Tina Peters, through attorney, backs off formal role in Shasta County elections

2026-09-01T20:51:37Z813ce04d6e1ffcb9678c7c8f0ce984794227b05443b21edf3ce115d43de764ee
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What happened

CyberScoop RSS items cover election technology and mail-ballot systems, cybersecurity policy and AI-enabled threats, major data-extortion and ransomware incidents affecting McKesson and ATF, water-sector cybersecurity, and allegations that Grok was trained on abusive imagery. The most directly actionable incidents involve alleged ShinyHunters data theft extortion at McKesson and Qilin ransomware compromising an ATF system containing information on investigation targets. No specific software vulnerabilities or CVEs are identified.

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