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There has been an insane amount of high-profile cybersecurity developments since Friday morning, so check out today's Metacurity for what you might have missed over the weekend, including
--US issues seizure warrants for Starlink terminals in Myanmar cyberscam compounds,
--US citizens plead guilty to aiding DPRK IT worker fraud,
--$28B tied to cybercrime activity over the last two years,
--Princeton got hit by a data-stealing cyberattack,
--Anthropic's r…

US issues seizure warrants for Starlink terminals in Myanmar cyberscam compounds
US citizens plead guilty to aiding DPRK IT worker fraud, $28B tied to cybercrime activity over the last two years, Princeton got hit by a data-stealing cyberattack, Anthropic's report of autonomous AI Chinese hacks hits pushback, Cybercom invests in cyberwarfare AI agents, much more

Analysis: music copyright's global value rose 5.2% YoY to a record $47.2B in 2024; the revenue split favored labels and artists at 62%, above songwriters' 38% (Will Page/Pivotal Economics)
https://pivotaleconomics.com/undercurrents/music-copyright-2025

Global Value of Music Copyright Hits New All-Time High, Nearly Doubling in a Decade to $47.2bn in 2024 — Pivotal Economics
The global value of music copyright reached $47.2bn in 2024. That's up just $2.3bn (5.2%) on the prior year; growth is slowing largely because this is the first year where the pandemic effects have vanished.

«LLMs are copyright removal devices - copy open source (or proprietary!) data into it, and you get copyright free data on the other side that you are free to plagiarize into newly copyrighted works. While this process robs all copyright owners, it is particularly damaging to people involved in sharing communities, since many are particpating not for money but for the love of the game - what librarian Fobazi Ettarh calls “vocational awe”.»
Really good framing by @…
https://www.quippd.com/writing/2025/12/17/AIs-unpaid-debt-how-llm-scrapers-destroy-the-social-contract-of-open-source.html

Managed security services provider LevelBlue to acquire cybersecurity firm Cybereason, which raised $850M in total funding and undergone multiple restructurings (Greg Otto/CyberScoop)
https://cyberscoop.com/cybereason-levelblue-acquistion/

LevelBlue to acquire Cybereason in latest cybersecurity industry consolidation
LevelBlue announced Tuesday it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Cybereason, a Boston-based cybersecurity firm specializing in extended detection and response platforms and digital forensics. 

Vos is a stinky piece of shit.
#wisconsin

He Vowed to “Protect the Unborn.” Now He’s Blocking a Bill to Expand Medicaid for Wisconsin’s New Moms.
Splitting with anti-abortion members of his own party, Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has refused to join 48 other states in ensuring that vulnerable women have access to potentially lifesaving care for up to a year after giving birth.

Cyberkriminelle erbeuten Kundendaten von Modekonzern Mango
Kundendaten von Mango geklaut – jetzt warnt der Modekonzern vor gefälschten E-Mails und Anrufen. Was Betroffene jetzt wissen müssen.
https://www.

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Cypress Hill:
🎵 What's Your Number
#NowPlaying #CypressHill
https://djtron1.bandcamp.com/track/cypress-hill-whats-your-number-feat-diana-ross-dj-tron-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/4aZct8jpkPI7jXWEg33WGN

CISA, eyeing China, plans hiring spree to rebuild its depleted ranks
https://www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cisa-hiring-workforce-strategy/805733/

CISA, eyeing China, plans hiring spree to rebuild its depleted ranks
The agency will also change some of its workforce policies to avoid driving away talented staff.

Google sues the Chinese-speaking cybercriminal group known as Darcula, behind an alleged US text message phishing ring, in the US, seeking a restraining order (Kevin Collier/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/google-sues…

Google sues Chinese scam ring over E-ZPass, USPS phishing texts
Google is suing a Chinese-speaking cybercriminal group it says is responsible for a massive wave of scam text messages sent to Americans this year.

Metacurity is pleased to offer our free and premium subscribers a weekly digest of the best long-form (and longish) infosec-related pieces we couldn't properly fit into our daily news crush.
This week's selection covers
--The time is now to end cybersecurity with AI,
--Prosecutors say PowerSchool hacker was skilled,
--People with facial differences struggle with digital identity systems,
--Autistic teens can't grasp ramifications of digital crimes, …

Best infosec-related long reads for the week of 10/11/25
The time is now to end cybersecurity with AI, Prosecutors say PowerSchool hacker was skilled, People with facial differences struggle with digital identity systems, Autistic teens can't grasp ramifications of digital crimes, Online predator groups can kill teens, Crypto ATMs rip off scam victims