The Rising Importance of Research Communities for Industrial Cybersecurity

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IT security research communities have been around for decades, sharing their findings with community members and the vendors of the affected product with the aim of accelerating some type of corrective action to safeguard users. As appreciation for the value of this service continued to grow, vendors began to offer bug bounty programs to provide researchers financial motivation to work with them to identify vulnerabilities.

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Hackers Target German Branch of Russian Oil Giant Rosneft

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The German subsidiary of Russian energy giant Rosneft has been hit by a cyberattack, the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) said on Monday, with hacker group Anonymous claiming responsibility.

Rosneft Deutschland reported the incident in the early hours of Saturday morning, the BSI said.

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