In what’s being called a “major cybersecurity incident,” Beijing-backed adversaries broke into cyber vendor BeyondTrust to access the US Department of the Treasury workstations and steal unclassified data, according to a letter sent to lawmakers.

Source: Chinese State Hackers Breach US Treasury Department

U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency are jointly led by a single four-star officer. Donald Trump made moves to end that arrangement in 2020, and sources say the idea is circulating again as the president-elect transitions into a new administration.

Source: Unfinished business for Trump: Ending the Cyber Command and NSA ‘dual hat’

Law enforcement agencies in 15 countries cooperated in taking down 27 websites selling DDoS-for-hire services. The post appeared first on SecurityWeek .

Source: 27 DDoS Attack Services Taken Down by Law Enforcement

Office buildings have become like web browsers – they’re full of tracking technology, a trend documented in a report out this week by Cracked Labs. The study , titled “Tracking Indoor Location, Movement and Desk Occupancy in the Workplace,” looks at how motion sensing and wireless network technology in buildings is being used to monitor the movement and behavior of office workers and visitors. “A

Source: The Workplace Has Become A Surveillance State