Notices by The Record Media (therecord_media@mastodon.social)

Signal said it would rather leave the European market than comply with a potential "Chat Control" rule that would require companies to build surveillance into their messaging services.

https://therecord.media/signal-calls-on-germany-to-vote-no-chat-control

CISA has released two documents explaining its plans for the CVE Program — a critical cybersecurity resource used globally to catalog thousands of software and hardware bugs.

https://therecord.media/cve-program-future-limbo-cisa

A former National Crime Agency investigator who worked on the Silk Road case was sentenced to more than five years in prison for stealing 50 bitcoin seized in that operation.

https://therecord.media/former-uk-nca-officer-jailed-stealing-bitcoin-from-criminal

Google's data transfers from idle Android phones on cellular networks essentially amounted to stealing, lawyers alleged in a class-action case where a jury awarded $314 million to plaintiffs. Google said it will appeal.

https://therecord.media/google-lawsuit-data-collection-android-cellular

Several suspects tied to the cybercrime site BreachForums have been arrested in France, according to a local news report, including alleged administrators known as ShinyHunters and Intelbroker.

https://therecord.media/france-breachforums-suspects-arrests

Denmark's digital affairs ministry says it plans to switch to the open source LibreOffice software and away from Microsoft products as part of an effort to make the government more digitally independent.

https://therecord.media/denmark-digital-agency-microsoft-digital-independence

In his Senate confirmation hearing, national cyber director nominee Sean Cairncross faced questions about his lack of cybersecurity experience and how the government would operate with vastly reduced cybersecurity resources.

https://therecord.media/sean-cairncross-oncd-nominee-senate-confirmation-hearing

Australia is now the first country to require ransomware victims to report if they make any extortion payments to their attackers.

https://therecord.media/australia-ransomware-victims-must-report-payments

The city of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, filed breach notification letters with regulators seven months after a ransomware gang accessed systems.

https://therecord.media/ransomware-sheboygan-breach-notice

Governments around the world have appeared to ease off from using internet shutdowns to silence protesters and control access to information, according to new data from internet infrastructure company Cloudflare.

https://therecord.media/government-internet-shutdowns-slow-in-2025

Japanese regulators published an urgent warning about hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of unauthorized trades being conducted on hacked brokerage accounts in the country.

https://therecord.media/japan-warns-of-unauthorized-trades-hacked-accounts

Hacker who hijacked SEC’s X account pleads guilty, faces maximum five-year sentence

https://therecord.media/hacker-hijacked-sec-account-maximum

1,400 Pegasus spyware infections detailed in WhatsApp’s lawsuit filings

https://therecord.media/pegasus-spyware-infections-detailed-whatsapp-lawsuit

Internet Archive hacker claims to still have access, responds to Zendesk support tickets

https://therecord.media/internet-archive-alleged-zendesk-account-breach

New law in Australia will require mandatory reporting of ransomware payments

https://therecord.media/australia-bill-mandatory-reporting-ransomware-payments

Sellafield, UK’s largest nuclear site, fined £330,000 for cybersecurity failings

https://therecord.media/sellafield-nuclear-site-cybersecurity-failings-fine

Crucial Texas hospital system turning ambulances away after ransomware attack

https://therecord.media/crucial-hospital-texas-ransomware-attackc

Here's what to expect from the Counter Ransomware Initiative meeting this week

https://therecord.media/counter-ransomware-initiative-washington-meeting-2024

Background-check giant confirms security incident leaked millions of SSNs

https://therecord.media/social-security-numbers-leak-national-public-data

CrowdStrike vows to ‘respond aggressively’ to Delta litigation

https://therecord.media/crowdstrike-delta-litigation-aggressive-response