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Okta Hack Update Shows Challenges in Rapid Cyber Disclosures
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Hello. Identity-management company Okta is delaying product updates and internal projects by 90 days as it works to shore up its security architecture.
Okta said Wednesday that an October hack of its customer support system resulted in a far larger data breach than previously thought, showing how challenging prompt cybersecurity disclosures can be, just weeks before new SEC rules go into effect. Get our full story.
Also today: NATO members test cyber defenses as wartime hacking threats rise. The exercises simulate cyberattacks on operational technology in the energy grid and water facilities. Read more.
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Logistics provider DP World confirms breach of employee data from recent cyberattack
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Amazon, eBay and other tech firms to step up antifraud efforts in the U.K.
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Why storytelling works in cyber training
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PHOTO: ANDREW MATTHEWS/ZUMA PRESS
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Logistics giant DP World says employee data was exposed during an early November cyberattack that interrupted operations for days at Australian ports and caused a backlog of 30,000 shipping containers. The company didn't specify which information is at risk or for how many current and former workers. (Bleeping Computer)
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U.S. tech providers in deal with U.K. to fight online fraud. Amazon, eBay, Microsoft and eight more big technology companies on Thursday are expected to sign a charter to improve efforts to take down fraudulent content from their online properties, the U.K.'s Interior Ministry said. The deal includes working with local police to target suspected scammers. (Reuters)
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Crypto mixer Sinbad.io sanctioned by U.S. The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned Sinbad.io, a virtual currency mixer allegedly linked to the Lazarus Group, a hacking group connected to the North Korean government.
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The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control said Sinbad processed millions of dollars in virtual currency from Lazarus hacks, including last year’s heists from online game "Axie Infinity", and Horizon Bridge, a technology that allows users to send cryptocurrency between different blockchains. U.S. authorities sanctioned Lazarus in 2019.
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Unused Gmail accounts to be deleted. Google on Friday plans to start deleting personal Gmail accounts that have been inactive for at least two years. Going forward, the company said it will continue killing accounts that reach two years of disuse. Unwanted and unused accounts are often vulnerable to hacking, identity theft and spam, Google said. (WSJ)
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PHOTO: JOE RAEDLE/GETTY IMAGES
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Bipartisan bill would ban involuntary face scans at airports. Sens. John Kennedy (R., La.) and Jeff Merkley (D., Ore.) are seeking to stop the Transportation Security Administration from using face-scanning technology as a means of authenticating identity. The agency conducts the procedure in tests at 16 U.S. airports without individuals' permission, the lawmakers said. (The Hill)
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