A Czech news service, the government-owned Czech News Agency (CTK), was hacked to publish a fake story about an assassination attempt on Slovak President Petr Pellegrini. therecord.media/hackers-breach…

Chinese and Russian hackers have turned their focus to edge devices — like VPN appliances, firewalls, routers and Internet of Things (IoT) tools — amid a startling increase in espionage attacks. therecord.media/chinese-russia…

.FTC is aiming to roll out its long-awaited proposed rules governing commercial surveillance in the next few months, with a focus on ensuring that companies properly handle the data they harvest from the apps, websites and devices that consumers use. therecord.media/ftc-commercial…

A “substantial proportion of people in America” had their personal information accessed during the ransomware attack on Change Healthcare in February. therecord.media/substantial-da…

This week on Click Here: Tigran Gambaryan — the head of financial crime compliance for Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange — found himself in the last place he’d ever expected to be: in a Nigerian courtroom pleading for bail. therecord.media/binance-nigeri…