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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑‍💻
for May 12th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- Robot lawnmowers with hardcoded passwords allow remote control

- Canvas education platform ransom hack brought colleges worldwide to a standstill (except one)

- Microsoft goes on firing spree in rare stand against Palestine surveillance

- Low water pressure revealed a Georgia data center used nearly 30 million gallons of water through unaccounted-for connections

- Google fails reCAPTCHAs on phones not using Play Services

- Kickstarter enacts extreme ban on sex-related fundraisers (but not AI slop)

...and much more.

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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑‍💻
for May 5th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- #China cancels #RightsCon

- #Iran ’s internal internet gets scarier

- #Google says it's proud to work with Trump admin as the company inks a military #AI deal

- #ShinyHunters member popped after posting selfies in a diamond “Hack the Planet” gangsta necklace

- #FiveEyes countries publish AI guidance

- #RichardDawkins feminizes #Claude AI

- Inside #DEFCONSingapore

- The new @Bellingcat #OpenSourceChallenge is a great way to learn about tracking planes and flights

- @thetyee digs into the looming fertilizer shortage

- Violet's much-needed perspective on the missing context in current journalism

...and much more.

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https://www.patreon.com/posts/cybersecurity-5-157412472

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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑‍💻
for Apr. 28th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- #SANS trains #ICE now

- How the US government evades data laws

- #SamAltman apologizes for more #AI deaths

- @lawfare argues that AI companies should have a duty to inform/protect (like therapists)

- Claude AI deleted a whole company and said it knew what it did was wrong

- More revenge #Microsoft 0-days are in the wild now

- KitKat releases a Faraday cage

- Violet's debrief after #BlackHat Asia 2026

...and much more.

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https://www.patreon.com/posts/cybersecurity-28-156746057

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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑‍💻
for Apr. 28th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- #SANS trains #ICE now

- How the US government evades data laws

- #SamAltman apologizes for more #AI deaths

- @lawfare argues that AI companies should have a duty to inform/protect (like therapists)

- Claude AI deleted a whole company and said it knew what it did was wrong

- More revenge #Microsoft 0-days are in the wild now

- KitKat releases a Faraday cage

- Violet's debrief after #BlackHat Asia 2026

...and much more.

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https://www.patreon.com/posts/cybersecurity-28-156746057

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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑‍💻
for Apr. 28th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- #SANS trains #ICE now

- How the US government evades data laws

- #SamAltman apologizes for more #AI deaths

- @lawfare argues that AI companies should have a duty to inform/protect (like therapists)

- Claude AI deleted a whole company and said it knew what it did was wrong

- More revenge #Microsoft 0-days are in the wild now

- KitKat releases a Faraday cage

- Violet's debrief after #BlackHat Asia 2026

...and much more.

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https://www.patreon.com/posts/cybersecurity-28-156746057

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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑‍💻
for Apr. 28th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- #SANS trains #ICE now

- How the US government evades data laws

- #SamAltman apologizes for more #AI deaths

- @lawfare argues that AI companies should have a duty to inform/protect (like therapists)

- Claude AI deleted a whole company and said it knew what it did was wrong

- More revenge #Microsoft 0-days are in the wild now

- KitKat releases a Faraday cage

- Violet's debrief after #BlackHat Asia 2026

...and much more.

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https://www.patreon.com/posts/cybersecurity-28-156746057

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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑‍💻
for Apr. 28th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- #SANS trains #ICE now

- How the US government evades data laws

- #SamAltman apologizes for more #AI deaths

- @lawfare argues that AI companies should have a duty to inform/protect (like therapists)

- Claude AI deleted a whole company and said it knew what it did was wrong

- More revenge #Microsoft 0-days are in the wild now

- KitKat releases a Faraday cage

- Violet's debrief after #BlackHat Asia 2026

...and much more.

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https://www.patreon.com/posts/cybersecurity-28-156746057

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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑‍💻
for Apr. 14th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- Researcher rebukes #Microsoft disclosure process and drops unpatched #0day online

- The wild process of encrypting and decrypting biological material

- 30 #WordPress plugins were bought for six figures and then backdoored

- #Iran ’s hackers poke at US water/energy targets

- #France disavows US #BigTech data control and moves from Microsoft to #Linux

- #IBM to pay Trump admin $17M in punishment over its diversity initiatives

...and much more.

