Thirteen Romanians Arrested for Phishing the UK’s Tax Service

Investigators from HMRC joined more than 100 Romanian police officers to arrest the 13 Romanian suspects in the counties of Ilfov, Giurgiu and Calarasi. 
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In Other News: Hacker Helps Kill Informants, Crylock Developer Sentenced, Ransomware Negotiator Probed

Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: drug cartel hires hacker to identify FBI informants, prison time for Russian ransomware developer, ransomware negotiator investigated. 
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Cyera Raises $540 Million to Expand AI-Powered Data Security Platform

Series E funding round brings Cyera’s total funding to over $1.3 billion and values the data security firm at $6 billion.
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Check Point to Acquire External Cyber Risk Management Firm Cyberint

Check Point says the acquisition will enhance its own SOC capabilities and expand its managed threat intelligence offerings.
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Microsoft Says 8.5 Million Windows Devices Impacted by CrowdStrike Incident, Publishes Recovery Tool

Microsoft says roughly 8.5 million Windows devices were impacted by the faulty software update from CrowdStrike, and published a tool to help admins through the recovery process.
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CrowdStrike Provides Remediation Guidance After Software Update Causes Worldwide IT Chaos

CrowdStrike on Saturday provided technical information and remediation guidance to help organizations impacted by the faulty software update that trigged massive IT outages across the globe on Friday.  
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AT&T Data Breach: ‘Nearly All’ Wireless Customers Exposed in Massive Hack

Data breach exposed records of call and text interactions for nearly all AT&T’s wireless customers and has been linked to the recent attacks targeting Snowflake customers.
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