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Cyber Daily: Trump’s TikTok, WeChat Actions Targeting China Revoked by Biden
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Hello. President Biden on Wednesday issued an executive order mandating a broad review of apps controlled by foreign adversaries to determine whether they pose a security threat to the U.S.
Plus: Meat processor JBS USA Holdings Inc. paid $11 million in ransom following an attack last week that led to disruptions of its operations.
Other news: Colonial Pipeline to undergo security review; database of credentials discovered; CaptureRx makes another breach disclosure; Ryder System reveals December hack; and more.
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The Trump administration’s executive orders targeting the TikTok app were blocked in federal court. PHOTO: LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES
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Security review of foreign apps: President Biden revoked a Trump -era attempt to ban Chinese-owned apps TikTok and WeChat, substituting Wednesday an executive order assessments of whether apps from adversaries pose security risks.
The Commerce Department was authorized to begin that review immediately, the White House said. The order doesn't name companies.
China’s U.S. embassy spokesman, Liu Pengyu, said in a statement that China “opposes the U.S. abusing its national power under the pretext of national security to suppress and coerce non-American companies.”
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More Cyber and Privacy News
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PHOTO: ANDY CROSS
/DENVER POST/GETTY IMAGES
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$11 million: Andre Nogueira, chief executive of Brazilian meat company JBS SA’s U.S. division, said an $11 million ransom payment, in bitcoin, was made to shield the company from further disruption and to limit the potential impact on restaurants, grocery stores and farmers that rely on JBS. The payment was made after the majority of JBS plants were up and running again, Mr. Nogueira said.
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“It was very painful to pay the criminals, but we did the right thing for our customers,” Mr. Nogueira said Wednesday in an interview with The Wall Street Journal.
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Colonial Pipeline due for cyber review in late July, CEO says. Joseph Blount, chief executive of the energy company, told lawmakers in a hearing Wednesday that Colonial has scheduled a review with the Transportation Security Administration, which oversees pipeline cybersecurity. The company last year didn’t undergo a requested federal security review of its facilities and was in the process of scheduling a separate audit of its computer networks when hackers hit on May 7.
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PHOTO: CHRIS RATCLIFFE
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Huge database of sensitive data uncovered. An online collection of 1.2 terabytes of data, including account credentials and payment details, appears to have been gathered by an unknown malware tool, according to researchers at security firm NordLocker. (ArsTechnica)
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Medical tech firm CaptureRx discloses extent of recent hack. The San Antonio-based company said 2,154,280 consumers had their personal information compromised. The incident began Feb. 6 and was discovered Feb. 11, according to CaptureRx, which has issued three other disclosures since early May as it continues to investigate. Giant Eagle Inc. grocery stores, Rite Aid Corp. pharmacies and dozens of hospitals are among 120 customer organizations affected.
Ryder System reveals data breach. The Miami-based truck leasing and fleet management business is notifying 3,563 individuals that their Social Security numbers and other identifying data was exposed in a hack on Dec. 17, 2020. Ryder said it added security measures to prevent a similar episode in the future; it didn't specify the nature of the incident.
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PHOTO: JOHN MINCHILLO/ASSOCIATED PRESS
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The FBI’s Advice on Ransomware: Don’t Pay, but Tell Us if You Do. Herb Stapleton, deputy assistant director at the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Cyber Division, spoke recently at the WSJ Pro Cybersecurity Executive Forum. On making ransom payments, he said, "We work with victims who make all kinds of different decisions in that realm." Read more.
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