Trump Signs Executive Order Aimed at Cybersecurity
The Wall Street Journal reports: President Trump signed an executive order Friday directing diplomatic, law enforcement and national security agencies
March 9, 2026
The Wall Street Journal reports: President Trump signed an executive order Friday directing diplomatic, law enforcement and national security agencies
The Department of Justice announced yesterday the seizure of the LeakBase database, one of the world’s largest online forums for
From the Hunton Insurance Recovery Blog: In the rarely litigated space of cyber insurance, the Northern District of Texas issued
If a bill introduced in the Connecticut Senate ever becomes law, there will be new requirements for entities whose breaches
Insurance Business Magazine reports: Digital medicines platform MediMap is seeking urgent court orders in New Zealand after an individual claiming
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The International Business Times reports: Discord is preparing to enforce a global age verification system from early March that will
From Polsinelli PC: In two separate but related actions, third party administrators (TPAs) and their insurance business partners agreed to
The Washington Post reports: The Social Security Administration’s internal watchdog isinvestigating a complaint that alleges a former U.S. DOGE Service employee claimed he had access to two highly sensitive agency databases and planned to share the information with his private employer — a claim that, if true, would constitute an unprecedented breach of security protocols at an agency that serves more than 70 million Americans. The agency’s inspector general is investigating the disclosure and has alerted members of Congress of
The Wall Street Journal reports: President Trump signed an executive order Friday directing diplomatic, law enforcement and national security agencies to dismantle cybercriminal outfits. The order frames cybercrime groups, including Southeast Asian romance-scam farms and ransomware gangs, as transnational criminal organizations. It directs the Attorney General to give priority to prosecutions of cyber-enabled fraud and compels the State Department to pressure foreign governments to combat these gangs within their borders. Sanctions, visa restrictions and foreign-assistance limits serve as the primary tools to
DigitNews reports: Two fifths (42%) of organisations reported an increase in malicious insider incidents over the past year, with the same amount reporting a rise in negligent incidents for the first time. This is according to Mimecast’s State of Human Risk Report, which found that this parity marks a fundamental shift in enterprise security where international betrayal by employees rivals accidental mistakes as a primary security concern. Organisations reporting increases in malicious insider concerns jumped nearly 10 percentage points over two
The Department of Justice announced yesterday the seizure of the LeakBase database, one of the world’s largest online forums for cybercriminals to buy and sell stolen data and cybercrime tools. According to an affidavit unsealed on March 3, the LeakBase forum had over 142,000 members and more than 215,000 messages between members. Available on the open web and in English, the forum had an enormous and continuously updated archive of hacked databases including many from high profile attacks, including hundreds
TechCrunch reports: A group of hacktivists calling themselves “Department of Peace” claimed to have hacked the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), leaking allegedly stolen documents online. On Sunday, the nonprofit transparency collective DDoSecrets published data relating to contracts between DHS, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and more than 6,000 companies, including defense contractors Anduril, L3Harris, Raytheon, and surveillance provider Palantir, as well as tech giants Microsoft and Oracle. The hacktivist said the data comes from the Office of Industry Partnership, a unit within
The Washington Post reports: The Social Security Administration’s internal watchdog isinvestigating a complaint that alleges a former U.S. DOGE Service
DigitNews reports: Two fifths (42%) of organisations reported an increase in malicious insider incidents over the past year, with the
Former federal prosecutor Tom O’Malley writes: Attention OPM Data Breach Victims (21.5 Million)Thanks to DOGE (https://fedscoop.com/doge-could-end-opm-breach-identity-protections-mark-warner/), the free identity protection
From the Hunton Insurance Recovery Blog: In the rarely litigated space of cyber insurance, the Northern District of Texas issued
The Register reports: The number of successful cyber insurance claims made by UK organizations shot up last year, according to
Freedom For All Americans recaps what is known so far about a Conduent Business Solutions data breach that could wind
The Washington Post reports: The Social Security Administration’s internal watchdog isinvestigating a complaint that alleges a former U.S. DOGE Service employee claimed he had access to two highly sensitive agency databases and planned to share the information with his private employer — a claim that, if true, would constitute an unprecedented breach of security protocols at an agency that serves more than 70 million Americans. The agency’s inspector general is investigating the disclosure and has alerted members of Congress of
The Wall Street Journal reports: President Trump signed an executive order Friday directing diplomatic, law enforcement and national security agencies to dismantle cybercriminal outfits. The order frames cybercrime groups, including Southeast Asian romance-scam farms and ransomware gangs, as transnational criminal organizations. It directs the Attorney General to give priority to prosecutions of cyber-enabled fraud and compels the State Department to pressure foreign governments to combat these gangs within their borders. Sanctions, visa restrictions and foreign-assistance limits serve as the primary tools to
DigitNews reports: Two fifths (42%) of organisations reported an increase in malicious insider incidents over the past year, with the same amount reporting a rise in negligent incidents for the first time. This is according to Mimecast’s State of Human Risk Report, which found that this parity marks a fundamental shift in enterprise security where international betrayal by employees rivals accidental mistakes as a primary security concern. Organisations reporting increases in malicious insider concerns jumped nearly 10 percentage points over two
The Department of Justice announced yesterday the seizure of the LeakBase database, one of the world’s largest online forums for cybercriminals to buy and sell stolen data and cybercrime tools. According to an affidavit unsealed on March 3, the LeakBase forum had over 142,000 members and more than 215,000 messages between members. Available on the open web and in English, the forum had an enormous and continuously updated archive of hacked databases including many from high profile attacks, including hundreds
The Wall Street Journal reports: President Trump signed an executive order Friday directing diplomatic, law enforcement and national security agencies
The Department of Justice announced yesterday the seizure of the LeakBase database, one of the world’s largest online forums for
From the Hunton Insurance Recovery Blog: In the rarely litigated space of cyber insurance, the Northern District of Texas issued
If a bill introduced in the Connecticut Senate ever becomes law, there will be new requirements for entities whose breaches
Insurance Business Magazine reports: Digital medicines platform MediMap is seeking urgent court orders in New Zealand after an individual claiming
Miscellaneous News
The International Business Times reports: Discord is preparing to enforce a global age verification system from early March that will
From Polsinelli PC: In two separate but related actions, third party administrators (TPAs) and their insurance business partners agreed to
The Washington Post reports: The Social Security Administration’s internal watchdog isinvestigating a complaint that alleges a former U.S. DOGE Service
DigitNews reports: Two fifths (42%) of organisations reported an increase in malicious insider incidents over the past year, with the
Former federal prosecutor Tom O’Malley writes: Attention OPM Data Breach Victims (21.5 Million)Thanks to DOGE (https://fedscoop.com/doge-could-end-opm-breach-identity-protections-mark-warner/), the free identity protection
From the Hunton Insurance Recovery Blog: In the rarely litigated space of cyber insurance, the Northern District of Texas issued
The Register reports: The number of successful cyber insurance claims made by UK organizations shot up last year, according to
Freedom For All Americans recaps what is known so far about a Conduent Business Solutions data breach that could wind