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https://www.patreon.com/posts/cybersecurity-14-155576671

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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑‍💻
for Apr. 7th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- "CEO Said A Thing!" journalism

- The Medici grand ducal treasure is under cyberattack

- No one told #Netflix you can’t cheat at chess with a hacked buttplug

- #Hegseth reduces yearly #USArmy mandatory cybersecurity training to once every five years

- Trump to cut #CISA funding again

- More info on the #Axios supply chain breach

- Circumventing #Russia ’s #Telegram comms ban with a WiFi cat feeder

- Reconstructing how Audre Lorde’s "The Master's Tools" relates to #Enshittification

...and much more.

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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑‍💻
for Mar. 31st, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- New #WhiteHouse app breaks international laws and violates app store policies

- Wild details on the #ISS ’s medical scare

- #Iran 's internet blackout enters day 32 today

- #OKCupid / #Match gets zero penalties for selling users’ biometric data to a facial recognition broker

- FBI’s Patel email hacked (twice in 2 years now)

- People are giving #AI control over their #sextoys

- Violet has a big announcement 📣

...and much more.

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https://www.patreon.com/posts/cybersecurity-31-154388966

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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑‍💻
for Mar. 24th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- US regulator bans imports of new foreign-made routers

- Tracking #Iran 's extended communication blackout

- #Google Search is using AI to replace headlines

- Cyberattack on a car breathalyzer firm leaves drivers stuck

- The DJI Romo robovac had security so bad one man remotely accessed thousands of them

- Praise for the 49MB web page

- Updates on #Russia ’s expanding (intentional) internet blackout

- #DOGE plans to change US radiation dose rules

...and much more.

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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑‍💻
for Mar. 17th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- #Meta and the #HeritageFoundation are behind online age-check laws being pushed worldwide

- #Instagram drops end-to-end encrypted messaging

- #Iran hacked a multinational US company and remote-wiped most of its devices

- #Apple ’s Neo is not the computer for you

- British man charged with cybercrimes in Dubai for filming missile strikes

- #BuzzFeed nears bankruptcy after pivot to AI

...and much more.

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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY
for Mar. 10th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- New White House Cyber Strategy sounds a lot like the Iran “strategy”

- @defcon ’s new Almanack is here to drink milk and combat authoritarianism

- Misleading headline alert on all those Proton-FBI stories

- Russian state-sponsored hackers linked to ongoing @signalapp & #WhatsApp phishing scheme targeting gov't officials, military personnel, journalists

- The wild post-disaster #Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant computer rebuild

- @npr peels back #ICE ’s day-to-day use of surveillance data to terrify anyone they don’t like

- An interactive version of the famous #xkcd Dependency comic

...and much more.

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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY
for Mar. 3rd, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- Hacking group releases #DHS / #ICE partnership files on #AlexPretti ’s birthday “for a couple Pretti Good reasons”

- #Amazon 's cloud unit reports fire after objects hit #UAE data center

- #Microsoft bans the word ‘Microslop’ on its Discord then locks the server after backlash

- App warns if people nearby are wearing smart glasses

- Nightmare #CISA head (and Kristi Noem favorite) Gottumukkala is out

- #LinkedIn collecting an obscene amount of user data via #Persona

- A farewell and tribute to Recurity Labs founder Felix “FX” Lindner

...and much more.

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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY
for Feb. 24th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- People across the US are destroying #Flock cameras

- #Discord ’s “new” ID check tool was on a US government server

- #Arizona and #Colorado want ID scanning for all computer and phone use

- @wikipedia banned #ArchiveToday for DDoS attacks

- Some rando used #AI to hack #FortiGate

- @financialtimes unmasked a Russian oil smuggling ring (from Kremlin-controlled Rosneft) through the ring’s use of a single email server

- Another major #AotearoaNewZealand health app breach

- #TimCurry reveals Clue’s secret ending

- BBC/BAFTA leave N-word intact on tape delay

...and much more.

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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY
for Feb. 17th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- An #AI bot attacked a human by publishing a hit piece on him (all resulting in an #ArsTechnica retraction)

- #Microsoft let AI steal and write its #GitHub flow training guide

- A terrifying “smart” sleep mask vuln

- #Meta to purposely roll out mass face scanning while privacy advocates are busy fighting #ICE

- #TrendMicro plans a cool threat actor naming convention

- A very spicy #Ring commercial parody

...and much more.

