Taiwan Hit by Major State-Backed Cyberattack on Core Servers

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In 2016, a researcher bought a used corporate photocopier on eBay for $300. Inside its hard drive? Thousands of scanned passports, tax forms, and medical records from the office it came from. The kicker? The data was still unencrypted and readable with a single click.

Makes you wonder how much of yesterday’s “paperwork” is still floating around in today’s second-hand hardware.

 🚨 Daily Cyber + AI Watch:  What You Need to Know

• 🇹🇼 Taiwan’s servers just learned to keep secrets the hard way.

• 🌐 When the internet itself needs a reset button.

• 💸 Sanctions turn crypto exchanges into digital outlaws.

• 🏛️ Washington’s first big cyber mess under Trump 2.0.

• 👨‍💻 Claude reads entire projects like bedtime stories.

🇹🇼 Taiwan Hit by State-Backed Hackers Breaching Core Servers

A hacking group believed to be linked to China quietly infiltrated Taiwan’s government and telecom servers. The attackers slipped in using modified open-source tools and then spread deeper through the networks with techniques like remote desktop access and hidden VPN tunnels. Investigators say the breach was designed for long-term spying and data theft, not quick disruption—a methodical move to monitor sensitive communications.

🔍Why it matters: Taiwan is already under constant political pressure, and now its digital infrastructure is becoming another battlefield. Long-term access to government and telecom systems means critical data could be monitored or manipulated without anyone noticing for months.

Source: The Hacker News – Taiwan Web Servers Breached

🌐 New HTTP/2 Flaw Forces the Internet to Reset

A dangerous new bug in the HTTP/2 protocol, nicknamed “MadeYouReset,” lets attackers overload servers by bombarding them with reset requests. Major providers like Cloudflare and AWS rushed out patches, but millions of smaller servers may still be vulnerable. Left unpatched, the flaw could let attackers knock websites offline with far fewer resources than typical denial-of-service attacks.

🔍Why it matters: Because HTTP/2 runs under the hood of most websites today, this isn’t just a glitch; it’s an internet-wide weak point. A single, well-timed exploit could ripple into outages affecting millions of users at once.

Source: The Security Week – New HTTP/2 Vulnerability

💸 US Sanctions Russian Crypto Exchange for Laundering Billions

The U.S. Treasury has blacklisted Garantex, a Russian-based crypto exchange accused of laundering over $100 billion in illicit funds, much of it tied to ransomware groups and cybercrime syndicates. Alongside Garantex, Grinex was also hit with sanctions for enabling money flows linked to hackers. Investigators say the exchanges looked the other way while criminals cashed out stolen funds, making them central players in the global ransomware economy.

🔍Why it matters: Cutting off shady exchanges is one of the few ways governments can strike back at cybercriminals’ wallets. But with billions already washed through Garantex and allies, the crackdown shows just how entrenched ransomware profits have become.

Source: The Hacker News – US Sanctions Garantex and Grinex

🏛️ Trump 2.0 Kicks Off with a Federal Cybersecurity Crisis

Within weeks of Trump’s return to office, the U.S. has been hit with what insiders are calling the first major federal cyber disaster of his new term. Multiple government agencies suffered outages and data exposure after attackers exploited outdated software and weak network defenses. The response has been slow and fractured: agencies scrambled separately, and no unified command seemed to be in place. Critics argue this chaos reflects years of underfunded IT systems and a lack of clear strategy in Washington.

🔍Why it matters: Federal systems hold everything from sensitive citizen data to critical infrastructure links. A messy start under Trump 2.0 signals that the U.S. may not be ready for the scale of state-backed attacks rising worldwide, leaving private companies and citizens more exposed in the process.

Source: WIRED, The First Federal Cybersecurity Disaster of Trump 2.0

👨‍💻 Claude Learns to Process Entire Software Projects at Once

Anthropic’s Claude AI model just got a big upgrade: it can now read and analyze entire software projects in one go, instead of being fed in small chunks. That means it can map dependencies, review code quality, and even suggest architectural changes like a senior engineer. But security experts warn the same ability could also be misused to scan codebases for weaknesses at scale.

🔍Why it matters: This move makes AI a far more powerful collaborator for developers and potentially for attackers too. The line between productivity boost and exploitation risk just got thinner.

Source: Anthropic, Claude Can Process Entire Software Projects