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Saif ‌al-Din Khader is cooperating with the FBI, reports said, as the bureau responds to a massive breach that exposed employee data therecord.media/alleged-shin...
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Alleged ShinyHunters member reportedly detained in Jordan, assisting law enforcement
Saif ‌al-Din Khader is cooperating with the FBI, reports said, as the bureau responds to a massive data breach that exposed employee data.
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Russian cybersecurity researchers attributed a quiet two-year espionage campaign to the Belarusian Cyber Partisans, a group better known for public attacks against governments and infrastructure therecord.media/belarusian-h...
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Belarusian hacktivists spent two years inside Russian healthcare network, researchers say
Russian cybersecurity researchers attributed a quiet two-year espionage campaign to the Belarusian Cyber Partisans, a group better known for public attacks against governments and infrastructure.
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The Record @therecordmedia.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Republican Sen. Josh Hawley has new legislation on limiting automated license plate readers (ALPRs), while Democratic Sens. Bernie Sanders and Jeff Merkley, with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, have teed up a broader bill therecord.media/alpr-legisla...
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Bipartisan backlash to ALPRs grows as two high-profile bills are introduced
Republican Sen. Josh Hawley has new legislation on limiting automated license plate readers (ALPRs), while Democratic Sens. Bernie Sanders and Jeff Merkley, with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, have te...
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The Record @therecordmedia.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Government services were temporarily disrupted by ransomware in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Mayor Willis Thompson said the FBI and other authorities are investigating therecord.media/vicksburg-mi...
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Mississippi mayor says ransomware incident led city to shut down systems
Government services were temporarily disrupted by ransomware in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Mayor Willis Thompson said the FBI and other authorities are investigating.
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The Record @therecordmedia.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Two separate reports by cybersecurity companies highlight China-linked hacking operations, including a phishing campaign that impersonated Western experts therecord.media/china-linked...
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Researchers find Chinese hacking campaigns targeting AI firms, Asian governments
Two separate reports by cybersecurity companies highlight China-linked hacking operations, including a phishing campaign that impersonated Western experts.
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The Record @therecordmedia.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
European police said raids against the KillSec ransomware-as-a-service operation included the arrest of a high-profile teen suspect therecord.media/killsec-rans...
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Police disrupt KillSec ransomware, arrest suspected teenage leader
European police said raids against the KillSec ransomware-as-a-service operation included the arrest of a high-profile teen suspect.
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The Record @therecordmedia.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A new study reveals fresh details about how drivers are exposed to a web of large corporations participating in the advertising ecosystem therecord.media/automakers-r...
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Automakers routinely share personally identifiable connected-car data with third parties, report says
A new study reveals fresh details about how drivers are exposed to a web of large corporations participating in the advertising ecosystem.
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The Record @therecordmedia.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
An August 31 memo obtained by Recorded Future News shows that the Pentagon's assistant secretary for cyber policy made specific demands of U.S. Cyber Command leadership after reports of a cluster of suicide deaths therecord.media/cyber-comman...
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After reports on suicide deaths, Pentagon puts Cyber Command on notice
An August 31 memo obtained by Recorded Future News shows that the Pentagon's assistant secretary for cyber policy made specific demands of U.S. Cyber Command leadership after reports of a cluster of s...
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The Record @therecordmedia.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Ukraine's SSSCIP says the previously spotted malware DarkSword is part of a wave of Russian attacks on iOS and Android devices therecord.media/ukraine-sssc...
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Mobile malware warning from Ukrainian researchers includes iPhone exploit kit
'Hit and run' iPhone malware known as DarkSword is part of a wave of Russian attacks on iOS and Android devices, according to Ukraine's SSSCIP.
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The Record @therecordmedia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Arizona's Supreme Court is notifying "many" residents that hackers copied their personally identifiable information after breaching its systems therecord.media/arizona-supr...
