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Feds recover millions from pipeline ransom hackers, hint at U.S. internet tactic

Exclusive: U.S. to give ransomware hacks similar priority as terrorism | Reuters

Hacking accusations are meant to stir conflict ahead of US summit, Russian president says

(11) Jenna McLaughlin on Twitter: "He also says "ransomware is a national security priority" particularly when it come to critical infrastructure. He would like to see out of G7 an "action plan" on how to increase resilience, share info, and "deal with the cryptocurrency challenge" when it comes to ransomware." / Twitter

Cyberattack hits JBS, world's largest meat processor - The Washington Post

FBI: JBS ransomware attack was carried out by REvil | The Record by Recorded Future

TV news stations become apparent target in next cyberattack

Ransomware attack disrupts Massachusetts ferries | The Record by Recorded Future

Fujifilm shuts down computer systems following apparent ransomware intrusion

Ransomware hits Capitol Hill contractor | The Record by Recorded Future

Sensitive medical, financial data exposed in extortion of Massachusetts hospital

Ransomware Struck Another Pipeline Firm—and 70GB of Data Leaked | WIRED

US arrests Latvian woman who worked on Trickbot malware source code | The Record by Recorded Future

Tokyo Olympics organizers' data swept up in Fujitsu hack: report

Supreme Court narrows scope of CFAA computer hacking law | The Record by Recorded Future

Australian Federal Police and FBI nab criminal underworld figures in worldwide sting using encrypted app - ABC News

(11) Seamus Hughes on Twitter: "Let's advance the story a bit w/ some original reporting: An FBI informant introduced Anom to Phantom Secure & Sky Global users in 2018. The informant gave each user a unique ID number, the FBI had full access to that ID list. Working w/ AFP, it was called Operation Trojan Horse" / Twitter

British military seeks briefings from Australia over security concerns about Israeli battle management technology - ABC News

Zerodium acquiring zero-days in Pidgin, an IM client popular with cybercriminals | The Record by Recorded Future

CISA launches platform to let hackers report security bugs to US federal agencies | TechCrunch

Ukraine warns of 'massive' Russian spear-phishing campaign | The Record by Recorded Future

Backdoor malware found on the Myanmar president's website, again | The Record by Recorded Future

Adventures in Contacting the Russian FSB – Krebs on Security

FireEye is selling its security products business for $1.2B

GitHub changes policy to welcome security researchers | The Daily Swig

This is not a drill: VMware vuln with 9.8 severity rating is under attack | Ars Technica

First major voting vendor, Hart InterCivic, partners with Microsoft on ambitious software security tool ElectionGuard

Akamai offers post-mortem on recently resolved authentication platform vulnerability | The Daily Swig

Akamai EAA Impersonation Vulnerability - A Deep Dive - The Akamai Blog

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