Exposed Azure SQL database information and arrest of Trickbot gang member

Ransomware gang threatens to leak data if victim contacts FBI, police

Personal details of French visa applicants exposed by cyber-attack

Brazil President Bolsonaro restricts powers of social media companies to remove accounts and content

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