Bulletproof hosting service Zservers/XHost had 127 of its servers confirmed to be sequestered by the Dutch police just days after the service was sanctioned by the U.S., UK, and Australian authorities over its association with the LockBit ransomware operation, according to The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
Newly appointed U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has been urged by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., to oppose the UK's reported order for Apple to develop a backdoor that would enable government access to encrypted iCloud data, which they argued to be detrimental to U.S. government and citizen data security, according to The Register.
More severe penalties would be imposed on cybercriminals under new legislation revising the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act introduced by Senate Armed Services Committee Cybersecurity Subcommittee Chair Mike Rounds, R-S.D., and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., CyberScoop reports.
