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Yes siree, never a shortage of critical cybersecurity news, so check out today's Metacurity for the most important developments you should know, including
--Anthropic case puts courts at center of fight over AI supply chain authority,
--Iran officials tied to cyber ops killed in airstrikes,
--Bennett and Brassard win Turing Award,
--Japan to allow offensive operations starting Oct. 1,
--Tech giants pledge to help open source with AI bug surge,
--Apple p…

Anthropic case puts courts at center of fight over AI supply chain authority
Iran officials tied to cyber ops killed in airstrikes, Bennett and Brassard win Turing Award, Japan to allow offensive operations starting Oct. 1, Tech giants pledge to help open source with AI bug surge, Apple patches WebKit flaw, Chinese hacker group steals $7m posing as a cyber firm, much more

💸 County pays $600,000 to pentesters it arrested for assessing courthouse security
https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/01/county-pays-600000-to-pentesters-it-arrested-for-assessing-courthouse-security/

County pays $600,000 to pentesters it arrested for assessing courthouse security
Settlement comes more than 6 years after Gary DeMercurio and Justin Wynn's ordeal began.

Drifting Chords – Flavigula Sketches and Experiments, Flavigula
https://faircamp.thurk.org/drifting-chords/

Hoe BigTech buigt als Trump cs ze onder enige druk zet, laten we geen illusies hebben over de bescherming van onze gegevens bij betreffende bedrijven.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/02/platforms-bend-over-backwar…

Platforms bend over backward to help DHS censor ICE critics, advocates say
Pam Bondi and Kristi Noem sued for coercing platforms into censoring ICE posts.

"‘Hothouse’ Earth: Scientists sound alarm as multiple climate systems near critical tipping points"
#Climate #ClimateChange

Multiple climate tipping points closer than believed, study warns
Sharp changes could result in a cascade of subsystem interactions that would steer the planet toward extreme warming and sea level rise.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #SundaySoul
Curtis Mayfield:
🎵 Move On Up
#CurtisMayfield
https://djantoniroma.bandcamp.com/track/curtis-mayfield-move-on-up-short-intro-outro-edit-v-2
https://open.spotify.com/track/2cK7SJ2O3CqDRHeixvFKgh

Of course the Prime Minister has convened a meeting of COBRA.
ha ha
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/15/critical-atlantic-current-significantly-more-likely-to-collapse-than-thought…

We are screwed
Jay Bhattacharya, a top Trump administration health official and an outspoken critic of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s response to the coronavirus pandemic,
will lead the CDC on an acting basis, according to four people who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe personnel moves.

Bhattacharya, who will continue his role as director of the National Institutes of Health, replaces Jim O’Neill, who had served as the CDC’s acting directo…

White House taps Jay Bhattacharya, CDC critic, to lead agency for now
The co-author of the Great Barrington Declaration, which rebuked CDC’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, will oversee the nation’s leading public health agency.

Republican congressmen sue Virginia over proposed redistricting | Courthouse News Service
https://www.courthousenews.com/republican-congressmen-sue-virginia-over-proposed-redistricting/

Three former chairmen of the Federal Communications Commission have rebuked the FCC’s current chairman, Brendan Carr,
over what they called politically motivated probes of companies
At issue is a series of investigations Carr ordered against media organizations that had previously been critical of Donald Trump.
They argued that Carr’s actions jeopardize the First Amendment
and undermine the FCC’s role as an impartial regulator of the nation’s airwaves.

3 Former FCC Chairmen Condemn Brendan Carr’s Threats Targeting Media Outlets
Carr shrugs off the criticism, saying: ‘I feel bad for the three of them’