U.S. Soldier Gets 70 Months in Prison for AT&T, Verizon Extortions

2026-09-27T01:23:21Z•71a3218ce9c51693a0a73cadf3b6608484f427fd4db4aa8c71f325a691851693
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KrebsOnSecurity reporting covers major cybersecurity and privacy developments, including large-scale telecommunications and cloud data breaches, cybercrime arrests and prosecutions, supply-chain attacks, identity-document trafficking, mass Microsoft vulnerability disclosures, residential proxy abuse through smart TVs, and data-broker privacy enforcement. The most urgent risks involve actively exploited software vulnerabilities, extensive theft of sensitive personal and communications data, and cybercriminal abuse of consumer devices and third-party services.

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