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PHOTO: TAIDGH BARRON/ZUMA PRESS
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Tire maker Bridgestone Americas said operations are back to normal after a cyberattack in recent days. The company said it caught the intrusion early but some manufacturing sites were affected. Employees at those facilities could elect to go home without pay or stay on site to do maintenance work and be paid for the time. (WRDW)
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Nevada state tech systems remain down after a ransomware attack on Aug. 24. Departments including motor vehicles, agriculture and education were disrupted, among others. State employee payroll and emergency services are unaffected, officials said Monday. Data was stolen and an investigation is ongoing to determine what kind and how much.
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PHOTO: RONALD WITTEK/SHUTTERSTOCK
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EU to boost cyber defenses for GPS. The European Union plans to deploy more low-Earth satellites and better detection tools to guard against GPS signal interference, EU Defense Commissioner Andrius Kubilius said Monday. (Reuters)
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On Sunday, the GPS system on a plane carrying European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was jammed en route to Bulgaria. Authorities there blamed the incident on Russia.
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Further reading from WSJ Pro: Airlines Train Pilots to Manage GPS Tampering
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Would-be FIFA hackers plan ahead. A wave of web domain names related to the 2026 FIFA World Cup tournament have been registered in recent weeks, according to cybersecurity researchers. These include hundreds of bogus names suggesting ticket and merchandise outlets for the games, which start June 11. (Cyber Security News)
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Meta's WhatsApp users are urged to apply patches for zero-day bug affecting certain Apple devices. "A sophisticated attack against specific targeted users" is underway, WhatsApp said Friday.
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