Former NSA Contractor Reality Winner Released From Prison
G7 countries call for crackdown on ransomware, Pulse Secure Connect hack more sweeping than previously known, Apple fixes two iOS zero-days, "Homeless hacker arrested and charged, more
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Treasury cancels Booz Allen contracts ostensibly over inadequate data security
Salt Typhoon hacked senior UK officials for years, Pegasus spyware victim awarded $4.1m over Pegasus infection, US Marshals are probing alleged theft of $40m in confiscated digital assets, Nike is investigating a potential data breach, UK radically ups number of facial recognition vans, much more
Proposed Israeli cyber law calls for cyber incident reporting in real time
Russia is likely the source of wiper malware that targeted Poland's energy sector, Russian national pleads guilty to targeting 50 victims with ransomware, DPRK group Konni is targeting blockchain engineers with malware, Critical flaw in Solana's validator client fixed, much more
Best infosec-related long reads for the week of 1/17/26
The untouchable hacker god who destroyed psychotherapy patients, AI prompt injection is an unsolvable problem, Deepfakes are messing up Canada's justice system, What the hack of Russia's Unified Military Registry revealed, The US military needs to accelerate its tests of AI trustworthiness
A database with 149 million usernames and passwords was exposed on the internet
Venezuelan nationals who stole cash from ATMs using malware will be deported from US, FBI asked Microsoft to unlock encrypted laptops, Under Armour is investigating massive data breach, Tech investors want the US government to probe S. Korea's treatment of Coupang following data breach, much more