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The End of the Illusion: China’s Cybersecurity Ban and the Strategy Behind It
Why Beijing’s Cybersecurity Ban, AI Ambitions, and Tech Decoupling Mark the End of Strategic Pretending
8 hrs ago • James Azar
This Week in Cybersecurity #37
Good morning, Security Gang!
Jan 16 • James Azar
South Korean Giant Kyowon Confirms Ransomware Data Theft, Poland Attributes Grid Attack to Russia, and Beijing Bans U.S. and Israeli…
Kyowon's 9.6M Account Breach Joins Korean Ransomware Wave While Poland Narrowly Avoids Blackout from Russian Grid Sabotage as China Blacklists VMware…
Jan 15 • James Azar
17:09
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Belgian Hospital Forces Server Shutdown Transferring ICU Patients as Microsoft Patches 159 Vulnerabilities Including 3 Zero-Days While UN Reports North…
Jan 14 • James Azar
16:48
University of Hawaii Cancer Center Hit by Ransomware, Spanish Energy Giant Endesa Breach, and Target Dev Server Drama Over Source Code Theft
Cancer Research Center Pays Ransom to Protect Lives While Spain's Largest Power Utility Endesa Exposes Customer IBANs and Target Takes Dev Server…
Jan 13 • James Azar
16:39
Instagram Denies 17M Account Breach, $26M Crypto Stolen from Truebit, and BreachForums Database Leaked Exposing 324K Users
Meta Dismisses Instagram 17M Account Leak as Combo List While Truebit Loses $26.4M to Smart Contract Exploit and BreachForum's Own Database Exposed…
Jan 12 • James Azar
17:42
2026: New Threats, New Rules
A Practical Game Plan for CISOs Facing an Unstable AI and Cyber Risk Landscape
Jan 11 • James Azar
This Week in Cybersecurity #36
JLR's 43% Sales Collapse Proves Breach Impact, UK Admits Cyber Strategy Failed, China Attacks Taiwan 2.63M Times Daily, and the Kinetic-Cyber Line…
Jan 9 • James Azar
Spanish Airline Attributes Breach to November Incident, Illinois Agency Exposes 700K Records, and UK Cyber Action Plan Deep Dive
Iberia Pushes Back on Fresh Breach Claims as Repackaged November Data While Illinois DHS Misconfiguration Exposes 672K Medicaid Recipients and UK…
Jan 8 • James Azar
17:51
Jaguar Land Rover Sales Plunge 43% After Cyberattack, UK Unveils Cyber Action Plan, and Taiwan Energy Attacks Surge 10x
JLR's $220M Catastrophic Cyber Impact Causes 43% Global Sales Drop While UK Government Admits Policy Failures and China Escalates Taiwan Energy Sector…
Jan 7 • James Azar
14:42
Brightspeed Investigating Cyberattack, Ledger Hit Through Third-Party Breach, and NordVPN Denies Breach Claims
US Telecom Brightspeed Confirms Cyber Incident as Crimson Collective Claims Data Theft While Taiwan Reports 2.63M Daily Attacks from China and FortiWeb…
Jan 6 • James Azar
18:25
Sedgwick Confirms Trident Locker Ransomware Attack, Trump Orders $2.9M Chip Deal Divestment, and 10K Fortinet Firewalls Still Exposed to…
Fortune 500 Claims Giant Sedgwick Hit by Trident Locker While Trump Blocks China Chip Acquisition on National Security Grounds and 10,000 Fortinet…
Jan 5 • James Azar
16:18
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