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@ D.C.
⭐️ The Department of Justice and Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit have taken action to disrupt the technical infrastructure used by Russian nation-state actors reportedly working for Star Blizzard. (Bloomberg)
🚗 A cyberattack has shut down all government websites in Detroit, affecting approximately 1.75 million residents in Wayne County. (The Record)
🧑⚖️ After an X user spreading parody videos of Vice President Kamala Harris sued California to prevent the state from enforcing its new AI law, a federal judge blocked the law, saying the state can't force people to take down election deepfakes. (Politico)
@ Industry
😎 Two Harvard students added facial recognition software PimEyes to Meta's smart Ray-Ban glasses, showing that it's possible to use the glasses to instantly dox someone. The students did not release their code. (404 Media)
@ Hackers and hacks
🔓 Another Ivanti flaw is under attack, per the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. This one allows threat actors to gain remote code execution on vulnerable Endpoint Manager appliances. (TechCrunch)