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Arizona Supreme Court says hackers stole residents’ personal data
A spokesperson for the court system told Recorded Future News that the incident did not involve ransomware and the hackers have not issued ransom demands for the stolen data as of Monday.
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The Record @therecordmedia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A popular Russian pizza chain with locations in more than two dozen countries said hackers compromised customer data including email addresses, phone numbers and order history therecord.media/russian-pizz...
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Russian pizza chain with 1,500 locations confirms cyberattack following hacker claims
According to Dodo Pizza, the potentially compromised information included customers’ names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth and order details.
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The Record @therecordmedia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Russian strikes targeting Ukrainian data centers knocked out internet for tens of thousands of households in the Kyiv region this week therecord.media/kyiv-interne...
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Kyiv internet providers report major outages after Russian attacks damage data centers
At least four internet providers serving Kyiv and other parts of Ukraine suffered partial connectivity losses following Wednesday’s drone attack, according to internet monitoring group NetBlocks.
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The Record @therecordmedia.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The FBI said it is investigating claims from a cybercriminal group that they stole information on current and former employees after defacing the agency's jobs site therecord.media/fbi-investig...
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FBI investigating alleged ShinyHunters breach of its jobs site
The ShinyHunters cybercriminal organization on Tuesday replaced agency images on the FBIjobs.gov site with a photo of a Pokemon that has become the group’s defacto mascot.
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The Record @therecordmedia.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A handful of countries around the globe have taken action against North Korean scams that involve tricking companies into hiring North Korean workers in IT roles therecord.media/nations-take...
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Nations take action on North Korean IT workers after UN report
A report published Wednesday said that as of July, Vietnam, Laos, Pakistan and Argentina took meaningful steps to respond to allegations involving North Korea listed in an October study.
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The Record @therecordmedia.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Lawmakers are pushing for ways to expand access to mental health providers for workers at Cyber Command after a string of suicide deaths therecord.media/congress-eye...
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Congress eyes new support for Cyber Command after recent suicide deaths
Congressional sources say they view the deaths of U.S. Cyber Command personnel as an inflection point, especially as the Pentagon’s appetite for cyber capabilities grows following successful contribut...
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The Record @therecordmedia.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The House of Representatives passed a bill that would make it easier for local law enforcement to investigate financial scams by freeing up federal funding therecord.media/house-passes...
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House passes bill to equip local law enforcement with scam-fighting tools
The Guarding Unprotected Aging Retirees from Deception Act (GUARD) attempts to address a common complaint from the victims of online scams like pig butchering — that such cases typically do not rise t...
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The Record @therecordmedia.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A website used around the world for reporting meteors faces weeks of downtime as the organization moves away from systems that were hacked recently therecord.media/internationa...
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International Meteor Organization says cyberattack dealt ‘critical blow’ to website
A website used around the world for reporting meteors faces weeks of downtime as the organization moves away from systems that were hacked recently.
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The Record @therecordmedia.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Three Ukrainians are set to stand trial for allegedly stealing access to more than 610,000 Roblox accounts and selling them to buyers in Russia therecord.media/ukraine-robl...
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Three Ukrainians to face charges for alleged hacking of 610,000 Roblox accounts
Three Ukrainians are set to stand trial for allegedly stealing access to more than 610,000 Roblox accounts and selling them to buyers in Russia, authorities said.
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The Record @therecordmedia.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The D.C. police department has used information from Flock ALPRs for misconduct investigations, prompting a formal complaint from its officers' union therecord.media/dc-police-un...
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Flock camera use by internal affairs unit puts DC police at odds with officers’ union
Washington, D.C.'s police department has used information from Flock cameras for misconduct investigations, prompting a formal complaint from its officers' union.
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The Record @therecordmedia.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Ursula von der Leyen said threats were “mounting on our soil,” pointing to recent incidents in Denmark, Lithuania and Poland and an attempted drone attack in Leipzig therecord.media/eu-chief-wan...
