Earlier in its European Council presidency, Denmark had brought back a draft law which would have required scanning of electronic messages, sparking an intense backlash.| therecord.media
More than 70 countries signed the landmark UN Convention against Cybercrime in Hanoi this weekend, a significant step in the yearslong effort to create a global mechanism to counteract digital crime.| therecord.media
The California Consumer Privacy Act, signed in 2018, gave Californians the right to send opt-out signals, but major browsers have not had to make opt-outs simple to use.| therecord.media
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Sensitive student information including special education status, mental health details, disciplinary notes and parental restraining orders were exposed in the recent hack targeting PowerSchool, highlighting how easily troves of unique personal data can be obtained by hackers.| therecord.media
One cybersecurity expert even said he recently found evidence that a U.S. political campaign in Oregon hired a North Korean IT worker.| therecord.media
License plate readers from controversial surveillance tech company Flock Safety will be added to Raptor Technologies' school safety suite, the two companies announced.| therecord.media
In a warning to foreign embassies in Moscow, Microsoft said a Russian state-backed hacking group known as Secret Blizzard or Turla has been using internet service providers for adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) attacks.| therecord.media
Customers of French telecommunications provider Orange might see disruptions related to a cyberattack, the company said, without providing further details about the incident or threat actor.| therecord.media
Sweden’s law enforcement and security agencies are pushing legislation to force Signal and WhatsApp to create technical backdoors allowing them to access communications sent over the encrypted messaging apps.| therecord.media
When Eva Galperin heard that Pavel Durov, the founder of the popular messaging service Telegram, was arrested in Paris over the weekend, she quickly got in touch with French privacy and legal experts.| therecord.media
The secretary of Defense has ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions, sources tell Recorded Future News.| therecord.media
U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency are jointly led by a single four-star officer. Donald Trump made moves to end that arrangement in 2020, and sources say the idea is circulating again as the president-elect transitions into a new administration.| therecord.media
Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev, a 31-year-old Russian national, ran the LockBit ransomware gang under the alias LockbitSupp, said authorities from the U.S., U.K. and Australia.| therecord.media
The LockBit operation's darknet extortion site was seized earlier this year. It reappeared on Sunday, with police promising fresh information about the criminals involved.| therecord.media
The Department of Justice is deploying the pointedly named False Claims Act to punish contractors that mislead the government about their cybersecurity defenses. It represents a shot across the bow for other vendors that aren’t complying with rules intended to fend off hackers.| therecord.media
The regulations mandated by the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act are available for public comment. Officials said the rules would help CISA better respond to incidents and bolster U.S. cybersecurity.| therecord.media
Grigory Tsaregorodtsev was convicted of taking bribes from a group of hackers who traded in stolen U.S. credit card information.| therecord.media
The infamous ransomware gang lied about destroying exfiltrated data after victims had given in to extortion demands.| therecord.media
The ransomware attack targeted the cloud services provider Ongoing Operations, a company owned by credit union technology firm Trellance.| therecord.media
A Seattle-based appellate judge ruled that the practice does not meet the threshold for an illegal privacy violation under state law, handing a big win to automakers Honda, Toyota, Volkswagen and General Motors.| therecord.media
