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US Agencies Urged to Patch Ivanti VPNs That Are Actively Being Hacked
Plus: Microsoft says attackers accessed employee emails, Walmart fails to stop gift card fraud, “pig butchering” scams fuel violence in Myanmar, and more.
Microsoft said on Friday that it detected a system intrusion on January 12 that it is attributing to the Russian state-backed actor known as Midnight Blizzard or APT 29 Cozy Bear. For a decade, the retailer has skirted pressure from both regulators and law enforcement to more closely scrutinize gift card sales and money transfers and expand employee training that could save customers from being tricked and exploited by bad actors. As rebel groups in Myanmar violently oppose the country's military government, the human trafficking and abuse fueling pig butchering scams is exacerbating the conflict.
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