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Every day is a big cyber news day, so don't miss today's Metacurity for the most critical infosec developments you should know, including
--Twin brother hackers arrested for US government hacking, data destruction spree,
--GRU cyber ops sanctioned into Skripal poisoning inquiry,
--Defenders scramble to patch React Server Components' critical flaws,
--AI agents match human attackers in smart contract exploits,
--AZ Atty. General sues Temu for customer …

Twin brother hackers arrested for US government hacking, data destruction spree
GRU cyber ops sanctioned into Skripal poisoning inquiry, Defenders scramble to patch React Server Components' critical flaws, AI agents match human attackers in smart contract exploits, AZ Atty. General sues Temu for customer data theft, Threat intel experts recorded DPRK IT recruiters, much more

A bad week has gotten even worse for Pete Hegseth,
as a new watchdog report from the Pentagon inspector general’s office finds that the defense secretary directly endangered U.S. troops
when he used the Signal messaging app to discuss sensitive plans to bomb the Houthi rebels in Yemen back in March. 
Sources told CNN that the classified report details Hegseth’s lack of urgency and seriousness
in speaking freely on the public messaging app about active U.S. war plans, u…

Watchdog Exposes How Hegseth Endangered Troops’ Lives in Signalgate
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth risked troops’ lives with his Signal messages, the Pentagon inspector general’s office has formally concluded.

UK investigating first suspected breach of cyber sanctions https://therecord.media/uk-investing-first-suspected-breach-cyber-sanctions

amongst the various start-of-semester things to do today, I started a new backup 800gb of a Time Machine backup onto a HFS formatted disk image.
and also planted my "vegehome" with a fresh batch of little plant plugs. Look at their little plastic domes. 🥰
Once these lettuces and stuff run their course, I want to try something a little bigger... like maybe starting a little fruit tree.
#office #worklife #viu #garden #growing #backup #tech

“Crypto Cash Fusion Cell”
https://ofsi.blog.gov.uk/2026/01/28/ofsi-and-partners-clamp-down-on-the-abuse-of-cryptoassets/

OFSI and partners clamp down on the abuse of cryptoassets – Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation
Sanctions enablers are increasingly turning to cryptoassets to move and hide illicit funds, including those linked to sanctions evasion. But every transaction leaves a trace. By working together, UK agencies are following those traces to identify, investigate and disrupt criminal

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Sources: UK officials believe China was behind the October cyber attack on the UK's Foreign Office, which aimed to access tens of thousands of sensitive files (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/fc7ebe87-8099-45f8-a8c2-2cf1c0b7dd83

British anti-hate speech campaigners sanctioned by US state department
– Imran Ahmed and Clare Melford are among five Europeans hit with visa bans
over claims they wish to
‘suppress American viewpoints they oppose'
http…

The US and the UK and Australia are going after bulletproof hosting companies.
United States, Australia, and United Kingdom Sanction Russian Cybercrime Infrastructure Supporting Ransomware
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0319

United States, Australia, and United Kingdom Sanction Russian Cybercrime Infrastructure Supporting Ransomware
.caption > figcaption { text-align: center; font-style: italic; } WASHINGTON — Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and the United Kingdom’s Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office are announcing coordinated sanctions targeting Media Land, a Russia-based bulletproof hosting (BPH) service provider, for its role in supporting ransomware operations and other forms of cybercrime.  OFAC is a…

AG Pam Bondi’s letter to Gov. Walz
What we know, according to Fox News:
In a letter obtained by FOX News, AG Pam Bondi dangled a path for ICE and other federal agents to leave Minnesota.
Here is that path:
🔸Walz’s office must share state records on Medicaid and Food and Nutrition Service programs, including SNAP, with the federal government.
🔸Repeal sanctuary policies. All state corrections facilities must cooperate with ICE, and permit ICE to interview detaine…

Minneapolis shooting: AG Pam Bondi gives Gov. Walz conditions for ICE to leave Minnesota
The United States Attorney General is urging Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to support federal law enforcement efforts and immigration policy, hours after a 37-year-old Minneapolis resident was fatally shot a Border Patrol agent.