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Two Russians sanctioned by US for alleged disinformation campaign
The U.S. Treasury Department announced on Wednesday that it is sanctioning two Russian nationals and two companies for a disinformation campaign that allegedly sought to “impersonate legitimate media outlets.”
Hackers claim to have breached Israeli nuclear facility’s computer network
An Iran-linked hacking group claims to have breached the computer network of a sensitive Israeli nuclear installation in an incident declared by the ‘Anonymous’ hackers as a protest against the war in Gaza.
Estonia expels Russian diplomat accused of leaking court documents to social media
Estonia is expelling a Russian diplomat who has been accused of interfering in the country’s judicial process by “acquiring documents from a criminal case and contributing to their publication on Russian social media.”
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
IMF says February cyberattack involved compromise of 11 email accounts
A cyberattack in February led to the compromise of 11 email accounts at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the organization said on Friday.
Russia targets hundreds of Americans with new sanctions, including cyber journalists
Russia has banned entry to 227 U.S. citizens, including prominent journalists, researchers, and government officials as part of a new spate of sanctions targeting Americans supporting Washington’s “Russophobic policies,” the Russian Foreign Ministry
Child protection among critical services affected by cyberattack on English council
Leicester City Council has announced that several of the local authority’s critical services are going to be unavailable until at least the middle of this week following a cyberattack.
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.