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@ D.C.
☎️ China's Salt Typhoon hackers stole call logs, unencrypted texts, and audio from phone calls from potentially thousands of Americans, including senior national security officials, during their recent operation. (Wall Street Journal)
🏛️ Several House committees were briefed this week about the extent of the Salt Typhoon hacks. (CyberScoop)
⚠️ The email addresses purportedly used to send bomb threats to polling places earlier this week are also tied to threats made to LGBTQ events in Massachusetts, Minnesota and Texas in June. (CNN)
@ Industry
💰 CrowdStrike is acquiring Israeli security startup Adaptive Shield in a reported $300 million deal. (SecurityWeek)
☑️ Google Cloud is mandating all users turn on multifactor authentication in 2025. (Cybersecurity Dive)
📲 The Canadian government has ordered TikTok to shut down its operations in Toronto and Vancouver, citing national security concerns. (CBC)
@ Hackers and hacks
🚔 Interpol arrested 41 people and removed more than 1,000 servers and online infrastructure running IP addresses tied to cybercrime. (BleepingComputer)
🪫 Schneider Electric is facing its third cyberattack in 18 months. (CyberScoop)
🗳️ A website is publicly listing the addresses and party affiliations of everyone who has ever voted in a U.S. election, as well as which elections they voted in. (404 Media)
