Best Long-Reads of the Week, 6/4/22
Is social media bad for us, Zelensky thoughts on the IT army, Have you read all of your apps' privacy policies, the FBI tried to ambush a journalist's source who wanted to spill the beans on NSA, more
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M&S and Qantas leaders remain mum on ransomware payments
M&S chairman says two other British companies' ransomware attacks have gone unreported, 5.7m customers impacted by Qantas attack, US sanctions DPRK man for IT worker scheme, DoJ seeks to bring COVID hacker to US, Rubio impersonated in AI voice effort, MSFT patches 137+ flaws, much more
Italian cops arrest FBI-wanted Chinese hacker who tried to steal the COVID-19 vaccine
Brazilian cops bust IT worker connected to $100m banking systems hack, Call of Duty: WWII yanked offline after RCE rumors, OpenAI beefs up corporate spying protections, DragonForce battles RansomHub, Cambodia accuses Thai hackers of attacks, Trump's tax bill contains cyber money, much more
IT giant Ingram Micro's systems shut down after SafePay ransomware attack
Qantas is talking with threat actor after attack, Android spyware flaw exposes thousands of customers, Ransomware negotiator may have struck deals with hackers, US sanctions bulletproof hoster, US goes after DRPK "IT worker" program, A racist hacked Columbia and the NYT shamed itself, much more
Feds raid 29 North Korean laptop farms used to infiltrate US companies
US feds re-up Iranian hacking warning, Europol busts $540m fraud ring, Iranian-linked Robert threatens to release Trump emails, ICC hit by 'sophisticated' cyberattack, Treasury Dept. hit by three big hacks in past five years, Wyden says FBI fails to protect Capitol Hill mobiles, much more