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Matt Kapko

Matt Kapko is a reporter at CyberScoop, covering cybercrime, software defects and the root causes of cyberattacks. The lifelong Californian has more than 25 years of experience in journalism. Drop Matt an email at matt.kapko@cyberscoop.com.

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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

Sitecore zero-day vulnerability springs up from exposed machine key

Threats

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. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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

Technology

Salesloft Drift attacks hit Cloudflare, Palo Alto Networks, Zscaler

Threats

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

Government

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

Financial