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The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency had two dozen members of its IT department, including Chief Information Officer Charles Armstrong and Chief Information Security Officer Gregory Edwards, booted out by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem over the agency's failure to address significant cybersecurity weaknesses within its systems, reports The Cyber Express.

Major South Korean telecommunications provider SK Telecom has been ordered to pay a record fine of $97.2 million for an April cyberattack that compromised more than 23 million mobile users' SIM card details, The Korea Herald reports.

DefenseScoop reports the U.S. Department of Defense was noted by Secretary Pete Hegseth to have terminated the usage of a Microsoft program that was previously reported by ProPublica to have enabled Chinese engineers to help maintain the cloud systems of the department.

Nevada cyberattack prompts federal aid Acting Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Madhu Gottumukkala has confirmed the agency's collaboration with the Nevada state government in investigating and recovering from a cyberattack on Sunday that resulted in the closure of government offices earlier this week and persistent disruptions of multiple state services, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.

The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control has imposed sanctions on Russian national Vitaly Sergeyevich Andreyev, North Korean national Kim Ung Sun, North Korean firm Korea Sinjin Trading Corp., and Chinese front company Shenyang Geumpungri Network Technology as part of intensified federal efforts to disrupt North Korea's far-reaching IT worker scheme, CyberScoop reports.

NBC News reports that more than 300 million Americans' personal information, including Social Security numbers, were alleged by Social Security Administration Chief Data Officer Charles Borges to have been placed by the Department of Government Efficiency on an unsecured data server in June.

Over 1,200 voice service providers have been prohibited by the Federal Communications Commission from the U.S. phone network over their noncompliance with anti-robocall regulations, reports CyberScoop.

Increasingly prevalent cybersecurity threats against the federal government and ongoing cyber talent shortages have prompted House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology and Government Innovation Chair Nancy Mace, R-S.C., and Ranking Member Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, to unveil new legislation that would accelerate cybersecurity staff onboarding through skills-based hiring, Nextgov/FCW reports.