Suspected cyberattack triggers false emergency alerts across parts of Brazil

Multiple security and privacy incidents reported: suspected cyberattack triggered at least a dozen false emergency alerts via Brazil’s Civil Defense Alert system, causing widespread misinformation; international law enforcement disrupted the SocGholish botnet tied to Russia-linked Evil Corp in a coordinated operation; Bulgarian export records show surveillance firm Circles was allowed to sell intrusive tech to regimes with poor human rights records; Australian sugar producer Mackay Sugar reported an operational outage after a ransomware gang (claiming responsibility) allegedly attacked harvest