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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European law enforcement dismantled a cybercrime operation in Latvia. (Europol)

Europol dismantles cybercrime network linked to $5.8M in financial losses

Cybercrime

In this picture taken near the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, a bird flies near a North Korean flag fluttering in the wind at the propaganda village of Gijungdong in North Korea on October 4, 2022. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP via Getty Images)

North Korean operatives spotted using evasive techniques to steal data and cryptocurrency

Cybersecurity

PowerSchool hacker sentenced to 4 years in prison

Cybercrime

CISA, DHS, Department of Homeland Security, RSA 2019 — The DHS and CISA booth at the 2019 RSA conference in San Francisco. (Scoop News Group photo)

CISA warns of imminent risk posed by thousands of F5 products in federal agencies

Cybersecurity

Microsoft — (Jeenah Moon/Getty Images)

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday fixes 175 vulnerabilities, including two actively exploited zero-days

Threats

Justice Department headquarters at night — Traffic along Pennsylvania Avenue streaks by the Department of Justice (DOJ) headquarters building at night with the US Capitol in the background on Jan. 24, 2025, in Washington. (J. David Ake/Getty Images)

Officials crack down on Southeast Asia cybercrime networks, seize $15B

Financial

Person on ladder looking into large folder with messy paperwork spilling out. (Stock illustration/Getty Images)

Fortra cops to exploitation of GoAnywhere file-transfer service defect

Cybercrime

SonicWall headquarters — SonicWall’s headquarters in Milpitas, California. (Getty Images)

SonicWall admits attacker accessed all customer firewall configurations stored on cloud portal

Cybersecurity

Oracle (Getty Images)

Dozens of Oracle customers impacted by Clop data theft for extortion campaign

Research