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Trump Administration Picks May Test Bipartisan Support for Cybersecurity AgencyNewly empowered Republicans in U.S. president-elect Donald Trump's orbit appear slated to enact far-reaching changes to the federal cyber defense agency, with one senator pledging to act on his long-standing enmity to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
Co-conspirator and Wife Heather Morgan Set to be Sentenced on MondayA U.S. federal judge sentenced crypto hacker Ilya "Dutch" Lichtenstein to five years in prison for his involvement in the $3.6 billion Bitfinex hack and subsequent money laundering. 35-year-old and his wife Heather Morgan pleaded guilty last year to one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering
On Friday, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reported that the number of consumer complaints about unwanted telemarketing phone calls has dropped over 50% since 2021, continuing a trend that started three years ago. [...]
Vaccine Skeptic's Views on Health Privacy Not Well-KnownPresident elect Donald Trump said Thursday he will nominate prominent vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary to head up the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. His stances on health information privacy, security and healthcare sector cyber matters are not well known.
A hacker responsible for stealing 119,754 Bitcoin in a 2016 hack on the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange was sentenced to five years in prison by U.S. authorities. [...]
Ilya Lichtenstein, who pleaded guilty to the 2016 hack of cryptocurrency stock exchange Bitfinex, has been sentenced to five years in prison, the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced Thursday
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday warned that two more flaws impacting the Palo Alto Networks Expedition have come under active exploitation in the wild
Vaccine Skeptic's Views on Health Privacy Not Well KnownPresident elect Donald Trump said Thursday he will nominate prominent vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary to head up the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. His stances on health information privacy, security and healthcare sector cyber matters are not well known.
A financially motivated Chinese threat actor dubbed "SilkSpecter" is using thousands of fake online stores to steal the payment card details of online shoppers in the U.S. and Europe. [...]
Robert Purbeck, a 45-year-old man from Idaho, has been sentenced to ten years in prison for hacking at least 19 organizations in the United States, stealing the personal data of more than 132,000 people, and multiple extortion attempts. [...]
Advertising on TikTok is the obvious choice for any company trying to reach a young market, and especially so if it happens to be a travel company, with 44% of American Gen Zs saying they use the platform to plan their vacations. But one online travel marketplace targeting young holidaymakers with ads on the popular video-sharing platform broke GDPR rules when a third-party partner misconfigured
CISA and the FBI confirmed that Chinese hackers compromised the "private communications" of a "limited number" of government officials after breaching multiple U.S. broadband providers. [...]
American Associated Pharmacies yet to officially confirm infection American Associated Pharmacies (AAP) is the latest US healthcare organization to have had its data stolen and encrypted by cyber-crooks, it is feared.…
Attorney Lisa Sotto on Anticipated Changes in Regulatory Focus at FTC and CISADonald Trump's return to the White House with a renewed focus on deregulation may shift the priorities of federal agencies in enforcing data privacy and cybersecurity policy, said Lisa Sotto, partner at Hunton Andrews Kurth and chairperson of the DHS Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee.
Jack Teixeira, 22, talked of 'culling the weak minded' – hmm! A former Air National Guard member who stole classified American military secrets, and showed them to his gaming buddies on Discord, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.…
US to Advocate for Human Rights Safeguards from Supporting Member NationsThe United States will support a controversial cybercrime convention initially proposed by Russia that is currently making its way through the United Nations, officials told reporters, while seeking out human rights assurances from supporting member nations.
A Canadian and an American living in Turkey 'walk into' cloud storage environments… Two men allegedly compromised what's believed to be multiple organizations' Snowflake-hosted cloud environments, stole sensitive data within, and extorted at least $2.5 million from at least three victims.…
Experts Warn of Intensifying Global Cyber Threats During a Second Trump PresidencyThe United States could see an ever-increasing level of global cybersecurity threats as former President Donald Trump returns to office, experts told Information Security Media Group, with foreign adversaries poised to potentially exploit the politically charged transition period.
UN Members Urge Better Critical Infrastructure Resilience to Counter ThreatsWith ransomware attacks on the rise and healthcare getting pummeled more than ever, a coalition of UN members urged countries to focus on collective critical infrastructure defense, while a senior White House official slammed Russia for continuing to harbor the criminals involved.