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This past weekend was no holiday for the cybersecurity world, so don't miss today's Metacurity for the crucial infosec developments you might have missed, including
--Germany names alleged ‘UNKN’ kingpin behind GandCrab and REvil ransomware empire,
--Meta pauses work with Mercor indefinitely following breach,
--N. Ireland education IT system contractor hit by breach,
--First convicted spyware maker dodges jail time,
--N. Korea carried out a six-month op t…

Germany names alleged ‘UNKN’ kingpin behind GandCrab and REvil ransomware empire
Meta pauses work with Mercor indefinitely following breach, N. Ireland education IT system contractor hit by breach, First convicted spyware maker dodges jail time, N. Korea carried out six-month op to steal $270m from Drift, Y Combinator dumps Delve over compliance fabrications, much more

Jack Dorsey says Apple removed his Bluetooth P2P messaging app Bitchat, used during protests in Iran and Uganda, from China's App Store following CAC's demands (Stephen Katte/Cointelegraph)
https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitchat-jack-dorsey-china-app-store-…

Jack Dorsey's Decentralized Bitchat App Removed from China App Store
Apple has removed Jack Dorsey’s Bitchat from the App Store in China at the request of the Cyberspace Administration of China, which argued the messaging app violated internet service regulations.

A look at Amjambo Africa, an immigrant-founded publication in Maine that focuses on immigrant life and news from Africa with coverage in seven languages (Tandy Lau/Editor and Publisher)
https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/h…

How one immigrant newsroom is connecting Maine’s communities
When Georges Budagu Makoko arrived in Maine in 2002 after fleeing violence in Central Africa, he spoke five languages — but English wasn’t one of them. Finding housing, healthcare or even basic services in his new home proved frustrating and often confusing. Years later, those early struggles inspired him to launch Amjambo Africa, a multilingual newsroom dedicated to helping new Mainers navigate life in the United States while sharing the stories of immigrant communities too often overlooke…

Since the US now seems to be a nation that loves to create unlawful wars and religious crusades the following tune is appropriate:
War (what is it good for?) - Joan Osborne, Bob Weir
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgpRzFUd4io

Falls ihr ein Mail bekommt von der Einsatzzentrale Kantonspolizei Zürich mit einem HTML-File als Anhang:
Löschen.
#Schweiz #Cybercrime #KapoZH

That UPenn breach affected only ten people.
A class action lawsuit against Penn over an October 2025 data breach at the Graduate School of Education will not proceed after a new court filing revealed on Monday that fewer than 10 people were affected by the incident.
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Penn GSE email hack impacted fewer than 10 individuals, according to new filing
In recent weeks, seven of the 18 Penn graduates in the originally consolidated case have withdrawn their claims.

An interview with NBC Executive Producer Molly Solomon on the network's Olympics coverage, reimagining the viewing experience, falling ratings, and more (Andrew Marchand/The Athletic)
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7018585/2026/02/04/mol…

The mastermind behind NBC’s Olympic transformation: ‘She is a visionary’
NBC's Molly Solomon flipped the longtime Olympics TV script in Paris, and she's back to lead the effort in Italy.

Our patent system, like our copyright system, has become a monster in which the "monopoly" period granted to patent (and cop;yright) holders far, far exceeds what is granted by our US Constitution.
The Constitution requires that patents and copyrights (but not trademarks) be for "limited times". That is not defined, but it must be interpreted in the context of the Contitution's goal to "promote scientific and artistic progress".
The following ra…

Firm quietly boosts H.264 streaming license fees from $100,000 up to staggering $4.5 million — backbone codec of the internet gets meteoric increase, AVC hikes follow disastrous H.265 licensing increases
Existing licensees are grandfathered.

SCOTUS rules unanimously that Cox could not be held liable for the piracy of thousands of songs online, after music labels sued the internet provider in 2018 (Ann E. Marimow/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/us/politics/supreme-court-cox…

Supreme Court Sides With Internet Provider in Copyright Fight Over Pirated Music
Leading music labels sued Cox Communications for failing to terminate accounts of subscribers flagged for distributing copyrighted music.

SCOTUS rules unanimously that Cox could not be held liable for the piracy of thousands of songs online, after music labels sued the internet provider in 2018 (Ann E. Marimow/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/us/politics/supreme-court-cox…

Supreme Court Sides With Internet Provider in Copyright Fight Over Pirated Music
Leading music labels sued Cox Communications for failing to terminate accounts of subscribers flagged for distributing copyrighted music.