Happy Saturday! Metacurity is proud to offer our free and premium subscribers a weekly digest of the best long-form (and longish) infosec-related pieces we couldn't properly fit into our daily news crush.

This week's selection covers

--The college kid who discovered the Kimwolf botnet,
--US AI build-out is dependent on Chinese-made electrical equipment,
--AI agent traps are the next big security challenge,
--AI bug discovery tilts the field toward attackers,
--Privatized offensive warfare could fuel a cyber arms race

https://www.metacurity.com/best-infosec-related-long-reads-for-the-week-of-3-28-26/

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It's finally Friday, but don't leave for the weekend before checking out today's Metacurity for the most critical infosec developments you should know, including

--Microsoft bets $10 billion on Japan’s AI buildout and cyber defenses,
--EU pins EC attack on TeamPCP,
--Iowa AG sues UnitedHealth over 2024 attack,
--Residential proxies pose problems for IP reputation systems,
--Him & Hers report Feb. data breach,
--TA416 refocuses efforts back to Europe,
--Former engineer admits to hacking employer in $750k extortion bid,
--Threat actors exploit Claude Code source code to deliver Vidar infostealer,
--An Ohio man was trapped in pre-trial imprisonment on hacking charges for nine years,
--ShinyHunters issue final warning to Cisco,
--Progress ShareFile can be chained to achieve file exfiltration,
--PCLOB praises Sec. 702,
--Insecure Amazon server exposed data from money transfer Duc App users,
--Check City Partnership data breach exposed data on 300k+ customers,
--Thousands of French gun owners' data stolen from government site,
--ClickFix-style attacks have just gotten easier,
--Florida congressman says Iran targeted him in a cyberattack,
--Stryker says it's fully operational three weeks after Handala attack,
--TeleGuard messaging app uses dodgy E2EE,
--CyberCorps grads are finding federal cyber jobs tough to find
https://www.metacurity.com/microsoft-bets-10-billion-on-japans-ai-buildout-and-cyber-defenses/

OMG, this man with autism, who was accused of hacking, spent *nine years* in pretrial lockup with no trial.

https://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/2026/04/north-royalton-hacking-suspect-released-after-9-years-in-jail-awaiting-trial.html

Anybody know which company this is?

A former infrastructure engineer at an industrial company headquartered in New Jersey admitted to hacking and extorting the company to try and collect $750,000 in Bitcoin, officials said.

https://www.nj.com/news/2026/04/man-tried-to-ransom-former-employer-out-of-750000-in-bitcoin-after-launching-a-cyber-attack-feds-say.html

Not good. The US federal government is hiring fewer and fewer people in cybersecurity roles in the face of budget slashing

Instead of the 75-plus agencies that typically showed up to the in-person fair, roughly 40 agencies were at February’s virtual event.

https://federalnewsnetwork.com/cybersecurity/2026/04/cybercorps-grads-consider-private-sector-as-fed-hiring-challenges-persist/

The breach resulted in “the extraction of commercial data contained in that account, some of which may include personal data of firearm owners as well as data relating to firearm transactions,” the ministry said.

Gun owners' personal data hacked in cyberattack of French government site
https://www.connexionfrance.com/news/gun-owners-personal-data-hacked-in-cyberattack-of-french-government-site/781978