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Four Lessons from Congressional Testimonies of US Spymasters

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Four things we learned when US spy chiefs testified to Congress US intelligence leaders gave their most recent — and frank — assessment of global cyber threatsCyberattacks, regional conflict, weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, commercial spyware, AI, misinformation, disinformation, deepfakes and TikTok. These are just some of the top perceived threats that the United States faces, according to the U.S. government’s intelligence agency’s latest global risk assessment. Some cybersecurity experts have called on governments to outright ban ransom payments as necessary to stop hackers profiteering from cybercrime. Given how much data we share from our phone apps (which many don’t give a second thought), U.S. spy agencies are simply buying up vast troves of Americans’ commercially available location data and internet traffic from the data brokers. In other words, U.S. spy agencies can keep buying data on Americans that is readily available for purchase until Congress puts a stop to the practice — even if the root of the problem is that data brokers shouldn’t have our data to begin with.

Uncovering Key Takeaways from the LockBit Takedown: A Compilation of Lessons Learned

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Even ransomware gangs fail to patch vulnerabilitiesYes, even ransomware gangs are slow to patch software bugs. Lockbit ransomware group administrative staff has confirmed with us their websites have been seized. pic.twitter.com/SvpbeslrCd — vx-underground (@vxunderground) February 19, 2024Ransomware takedowns take a long timeThe LockBit takedown, known officially as “Operation Cronos,” was years in the making, according to European law enforcement agency Europol. Given Kondratiev has hands in at least five different ransomware gangs, the sanctions are likely to make his life five times more difficult. We found various Easter eggs hidden on the now-seized LockBit site.

“Insights from 20 Years in the Language Learning Industry: Lessons from Babbel’s Co-Founder”

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What Babbel co-founder has learned over 20 years in the language learning industryWelcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups. This week Becca and Dom are joined by Markus Witte, the co-founder of the language learning platform Babbel. Witte spoke to the duo about being early to the online language industry and how the company has survived these past 20 years of market disruption. Subscribe to Found to hear more stories from founders each week. Connect with us:On Twitter On Instagram Via email: found@techcrunch.comOr check out one of our sister podcasts: