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FTC investigating Reddit plan to sell user content for AI model training
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is probing Reddit’s decision to license its user-generated content to artificial intelligence companies which would in turn use it to train models, the social media platform said in a Friday securities filing.
Moldovan national sentenced in E-Root cybercrime marketplace case
A 31-year-old Moldovan national was sentenced to 42 months in U.S. federal prison for operating a series of websites used to sell access to compromised computers worldwide, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Thursday
The water industry wants to write its own cybersecurity rules. Will Biden and Congress go for it?
When Iranian government operatives hacked into water utilities across the U.S. late last year, it was a chilling reminder of how vulnerable the water sector remains — and how tortuous the efforts to regulate its cybersecurity have been.
Threat-hunter says Iran is stepping up the sophistication of its cyberattacks
Iran is waging a sophisticated hacking campaign against its rivals across the Middle East and is improving its cyberattacks, according to Gil Messing, the chief of staff at Tel Aviv-based Check Point Software.
FBI and CISA warn of national security threat posed by Chinese drones
The FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned Wednesday that Chinese-made drones pose a “significant risk” to U.S. critical infrastructure and provided new guidance on how entities can better protect networks from their malicious use.
Recovery from cyberattack ‘on the horizon,’ Kansas Supreme Court chief justice says
The Kansas state court system is close to a full recovery from an October ransomware attack that forced officials to use paper records for weeks, state Supreme Court Chief Justice Marla Luckert said Wednesday.
Turkish hackers targeting database servers with Mimic ransomware
Turkish hackers are targeting databases in the United States, European Union and Latin America with the Mimic ransomware, according to new research from cybersecurity company Securonix.
Nigerian national who laundered funds from romance and BEC scams gets 10-year sentence
A Nigerian national was sentenced on Monday to 10 years in United States prison for laundering millions obtained from internet scams.
Turkish ‘Sea Turtle’ hackers target Dutch companies in espionage campaign
Turkish state-sponsored hackers have been observed targeting telecom, media, and tech companies in the Netherlands in an espionage campaign, according to a recent report.
Ransomware gang takes credit for Christmas attack on global Lutheran organization
Details about a Christmas-season ransomware attack on a global Christian organization became clearer this week as a cybercrime gang took credit for what appears to be a related theft of data.