More Downstream Victims of the LockBit Attack on Evolve Bank & Trust Emerge
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Pentagon challenges Anthropic over mass surveillance, autonomous weapons curbs
UK moves to tighten online safety laws after xAI's Grok debacle, Iran is spying on and retaliating against protestors, DHS is spying on anti-ICE social media posters, Threat actors abuse DNS queries in ClickFix attacks, Tulsa airport confirms attacker access, much more
Best infosec-related long reads for the week of 2/7/26
Thai citizens are trafficked to unlock bank accounts with facial ID, Texas police deploy AI surveillance with little transparency, Bot swarms threaten democracy, Digital age checks erode privacy, security, and free speech, Promptware attacks could pose Stuxnet-scale cyber threats.
The imminent DHS shutdown will hamper US ability to respond to cyber threats
CISA will hold town halls on cyber incident reporting regs, Palo Alto removed China attribution in fear of retaliation, Tianfu Cup returns, Ring cancels partnership with Flock, TX AG launches probe into Conduent breach, AI vibe coding platform Orchids has an unfixed flaw, much more
US drops China Telecom, TP-Link router, and other data security bans before trade talks
Crypto-funded transactions for human trafficking soared in 2025, Prosecutors confirm former defense contractor exec stole and sold spy tools, APT hackers use Gemini AI to support all stages of an attack, Apple fixes zero day exploited in sophisticated attack, much more