Plus: A mysterious zero-day spree, a high-profile hacker indictment, and more of the week’s top security news.
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Foreign Meddling Flooded the 2020 Election—but Not Hackers
A new ODNI report shows how extensive Russian and Iranian influence operations were, but it doesn’t mention a single hack-and-leak incident.
Netflix’s Password-Sharing Crackdown Has a Silver Lining
The streaming service is making account owners enter two-factor codes in a limited test. That’s … actually not so bad.
How cybercrime groups are exploiting the latest Microsoft Exchange flaws
Criminals have been targeting organizations that run Exchange hoping to breach ones that haven’t patched the latest bugs, says ESET.
Utah’s ‘Porn Filter’ Law Passes the State Legislature
Plus: An iOS 14 jailbreak is out, Solarwinds details emerge, and more of the week’s top security news.
Chinese Hacking Spree Hit an ‘Astronomical’ Number of Victims
A single group appears to have infiltrated tens of thousands of Microsoft Exchange servers in an ongoing onslaught.
China and Russia’s Spying Sprees Will Take Years to Unpack
The full extent of the Solarwinds hack and Hafnium’s attack on Microsoft Exchange Server may never be known.
Far-Right Platform Gab Has Been Hacked—Including Private Data
The transparency group DDoSecrets says it will make the 70GB of passwords, private posts, and more available to researchers, journalists, and social scientists.
France Ties Russia’s Sandworm to a Multiyear Hacking Spree
A French security agency warns that the destructively minded group has exploited an IT monitoring tool from Centreon.
Update Your iPhone and iPad Now If You Haven’t Recently
Plus: A ransomware arrest, a dating site data leak, and more of the week’s top security news.