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EU chief wants joint response to cyberattacks, sabotage
Delivering her annual State of the Union address in Strasbourg, Ursula von der Leyen said threats were “mounting on our soil,” pointing to recent incidents in Denmark, Lithuania and Poland and an atte...
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The Record @therecordmedia.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Ukraine’s parliament has approved tougher criminal penalties for involvement in fraudulent call centers, following a corruption scandal in which prosecutors were accused of taking bribes to protect scam operations therecord.media/ukraine-call...
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Ukraine moves to crack down on scam call centers after corruption scandal
Ukraine’s parliament has approved tougher criminal penalties for involvement in fraudulent call centers and the theft of personal data, following a corruption scandal in which prosecutors were accused...
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The Record @therecordmedia.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Oslo-based Telenor potentially enabled crimes against humanity and violated sanctions in its dealings with the military regime that took over Myanmar in 2021, Norwegian authorities said therecord.media/norway-inves...
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Norway announces investigations into telecom Telenor’s work with Myanmar junta
Oslo-based Telenor potentially enabled crimes against humanity and violated sanctions in its dealings with the military regime that took over Myanmar in 2021, Norwegian authorities said.
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The Record @therecordmedia.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Ihor Klymenko, who has experience in law enforcement and as interior minister, will run Ukraine's National Cybersecurity Coordination Center therecord.media/ukraine-cybe...
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Zelensky appoints former police chief to lead Ukraine’s cyber coordination center
Ihor Klymenko, who has experience in law enforcement and as interior minister, will run Ukraine's National Cybersecurity Coordination Center.
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The Record @therecordmedia.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Houston-based CenterPoint Energy notified federal regulators about an incident that exposed some customer data on the dark web therecord.media/centerpoint-...
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Electric and gas utility CenterPoint Energy warns of data breach after dark web post
Houston-based CenterPoint Energy notified federal regulators about an incident that exposed some customer data on the dark web.
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The Record @therecordmedia.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
China's top intelligence official said that U.S. AI models from Anthropic and OpenAI threaten the country's political security due to their ability to fabricate rumors and spread harmful information therecord.media/china-spy-ch...
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China spy chief points at US AI models in cyber threat warning
China's spy chief identified Anthropic’s Claude Mythos and OpenAI’s GPT-5.5-Cyber as signs of what he called a “disruptive upgrade” in cyber capabilities, increasing the speed and potential weaponizat...
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The Record @therecordmedia.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A Manhattan district attorney was able to take down 12 websites that were used to create deepfake porn videos of more than 1,200 celebrities and domestic abuse victims therecord.media/manhattan-da...
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Manhattan DA takes down 12 AI deepfake porn sites
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg held a press conference on Monday touting the takedown of the sites, which hosted AI-generated videos of more than 1,200 people. The sites allowed users to use ...
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The Record @therecordmedia.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Five men extradited from South Africa will make their first court appearance over charges that they organized romance scams that stole thousands of dollars from hundreds of victims therecord.media/members-of-b...
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Members of ‘Black Axe’ cybercriminal group extradited from South Africa
Prosecutors unsealed a 2021 indictment accusing the five men of conducting lucrative romance scams that stole thousands of dollars from more than 100 people.
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The Record @therecordmedia.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Hacking Cat has evolved from defacements and data leaks to more sophisticated and destructive attacks on Russian targets, researchers said therecord.media/ukraine-malw...
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Pro-Ukraine Hacking Cat group deploying new malware against Russian targets
The pro-Ukraine hacktivist group Hacking Cat has evolved from carrying out website defacements and data leaks to more sophisticated and destructive attacks on Russian targets, researchers said.
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The Record @therecordmedia.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Fraudulent websites targeted people in Uzbekistan, Belarus and Tajikistan by offering weekly government payments in exchange for personal data therecord.media/hundreds-of-...
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Hundreds of fake government websites target users in Central Asia
The sites are designed to collect victims’ contact details, which scammers then use to target them through phone or email to steal money, personal information or gain access to their devices.
