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Revolut falls for fake government requests, hands over customer data

Passports, selfies, transaction histories exposed as self-proclaimed culprits demand 10,000 Bitcoin

Are we human?

Liberals to amend police data interception bill following searing criticism | CBC News

The Liberal government says it will amend its hot-button lawful access legislation — which would make it easier for police and spies to tap private communications — as it faces blowback from critics who argue the bill would actually put cybersecurity at risk.

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA

Russian State-Supported Cyber Actors Conduct Phishing Campaign Targeting Users of Zimbra Collaboration Suite | CISA

Government tip-off prompted spy agency to look into federal scientist, CSIS says | CBC News

The country's top spy agency says Natural Resources Canada approached it with concerns about former federal scientist Dennis Lu more than two decades ago — not the other way around — and has made a rare disclosure of one of its documents in court to set the record straight, CBC News has learned.

America

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Federal officials on the defensive as momentum grows against lawful access bill | CBC News

Canada's spy agency says its ability to keep pace with threats and contribute to intelligence alliances will be at risk if the government's latest attempt to pass a lawful access bill fails — a warning that comes as momentum against the Liberals' Bill C-22 grows.

Canadian website stops monetizing white supremacist content after fifth estate investigation | CBC News

A livestreaming website founded in Calgary that helped influencers monetize hateful content has announced the website will be shutting down — removing a revenue stream for dozens of neo-Nazis and white supremacists — following a fifth estate investigation.

Europe built sovereign clouds to escape US control. Then forgot about the processors

Intel ME and AMD PSP: The silicon layer nobody certifies

Are we human?

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA

Establishing a Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure Program to Work With Security Researchers | CISA

Oracle outlines all the ways it could lose the farm it bet on AI

Risk factors galore

Task & Purpose

Former Fort Hood soldier sentenced to nearly six years for hacking, extortion plot

Cameron Wagenius took part in a months-long scheme to steal sensitive data and ransom it off, while an active duty Army soldier.

After rewriting SQLite in Rust, Turso turns its sights on Postgres

Cloud database upstart wants one virtual machine core to power multiple SQL frontends

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Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA

2026 Minimum Elements for a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) | CISA

This guidance incorporates stakeholder feedback from a 2025 public comment period and reflects current SBOM tools and needs while preserving the core principles of the original NTIA document.

ProPublica

A Puerto Rico Government Agency Exposed 1 Million Social Security Numbers

A cybersecurity loophole in an official government mapping service left private data easily accessible, Centro de Periodismo Investigativo and ProPublica learned.