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Bitcoin's value has dropped in half over the last year. How will crypto's crash affect ransomware groups' preferred currency for payment?

Two months ago, this was supposed to be the back-to-normal Black Hat and DefCon. Then a COVID outbreak at RSAC happened. Would Vegas be worth it? SC Media's Joe Uchill did go, and spoke to attendees about their own decision to attend and whether the fear (again) of the hacker conference becoming (another) spreader event impacted the experience.

This week’s breach roundup is led by a data theft incident just now being reported by Behavioral Health Group. But media reports first reported the ransomware extortion incident more than eight months ago.

Notable decentralized cryptocurrency exchange Curve Finance was compromised earlier this week, as threat actors were able to effectively “clone” curve.fi and send user traffic to its fake crypto-exchange site.

How might a chief information security officer digest the incident? SC Media connected with Dan Meacham, the vice president of global security and corporate operations at Legendary Entertainment to get his take on the Cisco breach, and what lessons emerge for security teams.

The Federal Trade Commission narrowly voted to explore new regulations on commercial data surveillance, saying the growing practice raises the risk of data breaches, manipulation of consumers and other harmful practices.

In the last year, the FDA has signaled that the responsibility of medical device security is moving to manufacturers, designing with security in mind; an effort that could address systemic issues.