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Also: Advice for the Next White House Cyber Director; CISOs' Liability ConcernsIn the latest weekly update, the former federal CISO, Grant Schneider, joins three editors at ISMG to discuss important cybersecurity issues, including advice for the next White House cyber director, and liability concerns facing CISOs following SolarWinds and its CISO being accused of fraud.

Staff records swiped, leaked by gang who probably read one too many comics, sorry, graphic novels The self-described "gay furry hackers" of SiegedSec are back: this time boasting they've broken into America's biggest nuclear power lab's IT environment and stolen records on thousands of employees. Some of that data has already been leaked, it appears.…

Healthcare SaaS provider Welltok is warning that a data breach exposed the personal data of nearly 8.5 million patients in the U.S. after a file transfer program used by the company was hacked in a data theft attack. [...]

North Korean threat actors have been linked to two campaigns in which they masquerade as both job recruiters and seekers to distribute malware and obtain unauthorized employment with organizations based in the U.S. and other parts of the world

Multiple threat actors, including LockBit ransomware affiliates, are actively exploiting a recently disclosed critical security flaw in Citrix NetScaler application delivery control (ADC) and Gateway appliances to obtain initial access to target environments

FTC Approves Use of Subpoena-Like Compulsory Measure For AI-Related ProbesThe Federal Trade Commission voted unanimously to approve the use of civil investigative demands for investigations related to the use of artificial intelligence, after a White House executive order on AI tasked the commission with policing competition and protecting consumers.

Cryptocurrency Platform Facilitated Sanctions Violations, Cyber Criminal ProceedsThe world's largest cryptocurrency exchange will withdraw from the U.S. market after now-former chief executive officer Changpeng Zhao pleaded guilty to felony money laundering charges in a U.S. court and the company agreed to pay $4.3 billion into federal coffers.

World's Largest Cryptocurrency Exchange Will Pay $4.3 BillionBinance Chief Executive Changpeng Zhao will plead guilty to violating anti-money laundering statutes in U.S. federal court in a settlement ending an investigation into illicit transactions at the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange. The company will pay $4.3 billion in fines and forfeiture.

The Idaho National Laboratory (INL) confirms they suffered a cyberattack after 'SiegedSec' hacktivists leaked stolen human resources data online. [...]

Today, CISA ordered U.S. federal agencies to secure their systems against an actively exploited vulnerability that lets attackers gain root privileges on many major Linux distributions. [...]

Drenan Dudley Appointed to Serve as Acting National Cyber DirectorDrenan Dudley, who previously served as deputy national cyber director for strategy and budget at the Office of the National Cyber Director, will temporarily lead the agency while the White House nominee to serve in a permanent capacity awaits a vote in the Senate.

An Indian hack-for-hire group targeted the U.S., China, Myanmar, Pakistan, Kuwait, and other countries as part of a wide-ranging espionage, surveillance, and disruptive operation for over a decade