Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

Social Media Platform Files Petition With Agency Over May 2022 Consent OrderElon Musk's social media company wants a do-over with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission in a petition arguing the agency should terminate data security oversight 16 years early. The FTC began Tuesday a public comment period for X's request to set aside or fully modify a May 2022 consent order.

Also: Obama Twitter Hacker Ordered to Forfeit $5.3 MillionEvery week, ISMG rounds up cybersecurity incidents in digital assets. This week, Samourai Wallet founders and Oklahoma Crypto CEO sentenced, Obama Twitter hacker ordered to forfeit funds, Chicago crypto ATM CEO charged and White House is reviewing a rule expanding IRS crypto oversight.

Web-to-App Pipeline Uses Meta Pixel and Yandex MetricaAmerican social media giant Meta and Russian counterpart Yandex each found methods to break through privacy protections enabled by Android users, say academics in newly disclosed research. A Meta spokesperson in a prepared statement said it stopped the tracking "upon becoming aware of the concerns."

'Extensive' Probe Launched After Warning of Coordinated Attacks Posted on XThe FBI has not identified any credible terrorist threats of physical attacks on U.S. hospitals, said the Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center and the American Hospital Association, one week after the two groups issued a joint warning about threats surfacing on social media.

Health ISAC, AHA Bulletin Urges Entities to Bolster Physical, Cyber, PreparednessThreats transmitted on social media intimating coordinated terrorist attacks on hospitals in mid-tier U.S. cities have industry authorities warning the healthcare sector to shore up physical and cyber security, as well as emergency management response plans.

Experts Express Surprise Over Major Social Platform Falling Victim to DDoS AttacksOne of the world's biggest social networks continued to face intermittent outages Tuesday, apparently due to unsophisticated, distributed denial-of-service attacks. Experts said the attacks were traced to malware-infected devices - many based in the U.S. - and pro-Palestinian hacktivists.

Also: Interpol Says 'Pig Butchering' Shames Victims, A Data Leak Scandal in MexicoThis week, U.S. asks Israel to extradite an alleged LockBit coder, don't say "pig butchering," and an Apache Struts flaw. A hunt for alleged data thieves in Mexico, Europe probes TikTok and Netfilix fined 4.75 million. A ransomware attack against Texas medical centers and a credit union breach.

Also: Truth Terminal Founder Social Media Hack Inflates Fraudulent TokenThis week, a Truth Terminal founder hack, U.S. recovered stolen crypto, TeamTNT resurfaced, former FTX exec Nishad Singh avoided prison, a possible SEC's X account hacker plea deal, Tether reported to be under investigation, trends in digital assets enforcement and pending Dutch crypto legislation.

New Report Accuses 9 Platforms of Surveillance of Users, Points to Privacy ConcernsThe U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Thursday published a report detailing how the largest social media and streaming services surveil both users and nonusers across the web while collecting vast troves of data, pointing to significant privacy concerns for children and teens.

New Report Accuses 9 Platforms of Surveillance of Users, Points to Privacy ConcernsThe U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Thursday published a report detailing how the largest social media and streaming services surveil both users and nonusers across the web while collecting vast troves of data, pointing to significant privacy concerns for children and teens.

'Pay or Consent' May Violate the Digital Services Act, Say EU OfficialsThe European Commission will scrutinize Meta's pivot to a subscription model in response to a string of rulings from data protection boards limiting the social media giant's ability to legally collect user data. Europe announced a slew of investigations into American big-tech companies.

Hackers Spread Fake News About SEC Approving Spot Bitcoin Exchange-Traded FundIt wasn't a sophisticated hack on Jan. 9 that allowed hackers to briefly take control of an official U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission social media account, the agency said Monday. The hackers simply scammed the account's mobile phone provider in a SIM swap attack.

Value of Bitcoin Rocketed Following Fake Post Claiming Spot Bitcoin ETFs ApprovedThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said it is probing the "compromise" of its X - formerly known as Twitter - social media accounts after a hacker broadcast a fake post claiming the agency had approved spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds, which sent the value of bitcoin rocketing.