CyberScoop reports that the Federal Communications Commission has issued final regulations mandating telecommunications providers to annually recertify information submitted to the Robocall Mitigation Database, with violations corresponding to higher financial penalties.
The U.S. Defense Department's Zero Trust Portfolio Management Office has issued a request for information as it considers the use of AI and automation to help the Pentagon speed up and expand zero-trust cybersecurity assessments ahead of upcoming compliance deadlines, according to DefenseScoop.
Cybersecurity Dive reports that UL LLC, which served as the lead administrator for the Federal Communications Commission's Cyber Trust Mark program, formally stepped down from the role in December, following an investigation into its China-related operations, bringing uncertainty to the future of the IoT labeling effort.
In comments to the Financial Times, De Bruycker argued that Europe's overwhelming reliance on American technology giants for cloud services and digital infrastructure has ceded control and exposed the bloc to geopolitical pressure.
CNBC reports that Ilya Lichtenstein, who stole nearly 120,000 bitcoin from the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange, said he was released from prison early under the First Step Act signed by President Donald Trump.
New Zealand's Ministry of Health has been ordered by its minister Simeon Brown to immediately review the response to the sweeping data breach impacting patient information portal ManageMyHealth, which was threatened to have 400,000 exfiltrated files exposed should it refuse to pay the demanded ransom by Tuesday, reports Radio New Zealand.
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