In this week’s podcast, hacks abound in multiple sectors, some of which happened months back, and we are only getting details on now.

www.justice.gov: Two Alleged Criminals – A Hezbollah Associated Narco-Money Launderer and a Computer Hacker – Extradited from Cyprus to the United States

www.wired.com: Chinese Hackers Charged in Decade-Long Crime and Spying Spree

www.bbc.com: Blackbaud Hack: Universities lose data to ransomware attack

arstechnica.com: Ongoing Meow attack has nuked >1,000 databases without telling anyone why

www.reuters.com: Twitter says hackers saw messages from 36 accounts, including Netherlands official

www.scmagazine.com: New cryptominer botnet spreads payload, less intrusive

www.zdnet.com: Ransomware gang demands $7.5 million from Argentinian ISP

www.theregister.com:UK.govadmits it has not performed legally required data protection checks for COVID-19 tracing system

www.zdnet.com: Why the internet went haywire last week

www.zdnet.com: Two more cyber-attacks hit Israel’s water system

www.bleepingcomputer.com: Lorien Health Services discloses ransomware attack affecting nearly 50,000

www.c4isrnet.com: The new ways the military is fighting against information warfare tactics

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