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Also: Clorox Sues IT Vendor Over Password BlunderThis week, XSS forum admin arrested, Clorox sued Cognizant, Lumma Stealer is back, NY regulates water, U.S. maritime cybersecurity rules in effect, new Coyote banking Trojan, a hacker nabbed details of Mexico City auxiliary police, Latin America cyberattacks, and World Leaks stole synthetic data.

OT Experts Advocate for Collaboration and "Adversary-Hostile" National DefensesOT environments have long been bereft of their traditional shelter from cyberattacks made from hacker ignorance or disinterest. Industrial environments are forefronts for nation-state hacking, the risk heightened by global tensions and the convergence of operational technology with IT counterparts.

Also: Clorox Sues IT Vendor Over Password BlunderThis week, XSS forum admin arrested, Clorox sued Cognizant, Lumma Stealer is back, NY regulates water, U.S. maritime cybersecurity rules in effect, new Coyote banking Trojan, a hacker nabbed details of Mexico City auxiliary police, Latin America cyberattacks, and World Leaks stole synthetic data.

Clorox is suing IT giant Cognizant for gross negligence, alleging it enabled a massive August 2023 cyberattack by resetting an employee's password for a hacker without first verifying their identity. [...]

CyberSentry work grinds to a halt Government funding for a program that hunts for threats on America's critical infrastructure networks expired on Sunday, preventing Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory from analyzing activity that could indicate a cyberattack, the program director told Congress on Tuesday.…

Alpha Wellness Says 'Devastating' Incident Forced Closure of Georgia-Based CenterAnother small medical care provider has shut its doors forever as the result of a recent "devastating" cyberattack. Georgia-based Alpha Wellness & Alpha Medical Centre has permanently pulled the plug on its operations following a data theft attack by cybercriminal gang RansomHub.

Up to now, the prolific China-sponsored cyber-espionage group has been mostly absent from the region, but a sophisticated and highly targeted attack on an African IT company shows Beijing is branching out.

Report Urges Indo-Pacific Cyber Shield Strategy Amid Increased Nation-State ThreatsA Center for a New American Security study found China and North Korea are accelerating cyberattacks, influence operations and infrastructure breaches across the Indo-Pacific, as researchers urge the U.S. to help develop a regional cyber shield, and deploy forward cyber teams.