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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑‍💻
for Apr. 14th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- Researcher rebukes #Microsoft disclosure process and drops unpatched #0day online

- The wild process of encrypting and decrypting biological material

- 30 #WordPress plugins were bought for six figures and then backdoored

- #Iran ’s hackers poke at US water/energy targets

- #France disavows US #BigTech data control and moves from Microsoft to #Linux

- #IBM to pay Trump admin $17M in punishment over its diversity initiatives

...and much more.

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