Xi whiz: Versa Networks criticized for swerving the blame.

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Should’ve listened to Edison: After the arrest of Pavel Durov—the Telegram CEO—comes news of domestic extremists using the chat app to organize.

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KP♡TX PII: “General Motors has engaged in egregious business practices that violated Texans’ pri­vacy … in unthinkable ways,” rants state attorney general Ken Paxton (pictured).

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See These CVEs: Patch Tuesday—ten zero-days, seven Critical vulns, zero time to waste.

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North Korean army of remote IT workers enabled by Matthew Isaac Knoot, alleges DoJ.

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LAS VEGAS — Ransomware attacks are escalating in scale and frequency. But one recent payout, a record  $75 million by a victimized Fortune 50 company, trumped a surge in extortion attacks that are likely to only increase, according to a new report from Zscaler Inc.’s ThreatLabz research. “Stolen data and extortion is going up exponentially,”..

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Hackers ate my homework: MDM software for schools is breached for second time this year—13,000 devices wiped in Singapore alone.

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For You Plague: U.S. Justice Dept. and Federal Trade Commission file lawsuit, alleging TikTok broke the COPPA law, plus a previous injunction.

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Pragmatic politics: Anger as Putin gets back two notorious cybercriminals

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G Suite Sours: Domain owners flummoxed as strangers get Google for their domains.

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