Mathew J. Schwartz

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Cybersecurity journalist — I'm Executive Editor at Information Security Media Group, leading its DataBreachToday website as well as UK/Europe coverage of all things security, privacy, cybercrime, surveillance and more.
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Nvidia released what it calls the world's first family of open artificial intelligence models built to reduce errors in quantum computers in a bid to tackle problems blocking the technology's path to practical use. https://www.databreachtoday.com/nvidia-bets-ai-fix-quantums-noise-problem-a-31439
New York banks faced a Wednesday deadline to attest they have in place IT asset Inventories and strong MFA controls. https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/deadline-new-york-banks-attesting-to-asset-inventories-mfa-a-31425 #NYDFS
Four European tech companies have banded together to provide a "fully sovereign disaster recovery pack" for companies in the region that want to hedge against the much-discussed possibility of the U.S. flipping the kill switch on its tech.
https://www.databreachtoday.com/europe-moves-to-neutralize-us-kill-switch-anxiety-a-31443
After being disrupted by pro-Iranian hackers in March, Stryker tells regulators it'll impact first quarter financial results. The medtech maker doesn't appear to have a cyber insurance policy. https://www.databreachtoday.com/stryker-hack-affects-first-quarter-results-a-31444
Springtime in Washington: US cybersecurity agency CISA warns of 'detrimental capacity impacts' amid shutdown, amidst war with Iran.
https://www.databreachtoday.com/cisa-warns-detrimental-capacity-impacts-amid-shutdown-a-31449
Weekly Cryptohack Roundup
—Crackdown on $45M in phishing fraud
—ZachXBT uncovers DPRK crypto worker scam
—Kraken faces extortion attempt over insider data leak
—American musician loses $420K to fake Ledger app
—Hyperbridge exploit
—South Korea fines Coinone $3.5M
https://www.databreachtoday.com/cryptohack-roundup-45-million-fraud-operation-disrupted-a-31438
Weekly Data Breach Roundup:
—Mr. Raccoon wants your password
—Eurail breach exposes data of 308,000 customers
—Fortinet patches critical FortiSandbox bugs enabling remote code execution
—'Pushpaganda' campaign abuses Google's Discovery feed to drive scareware & ad fraud
—Ransomware group Interlock leaks 540GB from pediatric hearing center
—China supercomputer breach exposes massive defense data trove
—Basic-Fit data breach affects 1M members across Europe
—FBI and Indonesian authorities dismantle 'W3LL' phishing platform
https://www.databreachtoday.com/breach-roundup-mr-raccoon-wants-your-password-a-31450
Mythos can autonomously execute network takeover in hours — at least in simulated environments lacking that lack any defenses
https://www.databreachtoday.com/mythos-autonomously-execute-network-takeover-in-hours-a-31423
The Air Force is the first, and so far only, American military service to have an office dedicated to OT cybersecurity, blazing a path other services should follow, according to officials and industry observers. These are systems without which the United States can't go to war.
https://www.databreachtoday.com/new-us-air-force-office-will-focus-on-ot-cybersecurity-a-31431
What router ban? Netgear obtains temporary waiver from the Federal Communications Commission allowing it to continue importing consumer routers through most of 2027, making the networking hardware giant the first consumer brand to circumvent a ban on foreign-made hardware.
https://www.databreachtoday.com/us-fcc-grants-netgear-temporary-exemption-from-router-ban-a-31435