Windows TCO Stories
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Scoop News Group ☛ The FBI is adding more cyber-focused agents to U.S. embassies
The six new positions represent a nearly 40% increase of the FBI’s cyber assistant legal attachés (ALATs) and will include new postings in New Delhi, Rome and Brasilia, an agency spokesperson told CyberScoop exclusively. The increase brings the total number of cyber-focused FBI agents deployed to U.S. embassies to 22.
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India Times ☛ [Crackers] hit Australian state's court recording database
Recordings of some court hearings between November 1 and December 21, 2023 may have been [copied], Court Services Victoria CEO Louise Anderson said in a statement. Some hearings before November 1 may also have been affected, she said.
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The Register UK ☛ Formal ban on ransomware payments? Asking orgs nicely to not cough up ain't working
There's also the high-profile private-sector entities that fell victim to extortionists last year – including Boeing, MGM Resorts, Caesars Entertainment, and Dish Network. Now that it's mandatory for listed companies to disclose ransomware attacks, per the US Securities and Exchange Commission's rules that took effect at the end of last year, we'd expect the number of reported infections to increase in 2024.
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[Repeat] CS Monitor ☛ Is our water safe? Utility plant hacking raises cybersecurity alarms.
A number of states have sought to step up scrutiny, although water authority advocates say the money and the expertise are what is really lacking for a sector of more than 50,000 water utilities, most of which are local authorities that, like Aliquippa’s, serve corners of the country where residents are of modest means and cybersecurity professionals are scarce.
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The Register UK ☛ Copy that? Xerox confirms 'security incident' at subsidiary
It went on to say that a preliminary investigation indicated that "limited personal information" may have been compromised during the attack, a claim researchers have suggested is more of a certainty than a possibility. When asked for details of what was accessed a spokesperson told The Register that it had "nothing further to add at this time." We'll update as more information comes in.