Peer pressure meets private keys.

A classified memo ties Nvidia’s chief executive to Chinese espionage. AI coding agents crack under peer pressure, coughing up private keys. Big breaches hit seven million Japanese shoppers and three million students here in the States, while a French bank takes a multi-million-dollar hit through a vendor compromise. Adversaries weaponize a fresh OpenSSH bypass in the wild, pro-Russian hacktivists put dark web bounties on senior European officials, and Google drafts digital IDs to solve the passkey recovery puzzle. Monday business briefing. Our guest is Chris Grove, Director of Cybersecurity Strategy at Nozomi Networks, discussing the critical infrastructure implications of the European refrigeration attacks. Beijing goes all-in on domestic silicon. 

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CyberWire Guest

Today, we are joined by Chris Grove, Director of Cybersecurity Strategy at Nozomi Networks, to discuss the critical infrastructure implications of the European refrigeration attack part 2.

Selected Reading

Rubio Warned Officials About Nvidia Chief’s Entanglement With Chinese Spy (The New York Times)

Agents reveal secrets when offered to team up with each other (The Register)

Japanese homeware giant pulls online store after cloud breach puts 7.7M records at risk (The Register)

Hackers Exploiting ‘SSHole’ Authentication Bypass in OpenSSH (SecurityWeek)

Crédit Mutuel Arkéa Targeted in Reported $133m Heist (Infosecurity Magazine)

Over 3 Million People Hit by Frontline Education Data Breach (SecurityWeek)