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Security News Bites for January 3, 2025

Feds Arrest US Solider in AT&T, Verizon+ Hacks This is NOT the Salt Typhoon hack, but rather the Snowflake hack, as best I can tell. The details are very sparse, but in some cases, the targets are the same. Cameron John Wagenius was arrested in Fort Hood, TX. after he was indicted recently. He, apparently, […]

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Is It Okay to Pay a Ransomware Demand?

The FBI has said for years that paying a ransomware ransom was a bad idea. It encourages the bad guys and funds their bad guy activities. But last week the decision became harder when the Treasury department said that they were going to add ransomware organizations that are connected to terrorist organizations to the list […]

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