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US authorities are investigating a data breach at a small maker of water utility technology, highlighting infrastructure cybersecurity threats, even though the Kansas firm was apparently not part of a suspected Iranian-affiliated campaign against water plants in Minnesota and other states that began in July.

A notorious cybercrime group has once again exploited a critical zero-day vulnerability on a large scale, claiming it stole data from dozens of organizations, including some of the world’s largest publicly traded companies.

Japanese cloud and data center provider Sakura Internet is investigating unauthorized access to a sales management system that may have exposed personal and contract information linked to as many as 1.36 million customer accounts. The company says the final impact is under investigation and large-scale data exfiltration hasn’t been confirmed.

The June breach, which also exposed employees’ information, underscored the supply-chain risks facing the healthcare sector.

한국어 Sogang University’s website was hacked, exposing the personal information of about 180,000 people, including current students and alumni. The leaked data included mobile phone numbers. Former President Park Geun-hye, who enrolled in the university’s Department of Electronic Engineering in 1970, was among those affected.

The Russia-linked ransomware group Cl0p has claimed a fresh wave of cyberattacks, naming Shell and Philips among its victims and, by some counts, dragging close to 50 companies into the mess.

When people brag about being “so productive” because they get up before 5 a.m., is this true or are they simply performing discipline? In a thread on r/productivity, redditors are debating this modern mystery. The conversation kicked off when one person noticed that their early-bird colleague was visibly fading by 2 p.m. every day at…

The new program, meant to aggressively disrupt costly cybercrime schemes, carries numerous legal and security risks.