Breach Roundup: Did China Have a Sneak Peek Into ToolShell?

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Every week, Information Security Media Group rounds up cybersecurity incidents and breaches around the world. This week: Did the Chinese government have a sneak peek into ToolShell? Hackers used ToolShell to hack South Africa. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency flagged Cisco flaws. An Arizona woman sentenced for aiding North Korean remote IT workers. Most Americans experience online fraud. NASCAR data breach, and France's Naval Group probed a claimed data leak. Service at French telecom Orange disrupted by an attack. Dating app Tea grapples with a breach.

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Microsoft may have given Chinese nation-state hackers a leg up on exploiting zero-day flaws in Microsoft SharePoint known as ToolShell. The computing giant routinely gives trusted security vendors advance notice ...