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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The sun flares over the headquarters of the U.S. Treasury on Jan. 3, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)

Treasury Department targets Southeast Asia scam hubs with sanctions

Cybersecurity

Salesloft confirmed the impact is much more severe and widespread. (imageBROKER/Timon Schneider/Alamy)

Salesloft Drift security incident started with undetected GitHub access

Cybersecurity

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Sitecore zero-day vulnerability springs up from exposed machine key

Cybersecurity

Egyptian police confiscated three laptops, four smartphones and Visa cards during an coordinated law enforcement action to shut down Streameast (Egyptian Police via ACE)

Streameast, world’s largest pirated live sports network, shut down by Egyptian authorities

Government

Workers enter a building on the Google headquarters campus on July 23, 2025, in Mountain View, California. — Workers enter a building on the Google headquarters campus on July 23, 2025, in Mountain View, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Google patches two Android zero-days, 120 defects total in September security update

Cybersecurity

Salesloft confirmed the impact is much more severe and widespread. (imageBROKER/Timon Schneider/Alamy)

Salesloft Drift attacks hit Cloudflare, Palo Alto Networks, Zscaler

Threats

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Prolific Russian ransomware operator living in California enjoys rare leniency awaiting trial

Cybersecurity

Salesloft confirmed the impact is much more severe and widespread. (imageBROKER/Timon Schneider/Alamy)

Salesloft Drift compromised en masse, impacting all third-party integrations

Cybercrime

The North Korean flag flies over its embassy in Beijing. (Photo by PETER PARKS/AFP via Getty Images)

Treasury sanctions North Korea IT worker scheme facilitators and front organizations

Government