Critical BRIDGE:BREAK flaws impact Lantronix and Silex Technology converters

Multiple high-impact incidents and vulnerability reports: researchers disclosed 22 "BRIDGE:BREAK" flaws in Lantronix and Silex serial-to-IP converters exposing ~20,000 devices to hijacking and tampering; Kaspersky described the destructive Lotus Wiper targeting Venezuela’s energy/utilities with pre-deployment scripts to disable defenses and irrecoverably erase data; a U.S. negotiator pleaded guilty to secretly aiding the BlackCat ransomware extortion operation; North Korea–linked Lazarus APT stole $290M from Kelp DAO (an attempted second $95M theft was blocked); the U.S. NSA is reported to be,