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𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙈𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙡: 𝘾𝙮𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮
𝘧𝘰𝘳 Feb. 10th, 2026
𝘣𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵 @violetblue

- #Discord alternatives (ranked) to its doomed new age-check policy after losing age-check data in a huge hack

- US states are scrambling for #electionsecurity solutions after #CISA abandons them

- Horrific reports of #AI surgery disasters

- Trauma tips for surviving 2026

- A rage check tool to see if you’re being deliberately provoked online

- How to check claims of extraterrestrial life

- Apparently US #redteams have poor standards

...and much more.

* 𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙈𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙡 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 -- 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 $1/𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 *

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𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙈𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙡: 𝘾𝙮𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮
𝘧𝘰𝘳 Feb. 3rd, 2026
𝘣𝘺 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵 @violetblue

- Infosec mulls over new information about #Epstein ’s obsession with #DEFCON...

- ...and his pet “personal hacker” who had a senior position at #CrowdStrike

- US #Pentagon demands #Anthropic remove #AI safeguards so they can do awful things

- A harrowing exposé about scam compounds

- The security holes in AI systems are sadly hilarious (and plentiful)

- A handy paper on evaluating anti- #facialrecognition tools

- Ex-contractors attempt to whistleblow about #WhatsApp privacy

...and much more.

* 𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙈𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙡 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 -- 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 $1/𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 *

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𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙈𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙡: 𝘾𝙮𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮
𝘧𝘰𝘳 Dec. 30th, 2025
𝘣𝘺 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵 @violetblue

- #Whiteyleaks -- the data from white supremacist website hacks

- US denies visas to disinformation foes and anti-hategroup pundits

- Why AI is the most dangerous “therapist”

- WIRED reader database popped

- CCC follows Kawaiicon with CO2 monitoring system

- The best talk videos from CCC/39c3 (so far)

- We must jailbreak all wheelchairs

- A tool for revealing bad redactions

- How to disable AI features in Chrome

...and much more.

* 𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙈𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙡 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 -- 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 $1/𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 *

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𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙈𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙡: 𝘾𝙮𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮
𝘧𝘰𝘳 Dec. 23rd, 2025
𝘣𝘺 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵 @violetblue

- Spotify scrape-and-dump still remains to be seen (and verified)

- Scientology UK massively hacked

- @60minutes #CECOT episode went full #StreisandEffect

- Acting #CISA director failed a polygraph

- Great advice for when authorities tamper with your phone

- Four cancer-diagnosing AI tools caught being super racist

- The world of competitive spreadsheeting

- @404mediaco does a #Flock proof-of-concept

- @hackaday newsletter This Week In Security ends after 6 years

...and so much more.

* 𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙈𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙡 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 -- 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 $1/𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 *

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𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙈𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙡: 𝘾𝙮𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮
𝘧𝘰𝘳 Dec. 16th, 2025
𝘣𝘺 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵 @violetblue

- US to tap private companies to cyberattack other countries

- @gnome effectively bans AI

- #PopeLeo speaks out for spyware victims

- #CBP arrests and charges a man for wiping his phone

- A very cool DIY cat wellness tracking dashboard

- US domestic terrorism shifts to targeting “radical gender ideology and anti-American sentiment”

- #OpenAI withholds evidence in horrific #ChatGPT murder-suicide case

- rats get better at playing #DOOM

...and so much more.

* 𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙈𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙡 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 -- 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 $1/𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 *

https://www.patreon.com/posts/cybersecurity-16-145963544

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𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙈𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙡: 𝘾𝙮𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮
𝘧𝘰𝘳 Dec. 9th, 2025
𝘣𝘺 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵 @violetblue

- Kiwi researcher discovers React2Shell and mayhem ensues (including that #Cloudflare outage)

- Portugal updates cybercrime law to exempt security researchers

- UK is under attack from Putin’s cyber army

- "end-to-end encrypted" smart toilet camera is not actually end-to-end encrypted (not like that, anyway)

...and much more.

* 𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙈𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙡 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 -- 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 $1/𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 *

https://www.patreon.com/posts/cybersecurity-9-145397383

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𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙈𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙡: 𝘾𝙮𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮
𝘧𝘰𝘳 Nov. 18th, 2025
𝘣𝘺 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵 @violetblue

- Meta’s business model of massive profits from scam ads revealed by Reuters

- that sensationalist China AI hacking campaign actually had humans guiding it every step of the way

- AI toys tell kids about the glory of dying in battle

- queer threat database GAYINT launches

- RIP Delchi

- ShinyHunters hit Checkout but Checkout gave the ransom to cyber research centers instead

- Pandemic updates, and a bird flu early warning signal to watch

...and much more.

* 𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙈𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙡 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 -- 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 $1/𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 *

https://www.patreon.com/posts/cybersecurity-18-143829908

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