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US Names One of the Hackers Allegedly Behind Massive Salt Typhoon Breaches

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The White House released a 40 -page executive order aimed at shoring up federal cybersecurity protections.

Outgoing FCC chair Jessica Rosenworcel details the threats facing US telecoms, at least nine of which were recently breached by China ’s Salt Typhoon hackers.

The FBI uninstalls Chinese PlugX malware from 4,200 computers around the world.

PowerSchool is used by more than 60 million K-12 students in the US . Hackers gained access to the information by stealing login credentials that gave them access to the company’s customer support portal. The attack has not yet been publicly linked to a specific perpetrator. PowerSchool has not yet disclosed the exact number of victim schools nor whether all of its customers were affected..