Eduard Benderskiy, a former high-ranking official within the Russian intelligence services, was named and sanctioned by Western law enforcement agencies on Tuesday in a paper describing him as a key enabler and protector for the Evil Corp cybercrime group. therecord.media/evil-corp-cybe… The identification of Benderskiy is the most significant publicly known government link between the Russian state and the country’s enormous and lucrative cybercrime underworld, although Western officials say the case is exceptional rather than the norm.

BREAKING NEWS: The NCA has won the Encrochat case at the Investigatory Powers Tribunal regarding the legality of law enforcement's actions in accessing the encrypted messaging platform used by serious organised criminals.

Story to follow. Here's the summary of the decision.

So here is Charles McGonigal, the FBI agent today charged with receiving concealed payments from the sanctioned Oleg Deripaska, speaking on a panel with William Evanina in 2017 about Russian interference in the US.

According to his page on the Potomac Officers Club website he led the WikiLeaks Task Force at the FBI which identified Manning and went on to oversee the cuber-counterintelligence coordination section.

potomacofficersclub.com/speakers/charl…

NEW: The British government is introducing a mandatory reporting obligation on managed service providers to disclose cyber incidents, alongside minimum security requirements which could see them fined up to £17 million for non-compliance.

therecord.media/uk-introducing… Why does this matter?

Managed service providers (MSPs) are a critical part of the IT industry. They basically provide the IT departments for a lot of small and medium-sized enterprises that aren't big enough to have their own, and usually also support large enterprises too.

Today at 1630 the @JointCtteNSS is holding its first oral evidence session as part of its inquiry into ransomware.

I’ll be live tweeting the session in this thread, and a story will follow on @TheRecord_Media which will be covering the inquiry closely.

parliamentlive.tv/event/index/99… The Joint Committee is soliciting written evidence for the inquiry until 16 December into what the UK's 2021 National Cyber Strategy described as “the most significant cyber threat facing the UK”.

You can submit evidence here: committees.parliament.uk/submission/#/e…

Exclusive: A 12-year-old rape victim took her own life directly after an interview with a police officer who had previously discouraged her from bringing forward a criminal complaint, her mother has told Sky News.

Her story raises serious questions. ⬇️

news.sky.com/story/semina-h… ⭕ Officers from Merseyside Police "made Semina feel like she was an inconvenience to them", according to two family members who were present during interviews, and no charges have been brought against the alleged perpetrator who Semina named.