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- The FBI has successfully accessed the phone of Thomas Matthew Crooks, the suspect in the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump. The bureau continues to investigate his electronic devices for potential motives and evidence.
- The Recorded Future News team will be closely tracking the dozens of elections taking place in 2024, and we’ll keep this page and map updated with reports of hacking attempts, disinformation campaigns, and other influence operations.
- U.S. Cyber Command & NSA keep election security leaders' names secret, aiming to protect them from threats seen since 2020.
- Researchers warn that this summer's Olympic Games in Paris could be a major target for hackers from Russia, China, and Iran, seeking to achieve political goals.
- The White House unveiled a slate of new orders and requirements for federal agencies related to the use of artificial intelligence.
- A Russia-aligned influence operation, known as Operation Overload, is reportedly using "significant resources" to target the U.S. presidential election, with a particular focus on Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign.
- Poland’s national prosecutor said that nearly 578 citizens were targeted with powerful commercial spyware called Pegasus between 2017 and 2022.
- French authorities have initiated a sweeping operation to eradicate malware from their computer systems, believed to have affected thousands, primarily for espionage purposes. The movement comes just before the start of the #Olympics.
- The 2024 U.S. election is likely to face more threats than in previous cycles as adversaries adopt new technology to enhance the speed and sophistication of attacks, FBI Director Christopher Wray warns.
- Cyberattacks in the Philippines surge 325% as geopolitical tensions rise, fueled by hacktivist groups & potentially foreign influences, aiming to undermine trust in government institutions amid South China Sea disputes.
- Florida's Governor Ron DeSantis has signed a bill restricting social media access for children under 14 and requiring parental consent for 14- and 15-year-olds. This includes erasing existing accounts unless approved by a guardian.
- France’s data protection authority fined Amazon €32 million for excessively monitoring employees in its large warehouses and for not deleting that data promptly, among other alleged offenses it said violated the European Union’s GDPR.
