In Other News: Canadian Hacker Jailed, Open Source Zero-Days, Two Sentenced for ATM Jackpotting

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SecurityWeek’s cybersecurity news weekly roundup offers a concise overview of important developments that may not receive full standalone coverage but remain relevant to the broader threat landscape.

This curated summary highlights key stories across vulnerability disclosures, emerging attack methods, policy updates, industry reports, and other noteworthy events to help readers maintain a well-rounded awareness of the evolving cybersecurity environment.

Here are this week’s highlights:

Anonymous-linked hacker Aubrey Cottle jailed over Texas GOP cyberattack

Aubrey Cottle, a Canadian hacker associated with the hacktivist group Anonymous, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for his involvement in a cyberattack on the Texas Republican Party’s website in September 2021. Cottle, 39, of Oshawa, Ontario, pleaded guilty to defacing the website, exfiltrating data from a Texas GOP server, and publishing the data online.

14 million impacted by KDDI data breach

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Japanese telecoms provider KDDI has disclosed (PDF...

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