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Also: A Romanian Botnet and Alcohol Counselor Monument Settles with US FTC Over AdsThis week, Sisense supply chain attack, a likely Romanian botnet, Patch Tuesday, an Apple spyware warning and AT&T notifies customers of breach. Alcohol counselor Monument shared data with Meta, a breach of Home Depot employee data, a breach at Targus and a threat actor targeted Moroccan activists.

US Cyber Defense Agency Instructs Agencies to Fortify Systems Amid Microsoft BreachThe U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency publicly released an emergency directive Thursday requiring impacted federal agencies to take immediate remediation measures amid continued fallout from the Russian state-sponsored hacking of Microsoft that began in late November.

Nearly 342,000 Affected; Health Data Incident Isn't Covered by HIPAA RulesA cyberattack on a Boston-based consulting firm that provides litigation support services to the U.S. Department of Justice in its investigations has potentially compromised Medicare numbers and other health insurance and medical information of nearly 342,000 individuals.

Hacker Claims to Leak Trove of Records Belonging to Environmental Protection AgencyThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is investigating claims that a notorious government hacker leaked a trove of contact information from the agency's database of critical infrastructure contractors. A spokesperson said the agency conducted a "preliminary analysis" of the allegedly leaked data.