Latvian forestry company still restoring systems weeks after ransomware attack

Multiple cybersecurity and privacy stories: A financially motivated ransomware group disrupted state-owned Latvian forestry company Latvijas Valsts Mezi (LVM), which is still restoring systems weeks after the attack. The NSA renamed its Office of Computer Network Operations back to Tailored Access Operations (TAO). The EU has taken Ireland, Spain, France and the Netherlands to court for failing to transpose the NIS2 Directive on critical-infrastructure cybersecurity. Greek victims filed a lawsuit against Intellexa over the Predator spyware abuses revealed in 2022. Block, Inc. (Cash App) agreed