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A Finnish judge set free Aleksanteri "Julius" Kivimäki, convicted of extorting victims of the Vastaamo psychotherapy center's data breach, as his appeal in the case continues.

Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed an earlier version of the bill which would also have applied to mobile operating systems last year.

Switzerland-based providers of secure email, VPNs and other digital services say a pending government proposal would be catastrophic to their ability to protect the privacy of users.

The inquiry is intended to determine whether the tech companies are taking adequate steps to limit children’s use of the chatbots — a goal that could be at odds with their desires to expand their reach.

The privacy regulator said it identified “a worrying pattern” in the 215 insider threat breach reports from the education sector between January 2022 and August 2024, with 57% of incidents caused by students who were likely motivated by “dares, notoriety, financial gain, revenge and rivalries.”

Hackers leveraged insecure Microsoft encryption technology known as RC4 to gain access to the network of the hospital chain Ascension, Sen. Ron Wyden said in a letter asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate.

The policy roadmap’s digital security text is tame in comparison to the last two years, when the idea of studying a U.S. Cyber Force dominated the debate.

The role American investors are playing in propping up spyware vendors is notable given the aggressive actions the U.S. government has taken to rein in the sector, including through sanctions, entity listings and visa restrictions.

FlexiSPY, which is commercially available, can be more easily detected than far more expensive mercenary spyware available to nation states but has similar capabilities once installed, said John Scott-Railton, a forensic researcher at The Citizen Lab who helped confirm the infection.

Under the bail conditions, Illia Vitiuk must appear when summoned, report any change of residence, avoid contact with certain individuals and surrender his foreign passports to investigators.

A proposed update to China's national Cybersecurity Law would give Beijing firmer oversight over tech products while increasing penalties for companies and executives that don't meet requirements.

At least 29 people are dead and the prime minister has resigned following days of protests in Nepal over a social media ban that officials eventually lifted.

New York Blood Center submitted documents to regulators in Maine, Texas, New Hampshire and California that confirmed the cyberattack, which they said was first discovered on January 26.

Volodymyr Tymoshchuk, currently a fugitive, was an administrator for multiple ransomware strains, including LockerGoga, said U.S. prosecutors in unsealing an indictment against the Ukrainian national.

The Department of Justice’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS) is pursuing funds taken from five victims between late October 2022 and March 2023, according to a news release.

King, a leading voice in the Senate on cybersecurity issues, honed in on the thousands of staffers and experts laid off by CISA, saying the agency has lost 30 percent of its staff and most of its seasoned leaders.

“We've admired the problem for too long, and now it's time to do something about it,” National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross said about the cybersecurity threat environment.

On Monday, independent researchers revealed that the app’s application programming interface (API) reportedly contained a flaw that allowed outsiders to retrieve photos and personal details from other users’ accounts without authorization.

OT security company Nozomi Networks will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Electric, with its headquarters still in San Francisco, the companies said in announcing the acquisition.

Sources tell Recorded Future News that top Trump administration officials have accepted that splitting up the leadership of U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency would prove too lengthy and arduous amid other national security priorities.