takes on a cybersecurity company like Mandiant, well-known for investigating major leaks and data breaches. He gets arested.

The malware has been around since last year and has been targeting popular cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, ZCash, Ethereum, Monero and others.

The data left exposed included names, IDs, passwords, phone numbers, addresses, credit card information, staff salary details and more.

At least 10 financial institutions around the world have been hit with a new banking Trojan by an alleged Russian-speaking cybercrime group codenamed "Silence".

An Apple software update for iPhone and iPad will protect users from the common hacking channel, KRACK. Android users, however, are still very much at risk.

21-year-old Alex Bessell from Liverpool has been accused of using a 9,000-strong botnet army to launch attacks on Google, Skype and Pokemon servers.

A phishing campaign has been spotted spreading via Facebook Messenger and targeting users across Europe including Germany, Sweden and Finland, security experts have found.

Inspired by Guy Fawkes and the mask made famous by the movie "V for Vendetta", the 5 November event will see Trafalgar Square in Westminster become the centre of attention.

A hacking group called The Dark Overlord is currently threatening to leak the internal client data of a Hollywood production studio called Line 204, IBTimes UK has learned.

A security researcher uncovered a series of flaws in Google's bug tracker database that allowed him to spy on the firm's entire list of dangerous bugs.