An international prisoner swap between Russia and Western countries resulted in the release of 24 prisoners, including notable cybercriminals and political detainees. Among those repatriated to Russia were Roman Seleznev, convicted of extensive payment card data theft, and Vladislav Klyushin, involved in a $93 million insider trading scam. In exchange, Russia freed 16 prisoners, including Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and ex-U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, both previously accused of espionage. The swap also saw the release of other Americans, several German nationals, and four individuals accused of being Russian spies by Slovenia, Norway, and Poland.

U.S. Trades Cybercriminals to Russia in Prisoner Swap KrebsOnSecurity

In a post-truth IT landscape where misinformation is rampant, CIOs must adopt roles as fact-finders, fixers, and framers. They are responsible for validating information, addressing and correcting issues, and contextualizing technology's role within their organizations. This multidimensional approach ensures they navigate through and maintain focus on what genuinely matters, countering both overly optimistic and pessimistic narratives surrounding technology.

CIO as fact finder, fixer, and framer in a post-truth IT world Publication

A recent global IT outage caused by a faulty CrowdStrike software update has reignited concerns about the security of the software supply chain, echoing issues from the 2020 SolarWinds attack. The U.S. Government Accountability Office highlighted the event, which impacted 8.5 million Microsoft Windows systems, in a new report. The White House emphasized persistent vulnerabilities related to memory safety in software development and called for industry-wide adoption of memory-safe programming languages. Microsoft and CrowdStrike are investigating the incident, attributed to a memory safety error in the CSagent.sys driver, and are exploring prevention strategies. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is collaborating with partners to assess and mitigate the repercussions of the outage.

CrowdStrike outage renews supply chain concerns, federal officials say Cybersecurity Dive

The recent software update failure in CrowdStrike's platform caused significant disruptions worldwide, highlighting the risks associated with automatic updates in IT systems. The incident, which led to the Blue Screen of Death on millions of Windows computers, impacted various sectors, including airlines and banking, and resulted in financial losses exceeding $5.4 billion for Fortune 500 companies. This event underscored the need for IT leaders to adopt more stringent quality assurance and risk mitigation practices, such as canary deployments and staggered updates, to prevent widespread issues from faulty software updates in the future.

After CrowdStrike outage, what will become of automatic IT updates? ciodive.com