Matt Kapko

Matt Kapko is a reporter at CyberScoop. His beat includes cybercrime, ransomware, software defects and vulnerability (mis)management. The lifelong Californian started his journalism career in 2001 with previous stops at Cybersecurity Dive, CIO, SDxCentral and RCR Wireless News. Matt has a degree in journalism and history from Humboldt State University.

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Crisis24 shuts down emergency notification system in wake of ransomware attack

Cybercrime

Light reflects off glass panels on Salesforce Tower through the fog in San Francisco on July 31, 2018. (Carlos Avila Gonzalez/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)

Gainsight CEO downplays impact of attack that spread to Salesforce environments

Cybersecurity

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Shai-Hulud worm returns stronger and more automated than ever before

Cybersecurity

Salesforce Tower in San Francisco on June 28, 2019. (Jessica Christian/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)

Hundreds of Salesforce customers hit by yet another third-party vendor breach

Cybercrime

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Five Eyes just made life harder for bulletproof hosting providers

Ransomware

Binary code and missile launchers. (Anton Petrus/Getty Images)

Amazon warns of global rise in specialized cyber-enabled kinetic targeting

Cybersecurity

Fortinet office in Burnaby, BC, Canada, July 7, 2023. (Getty Images)

Fortinet’s delayed alert on actively exploited defect put defenders at a disadvantage

Cybersecurity

The North Korean flag files over the North Korean embassy in Beijing, 18 July 2007. (Photo by PETER PARKS/AFP via Getty Images)

DOJ lauds series of gains against North Korean IT worker scheme, crypto thefts

Financial

The headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Investigation on August 16, 2022, in Washington. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

FBI calls Akira ‘top five’ ransomware variant out of 130 targeting US businesses

Ransomware