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Warner warns of CISA cuts, staffing gaps in letter to acting chief

2+ hour, 37+ min ago  (672+ words) Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) on Tuesday sent Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Acting Director Nick Andersen a letter expressing alarm over widespread cuts at the agency, short-staffed regional divisions and the disbanding of an information sharing and analysis center…...

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therecord. media > india-telegram-ban-challenged-in-court

India's Telegram ban draws criticism from Durov as company challenges order in court

3+ hour, 29+ min ago  (425+ words) Telegram founder Pavel Durov criticized India's decision to temporarily block the messaging platform ahead of a nationwide medical entrance exam rerun, saying the measure punishes millions of ordinary users while doing little to curb exam leaks. Telegram has also challenged…...

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therecord. media > github-dismissed-reports-shai-hulud-deep-specter

Git Hub dismissed security reports on flaws now exploited by supply-chain worm, researchers say

4+ hour, 21+ min ago  (572+ words) Git Hub rejected two formal vulnerability reports identifying design flaws that researchers say are enabling variants of the Shai-Hulud supply-chain worm to infect and compromise hundreds of software packages and developer accounts worldwide. The reports, submitted by threat intelligence group…...

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therecord. media > india-blocks-telegram-over-cheating-fears

India temporarily blocks Telegram over medical exam cheating fears

21+ hour, 28+ min ago  (552+ words) India temporarily blocked access to the Telegram messaging app ahead of this week's nationwide rerun of its medical entrance exam, out of fears that it could be used for cheating. The National Testing Agency (NTA), which conducts India's largest entrance…...

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therecord. media > uk-to-ban-social-media-access-for-children-under-16

UK to ban social media access for children under 16

1+ day, 13+ hour ago  (927+ words) British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday said the UK intends to block youth under age 16 from using social media, saying that his government's plans will be the strongest kids online safety measures in the world once they take effect....

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therecord. media > finland-brings-charges-against-cargo-ship-undersea-cables

Finland brings charges against cargo ship officers for cutting submarine cables

1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (522+ words) The Finnish Prosecution Service announced Monday it was bringing charges against the captain and the bosun of a cargo vessel which damaged several submarine cables in the Baltic Sea on New Year's Eve. The Fitburg, which had been transporting sanctioned…...

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therecord. media > maine-turns-off-breach-portal-fake-reports

/maine-turns-off-breach-portal-fake-reports

1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (426+ words) A widely used data breach reporting portal published by the state of Maine was closed to the public after two fake breach notices were posted. One of the bogus notices appeared on Thursday under the name of a nonexistent VRChat…...

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therecord. media > cyberattack-on-russian-tech-firm-astral-disrupts-business-government-services

Cyberattack on Russian tech firm Astral disrupts business, government services for week

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (304+ words) You can start editing, please remove this line. The Russian software company Kaluga Astral said on Monday that it had been hit by a cyberattack earlier this month that disrupted several of its services for about a week, affecting customers…...

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therecord. media > anthropic-says-gov-forced-it-to-disable-cyber-ai-models

Anthropic says US government forced it to disable cybersecurity AI models

2+ day, 36+ min ago  (491+ words) Anthropic disabled two of its most advanced, cybersecurity-focused AI models on Friday, saying it was responding to an export control directive issued by the U. S. government barring any foreign national from accessing them. The directive covered foreign nationals inside the United…...

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therecord. media > bankruptcy-admin-approves-settlement-for-23andme-breach-victims

Bankruptcy admin approves settlement fund of $47 million for 23and Me data breach victims

4+ day, 14+ hour ago  (312+ words) A Missouri bankruptcy court administrator on Wednesday signed off on a deal that gives millions of victims of a 2023 data breach at 23and Me a cut of a $46. 8 million settlement fund. Victims will be allotted $32. 5 million while more than $14 million of…...

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