Winnti and other Chinese espionage activity. Volume I of the US Senate report on election meddling is out. Ransomware from Sabine, Louisiana, to Johannesburg, South Africa.

Winnti and other Chinese threats have been active against German and French targets. The US Senate Intelligence Committee has issued the first volume of its report on Russian operations against US elections--this one deals with infrastructure. Louisiana declares a state of cyber emergency over ransomware. Johannesburg’s power utility is also hit with ransomware. And you could get up to $175 from the Equifax breach settlement. Daniel Prince from Lancaster University on experimental protocols for ICS security systems. Guest is Joseph Menn, author of The Cult of the Dead Cow.

For links to all of today's stories check our our CyberWire daily news brief:

https://thecyberwire.com/issues/issues2019/July/CyberWire_2019_07_26.html 

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