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The Record @therecordmedia.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The perpetrators appear to have targeted high-net-worth individuals therecord.media/revolut-scam...
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Revolut handed customer data to fraudsters using government email account
British fintech Revolut confirmed disclosing sensitive customer data to fraudsters who submitted emergency data requests from a legitimate government email account.
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Martin Matishak @martinmatishak.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The National Security Agency is undertaking a fast and far-reaching reorganization in a bid to get the unique intelligence it gathers to real-world battlefields faster. therecord.media/nsa-reorgani...
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Thorough reorganization at NSA will create five 'mission centers,' including cyber and AI
The largest electronic spy agency in the world is reorganizing. And fast.
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The Record @therecordmedia.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
New from @martinmatishak.bsky.social: The largest electronic spy agency in the world is reorganizing. And fast. therecord.media/nsa-reorgani...
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Thorough reorganization at NSA will create five 'mission centers,' including cyber and AI
The largest electronic spy agency in the world is reorganizing. And fast.
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The Record @therecordmedia.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
A notice dated September 4 but not widely shared shows that IDScan acknowledged a data breach but did not specify how many people were affected therecord.media/idscan-data-...
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IDScan confirms breach after hackers offer 153 million driver’s license scans for sale
A notice dated September 4 but not widely shared shows that IDScan acknowledged a data breach but did not specify how many people were affected.
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The Record @therecordmedia.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Users of three different popular crypto platforms all got legitimate-looking but bogus security emails therecord.media/trezor-bitbo...
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Multiple crypto companies warn customers of phishing emails after alleged provider breach
Subscribers to newsletters from Trezor, CoinTracking and BitBox received corrupted messages through an email provider that all three companies use.
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The Record @therecordmedia.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
U.S. Cyber Command has a new chief AI officer therecord.media/cyber-comman...
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Cyber Command turns to veteran of intelligence agencies for top AI role
Ronzelle Green, most recently a senior official at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, will be U.S. Cyber Command's chief AI officer.
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The Record @therecordmedia.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The U.K. appointed a new head for its National Cyber Force, which was established in 2020 to consolidate Britain’s offensive cyber capabilities under a unified command therecord.media/uk-appoints-...
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UK appoints new commander of National Cyber Force
The individual has not yet been avowed — the formal process in Britain by which an intelligence or security figure’s identity is publicly acknowledged — as routine security considerations are still be...
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The Record @therecordmedia.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Filling jobs is crucial as CISA looks to address years of "really bad decisions," acting agency chief Nick Andersen says therecord.media/cisa-hiring-...
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CISA head says agency must change quickly to prevent the 'worst that could happen'
CISA's cybersecurity, infrastructure security and emergency communications divisions are among the priorities as the agency fills vacancies created at the beginning of the Trump administration, acting...
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The Record @therecordmedia.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The Treasury Department announced sanctions against a Telegram-based marketplace facilitating billions of dollars in cybercrime, money laundering and human trafficking therecord.media/us-disrupts-...
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US disrupts Xinbi Guarantee marketplace fueling the cyber scam economy
The U.S. government also carried out a seizure of $52.8 million from 52 wallets connected to the platform.
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The Record @therecordmedia.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
An electronic health records company said hackers obtained credentials from a vendor and used them to download copies of patient information, including Social Security numbers therecord.media/electronic-h...
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Electronic health record company says customer data stolen in breach
Veradigm said access was limited to a specific interface, and did not impact the company’s broader environment such as its networks, servers or databases. The incident did not result in operational di...
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The Record @therecordmedia.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Researchers explain to @alexmartin.bsky.social how a Chrome bug identified in August was exploited by at least four China-linked cyber-espionage groups therecord.media/china-hacker...
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Multiple Chinese hacking groups seen using identical Chrome zero-day exploit
A Google Chrome bug identified in August was exploited by at least four China-linked cyber-espionage groups, according to researchers.
