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  Zack Whittaker zackwhittaker.com · May 13
  New, by me: GovDelivery, an email alert system used by U.S. federal and state government departments, was used to send scam messages. One "unpaid toll" scam email sent via GovDelivery, which I've seen, was sent by Indiana's Emergency Operations Center from an official government email address.
  

  Government email alert system GovDelivery used to send scam messages | TechCrunch

  The state of Indiana attributed the scam emails to a compromised contractor's account.

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  Catalin Cimpanu campuscodi.risky.biz · May 11
  For years, rumors saud the Kremlin was protecting cybercrime crews from repercussions. In an interview, Mart Noorma, director of the NATO CCDCOE, confirms that this is true and is happening, with some of the cybercrime proceeds being "divided among state agencies." news.err.ee/1609687160/r...
  

  Russian hackers are interested in chaos and money, says NATO CCDCOE director

  The world is in a cyberwar in every sense except a legal one because no side has declared war, said Mart Noorma, director of the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence (CCDCOE) in Tallinn...

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  Zack Whittaker zackwhittaker.com · May 9
  Good news! An encryption backdoor bill in Florida has failed.
  

  Florida bill requiring encryption backdoors for social media accounts has failed | TechCrunch

  The bill would have required social media companies create encryption backdoors to allow access to users' private information.

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