Breach Roundup: US Cyber Command Flags Election Threats

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Every week, ISMG rounds up cybersecurity incidents and breaches around the world. This week, U.S. Cyber Command warned of likely foreign interference in upcoming elections, a convicted Vastaamo hacker sought a final appeal and French authorities arrested a prolific data thief tied to multiple breaches. Swiss police dismantled a Black Axe fraud network, while a China-linked "Spamouflage" campaign targeted Tibetan elections. Meanwhile, active exploitation of ConnectWise and Windows flaws raised fresh enterprise risks, new malware campaigns hit Minecraft players and a critical Hugging Face vulnerability exposed systems to remote code execution.

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Foreign adversaries are likely to interfere in the U.S. midterm elections, the head Cyber Command and the National Security Agency testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee Tuesday.

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