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The Record @therecordmedia.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The FBI has published its first-ever public cybersecurity strategy therecord.media/fbi-releases...
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FBI puts its cyber strategy on paper
The first public cybersecurity strategy issued by the FBI "directs our teams, our field offices, our global presence" to align their efforts on countering malicious hackers and cybercrime groups, seni...
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The Record @therecordmedia.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
From @darynant.bsky.social in Kyiv: therecord.media/ukraine-pros...
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Ukraine prosecutor general steps down amid scam call center bribery probe
Ukraine’s prosecutor general, Ruslan Kravchenko, resigned this week over allegations that officials in his office took bribes to shield scam call centers from law enforcement.
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The Record @therecordmedia.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Patch Tuesday continues to break records therecord.media/microsoft-pa...
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Microsoft posts nearly 1,000 bugs for Patch Tuesday as CISA warns two being exploited
The new record total for Patch Tuesday is 973 vulnerabilities.
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The Record @therecordmedia.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Cybersecurity incidents over the Labor Day weekend forced the Springfield, Massachusetts, public school system and a Boston suburb's city hall to shut down for at least a day therecord.media/springfield-...
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Massachusetts school district, city hall shutter after cyber incidents
Cybersecurity incidents over the Labor Day weekend forced the Springfield, Massachusetts, public school system and a Boston suburb's city hall to shut down for at least a day.
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The Record @therecordmedia.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Sergei Anatolyevich Filimonov pleaded not guilty to participating in a multimillion-dollar operation to steal people's bank credentials via spoofed websites therecord.media/russian-cybe...
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Russian suspect in bank account takeovers is extradited to US
A Russian web developer who played a role in a multimillion-dollar bank account takeover scheme has been extradited to the U.S. to face an indictment.
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The Record @therecordmedia.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
A "flawless" performance by the CIA's upgraded Cyber Mission Center contributed to the capture of Nicolás Maduro, agency Deputy Director Michael Ellis says therecord.media/cia-cyber-op...
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CIA official touts agency’s Cyber Mission Center in capture of Venezuela’s Maduro
A "flawless" performance by the CIA's Cyber Mission Center contributed to the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in January, agency Deputy Director Michael Ellis says.
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The Record @therecordmedia.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
An Italian tech collective accused by the U.S. of operating infrastructure for "far-left militants" said it will be shutting down to avoid exposing its partners to sanctions risks therecord.media/autistici-in...
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Italian tech collective Autistici/Inventati shuts down after US terrorist designation
On August 26, the State Department labeled A/I an “extremist group” operating infrastructure for “far-left militants across the world” and announced that anyone engaging with the group financially ris...
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The Record @therecordmedia.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Our @jgreig.bsky.social explains a very public negotiation between a crypto platform and the self-styled "white hat" hackers who kept $47 million in bitcoin after purportedly exploiting a bug to take $320 million worth therecord.media/liquid-netwo...
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'White hat' hackers take $47 million bounty after $320 million crypto theft
Public negotiations between hackers and the operators of the Liquid Network crypto platform ended with the attackers sending back most — but not all — of what they took.
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The Record @therecordmedia.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Republican Govs. Ron DeSantis and Greg Abbott are among the U.S. leaders who have taken direct action to address criticisms of Flock Safety's tech therecord.media/flock-safety...
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Where the backlash against Flock Safety is having the biggest impact
Two populous states and two large cities are among the U.S. jurisdictions where leaders have taken direct action to address criticisms of automated license plate readers (ALPRs).
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The Record @therecordmedia.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
French authorities detained a teenager suspected of participating in cyberattacks against the country's tax authority and other organizations therecord.media/france-hacke...
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French prosecutors confirm arrest of suspected ZeroBytes hacker behind tax cyberattack
French authorities detained an 18-year-old suspected member of the ZeroBytes hacking group over cyberattacks against the country's tax authority and other organizations.
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