2022 Week 10 - 12 News Roundup
Summary Sorry for the delay. Work, life, and school got in the way. As expected, most of the news can be wrapped around the growing war between Russia and Ukraine. There is growing fear of either intentional or unintentional escalation in the cyber world outside those two countries. News SLTT Several state and local governments were targeted by a Chinese government-backed hacking gang. The breaches occurred in at least 6 different states in The United States. It appears that the group used the Log4J (i.e. LogJam) vulnerability. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/08/politics/china-hacking-state-governments-mandiant/index.html Western Australia announced it will invest $25.5 million AU to expand state cybersecurity. https://www.zdnet.com/article/wa-government-allocates-au25-5m-to-expand-cybersecurity-services/?&web_view=true New Mexico in the United States (U.S.) appointed its first senior advisor for cybersecurity and critical infrastructure. Annie Winterfield Manriquez will w