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SecurityWeek reports that organizations across the IT, energy, and government sectors had significantly lower budgets for industrial control systems and operational technology cybersecurity this year, compared with 2022.

Dubbed Sandman, the threat group is likely to be a private contractor or mercenary gang focused on espionage.

CNN reports that major U.S. voting equipment vendors Election Systems & Software, Unisyn, and Hart InterCivic have taken part in a new cybersecurity testing program that would subject election systems to cybersecurity stress tests ahead of next year's polls in an effort to combat false election rigging claims during the 2020 election.