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The US Is Building a One-Stop Shop for Buying Your Data
- US intelligence community plans to create a marketplace to purchase personal data obtained by data brokers for spying purposes.
- Contracting data reveals the intention to establish an 'Intelligence Community Data Consortium' to exploit personal data potentially for blackmail and surveillance.
- Laws to restrict government buying of 'commercially accessible information' were rejected by the US Senate.
- Wired reports on potential risks associated with data availability, enabling adversaries to monitor US military and intelligence personnel.
- Former Kaspersky employees confirm Careto hacking group, initially discovered in 2014, worked on behalf of the Spanish government, targeting energy companies and activists.
- Signal introduces a feature to block Windows' Recall screenshots, a move to prevent privacy breaches induced by Microsoft's screenshot-taking tool.
- Russian hackers Fancy Bear, known for 2016 US election interference, targeted Ukraine aid providers by spying on security cameras at border crossings.
- US indicts Russian national Rustam Gallyamov over Qakbot malware, seizing millions in profits from ransomware gangs he allegedly assisted.
- A multinational operation, including Europol, led to the investigation and disruption of Qakbot with the involvement of several countries' prosecutors and law enforcement agencies.
- The article highlights ongoing cybersecurity threats, privacy concerns, and developments in the realm of hacking and malware.
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