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Security Jun 14, 2026

Former IT Worker Sentenced to 21 Months for Hacking Iowa School District

Ezekiel Dean Potter, ex-IT support specialist for Saydel Community School District, was sentenced to 21 months for a prolonged hacking campaign that deleted accounts and disrupted learning.

Industry Jun 14, 2026

CBRS Powers 75% of US Private 5G Networks, New Study Finds

A new study from five industry groups finds CBRS dominates US private 5G with 75% market share, 442,000 base stations, and 10 million locations served. The coalition calls for preserving the current regulatory framework.

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#CBRS #private 5G #spectrum policy #rural broadband #manufacturing

Datacenters Jun 14, 2026

Nashville weighs data center moratorium as DC Blox faces zoo opposition, 391,000 signatures

DC Blox's plan for a 24-acre data center next to Nashville Zoo faces a possible moratorium. A petition against the project has over 391,000 signatures, and the zoo has filed a zoning appeal.

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#data center moratorium #DC Blox #Nashville Zoo #Nashville Metropolitan Council #Brad Paisley

News Jun 14, 2026

New Security Team's Overzealous Tactics Spark Chaos in BOFH Episode

In the latest BOFH episode, a new security team's enthusiasm for their role results in a power struggle, with the PFY and Boss orchestrating a clever trap involving a compromised PC.

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#cybersecurity #security #BOFH #IT management #The Register

Security Jun 14, 2026

Microsoft Copilot triggers Surface bricking bug; firmware patch underway

Microsoft is quietly patching a Surface firmware vulnerability discovered when Copilot AI accidentally bricked a researcher's laptop. The flaw lets attackers with admin access overwrite embedded controller firmware, permanently disabling the device.

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#vulnerability #Microsoft #patch #Surface #firmware #bricking #Copilot #secure boot

Datacenters Jun 14, 2026

Amazon Data Centers Consumed 2.5 Billion Gallons of Water in 2025

Amazon disclosed that its data centers used 2.5 billion gallons of water in 2025, a 2% decline from 2024. AWS claims its facilities are seven times more efficient than the industry average, but critics want site-level data.

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#AWS #data center efficiency #Amazon #water usage #sustainability

Security Jun 14, 2026

Google sues Chinese smishing network for using Gemini AI to power phishing campaigns

Google filed a lawsuit against a Chinese cybercrime network accused of using its Gemini AI to generate phishing pages and run a phishing-as-a-service operation called Outsider, impacting over 100,000 victims.

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#FBI #cybercrime #Google #Gemini #smishing #phishing-as-a-service #Chinese network #Operation Ghost Hook

Security Jun 14, 2026

Chinese Hackers Hid in Linux Login System for a Decade in 'Operation Highland'

Chinese espionage group Velvet Ant compromised an organization's authentication stack, hiding in Linux PAM and OpenSSH for 10 years to spy on an isolated critical infrastructure network.

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#critical infrastructure #Velvet Ant #Operation Highland #Chinese hackers #PAM backdoor #OpenSSH #air-gapped network #Sygnia #cyberespionage

Datacenters Jun 13, 2026

AI Infrastructure Platforms Race to Cut Deployment Time as Power Constraints Bite

DG Matrix and InfraPartners launch an end-to-end AI-ready power and factory platform to accelerate deployment. Meanwhile, Delos Data offers AI chip startups a fast track to rack-scale validation, addressing networking and power hurdles.

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#AI infrastructure #power distribution #modular data centers #AI chip startups #DG Matrix #InfraPartners #Delos Data #rack-scale validation

Security Jun 13, 2026

U.S. Government Orders Anthropic to Disable Fable 5 and Mythos 5 Over National Security Concerns

The U.S. Commerce Department ordered Anthropic to suspend foreign access to its two most advanced AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, over a reported jailbreak technique. Anthropic disabled both models globally and criticized the decision, arguing the vulnerability was narrow and already present in other models.

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#Anthropic #Fable 5 #Mythos 5 #AI safety #export controls #jailbreak #Commerce Department #national security #AI regulation

Cloud Jun 13, 2026

AWS Rolls Out Five Updates: Quick-Snowflake Integration, EKS Outposts, CloudWatch, Aurora 18, Beanstalk

AWS announced five new features on June 11, 2026, including Quick integration with Snowflake Cortex AI, EKS local clusters on Outposts, CloudWatch Application Signals enhancements, Aurora PostgreSQL 18 support, and Elastic Beanstalk CloudWatch Logs integration.

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#AWS #Amazon Quick #Snowflake Cortex AI #Amazon EKS #AWS Outposts #CloudWatch Application Signals #Amazon Aurora #PostgreSQL 18 #Elastic Beanstalk

Security Jun 13, 2026

ShinyHunters Exploits Oracle PeopleSoft Zero-Day to Breach Universities, Mandiant Reports

ShinyHunters exploited CVE-2026-35273, a critical Oracle PeopleSoft zero-day, to breach university systems. Mandiant tracked the attacks between May 27 and June 9, 2026. The University of Nottingham is a confirmed victim, with 455,000 emails exposed.

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#zero-day #Mandiant #CVE-2026-35273 #ShinyHunters #Oracle PeopleSoft #data breach #universities

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