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Emergency blackouts lasting up to 12 hours were introduced following the attack, with Kyiv and other regions facing widespread internet and communication outages, according to internet watchdog NetBlocks.

An expired 2015 law that gives companies liability protection when they share cyberthreat information with the federal government would be renewed through January 30 under Senate legislation to end the government shutdown.

The latest model for improving U.S. Cyber Command is circulating at the Pentagon. Some of the initiatives will spill into the next decade — an approach that is sure to create friction on Capitol Hill and beyond.

A spokesperson for the CBO confirmed the security incident and said the agency has taken immediate action to contain it while also implementing “additional monitoring and new security controls to further protect the agency’s systems going forward.”

Researchers spotted a 9-month-long campaign involving previously undiscovered spyware they call LANDFALL, which leveraged a zero-day bug in Samsung Galaxy phones.

Illuminate Education also allegedly failed to monitor its systems for suspicious activity and did not separately secure backup and active databases.

The state government of Nevada did not pay a ransom to cybercriminals who took down critical government systems in August, the state said in a post-mortem review of the attack.

Privacy and civil liberties advocates have decried the proposed expansion for how it will allegedly facilitate mass surveillance and large scale data privacy violations.

A prominent Italian communications executive and political adviser has revealed that he was targeted with Paragon spyware, making him the fifth Italian to come forward in a scandal that has rocked the Italian government.

The Russian state-backed hacking unit Sandworm has been targeting Ukraine's grain industry with wiper malware amid Moscow's ongoing efforts to undermine Kyiv's wartime economy.

Five others were handed life sentences, while nine of the accused were handed prison sentences of three to 20 years.

Japanese media giant Nikkei said hackers gained unauthorized access to its internal Slack communication system, potentially exposing data linked to more than 17,000 people.

British retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) said a cyberattack earlier this year was an "extraordinary" moment for the company, nearly wiping out profits.

Rep. Jim Himes said things have changed for House Democrats when it comes to their potential to back legislation to renew Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

The cross-border investigation led to more than 60 house searches and 18 arrests across Germany, the U.S., Canada, Singapore, Luxembourg, Cyprus, Spain, Italy and the Netherlands.

Researchers at Google said Wednesday that they recently observed malware "that employed AI capabilities mid-execution to dynamically alter the malware's behavior."

As several high-profile companies responded to cyberattacks, Polish Digital Affairs Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski said incidents involving Poland’s public and private infrastructure are becoming “commonplace.”

A spokesperson for the European Commission told the journalists that officials are “concerned with the trade of geolocation data from citizens and Commission officials.“

An IT company, a financial institution and eight men accused of aiding cybercrime and IT worker scams are now on the U.S. government's list of sanctioned North Korean entities.

A multinational operation in late October targeted a network that “created dozens of fake cryptocurrency investment platforms that looked like legitimate websites and promised high returns,” but simply took the money and laundered it, Eurojust said.