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A ransomware attack late last week left the Georgia Department of Public Safety and Georgia State Patrol computers offline. Source: Georgia troopers back to using paper after ransomware attack

There’s a new hacking group on the radar targeting telecommunications and oil and gas companies across Africa and the Middle East. Industrial security company Dragos, which discovered the group, calls it “Hexane,” but remains largely tight-lipped on its activities. The security company said Thursday, however, that the group’s activity has ramped up in recent months […] Source: A newly discovered hacking group is targeting energy and telecoms companies – TechCrunch

Source: Another Breach: What Capital One Could Have Learned from Google’s “BeyondCorp” – Lauren Weinstein’s Blog

Ordinary Americans are using armies of phones to generate cash to buy food, diapers, and beer through ad fraud. Source: Americans Are Making Phone Farms to Scam Free Money From Advertisers

Source: Cisco to pay $8.6 million fine for selling hackable surveillance technology