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China-linked APT Salt Typhoon has breached more U.S. telecommunications providers via unpatched Cisco IOS XE network devices.
Security Affairs reports: China-linked APT group Salt Typhoon is still targeting telecommunications providers worldwide, and according to a new report published by Recorded Future’s Insikt Group, the threat actors has breached more U.S. telecommunications providers by exploiting unpatched Cisco IOS XE network devices. Insikt Group researchers reported that the Chinese hacked have exploited two Cisco flaws, tracked […]
Ninth Circuit upholds $725M Facebook settlement in Cambridge Analytica case, rejects objectors’ appeal
Courthouse News Service has an update on the Cambridge Analytica settlement. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday afternoon that a federal court did not abuse its discretion in 2023 when it approved a $725 million settlement between Facebook, Inc. — now known as Meta — and a settlement class concerning the Cambridge Analytica scandal, an event in which […]
Elon Musk’s DOGE Posts Classified Data On Its New Website
Some might say it was only a matter of time. HuffPost reports: Elon Musk’s team at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency has posted classified information about the size and staff of a U.S. intelligence agency on its new website, raising bigger concerns about where Musk’s programmers got this information and what they are doing […]
Virginia AG’s office says it was struck by ‘sophisticated cyberattack’
The Washington Post reports: A “sophisticated cyberattack” struck the offices of Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares on Wednesday, forcing the agency to shut down computer systems and resort to paper court filings as Virginia State Police and the FBI investigate. “Unfortunately our agency has been the victim of what appears to be a sophisticated […]
Dutch police say they took down 127 servers used by sanctioned hosting service
The Record reports; Police in the Netherlands say they seized 127 servers this week that were used by Zservers, a bulletproof hosting service that was the subject of international sanctions issued Tuesday. The raid on Wednesday at the Paul van Vlissingenstraat data center in Amsterdam “followed a long-term digital investigation into the activities of a […]
PCSO chief says data breach claim is “fake news”
Inquirer.net reports: The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) on Friday dismissed claims that the agency’s database was breached by an alleged group of hackers, adding that information of lotto winners was not compromised. According to PCSO General Manager Mel Robles, the claim was made to taint the integrity of the agency’s games. “This is fake […]
‘The largest data breach in American history’: Attorney General Tong sues Musk, Trump over DOGE data overreach
WGTC reports: Attorney General William Tong has announced that Connecticut is joining several other states in filing a lawsuit against Donald Trump’s administration and the overreach of his Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency. Tong is one of 19 Democratic attorneys general who have sued Trump in an effort to block Musk from accessing the systems […]
Should India adopt a threshold-based data breach reporting?
MediaNama reports: India needs a threshold-based system for data breach reporting, speakers argued at MediaNama’s discussion on the draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules (DPDP Rules, 2025) on February 7. This came as a comment during the session on the draft rules around data breaches. MediaNama conducted this discussion under the Chatham House Rule. (Chatham […]