It’s been difficult early on to separate signal from noise, even if the attack on the medical device maker looks like a qualified success for the attackers.

The botnet, which compromised routers and IoT devices in 163 countries, claimed about 369,000 victims and $5.8 million from its cybercriminal customers, officials said.

Angelo Martino is accused of playing both sides — committing attacks and conducting ransomware negotiations on some of the same cases on behalf of his former employer.

Researchers said the threat group behind the campaign is associated with ShinyHunters, an outfit that’s previously stolen data from Salesforce instances for extortion attempts.

The vendor said six of the 83 vulnerabilities it addressed this month are more likely to be exploited.

AI is speeding up attacks but otherwise not changing their fundamental nature, said FBI official Jason Bilnoski.

Attackers can exploit the defect in the widely deployed pac4j with relative ease, but researchers haven’t observed active exploitation in the wild.

The national cyber director is pitching an approach that blends cyber operations with diplomacy, law enforcement and pressure on CEOs to shore up their organizations.

Attackers have turned AI into a “force multiplier” for the country’s expansive scheme to get and keep operatives hired at global companies, researchers said.

The bureau didn’t provide any further details on the incident, which reportedly targeted a network for managing surveillance activity.