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Operation Cronos: law enforcement disrupted the LockBit operation

Security Affairs

Since January 2020, affiliates utilizing LockBit have targeted organizations of diverse sizes spanning critical infrastructure sectors such as financial services, food and agriculture, education, energy, government and emergency services, healthcare, manufacturing, and transportation.

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REvil Ransomware Gang Starts Auctioning Victim Data

Krebs on Security

“ Sodin ” and “ Sodinokibi “) used their Dark Web “Happy Blog” to announce its first ever stolen data auction, allegedly selling files taken from a Canadian agricultural production company that REvil says has so far declined its extortion demands. So it’s a double vig.”

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Cybersecurity agencies published a joint LockBit ransomware advisory

Security Affairs

The operation targeted many organizations in critical infrastructure sectors, including financial services, food and agriculture, education, energy, government and emergency services, healthcare, manufacturing, and transportation. law enforcement). According to the French ANSSI cybersecurity agency, LockBit 3.0 Red, LockBit 3.0/Black,

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Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Actions to Promote Responsible Artificial Intelligence Innovation

Hunton Privacy

In addition, the new Institutes announced they will advance AI R&D to drive breakthroughs in critical areas, including climate, agriculture, energy, public health, education and cybersecurity. Public assessments of existing generative AI systems. Policies to ensure the U.S. government for public comment this summer.

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IBM and Texas A&M AgriLife provide data, technology and expertise to farmers in need

IBM Big Data Hub

With failed crops, low yields for farmers and diminished grazing for cattle, the Texas Department of Agriculture identified climate change as a potential threat to the state’s food supply. ” That’s where digital agriculture comes in. In Texas, 2022 was one of the driest years on record.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 12 – 18 February 2024

IT Governance

Fowler sent a responsible disclosure notice when he discovered the database and it was secured the following day. It is not known how long the database was publicly available, nor whether anyone else accessed it. Date breached: 384,658,212 records. ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang adds 2.7 The total number of victims is now more than 5 million.

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Give a Hoot! Don’t Pollute: Earth Day with Woodsy Owl

Unwritten Record

The song is taken from a 1977 forest service educational film titled Help Woodsy Spread the Word. Department of Agriculture , Forest Service as an anti-pollution symbol. ” is still used today more than 50 years later to remind us to care for the planet. Clip from 95-General-94, Help Woodsy Spread the Word.