Overview of Xi Jinping’s efforts to bolster China’s hacking teams, already skilled in espionage, by focusing on cultivating talent and funding security research (Dakota Cary/CyberScoop)

Alex Barinka / Bloomberg:
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem signs EO banning TikTok for state agencies, employees, and contractors using state devices over “security threat” posed by China  —  TikTok is now banned on government employee devices in South Dakota because the governor believes the social media app’s ownership …

Han Chen / Axios:
Report: US state and local governments kept buying Chinese telecom equipment despite a federal-level ban; only five states have rules to limit such purchases  —  Despite federal efforts to block Chinese telecom equipment from U.S. supply chains, state and local governments across …

Suzanne Smalley / CyberScoop:
A CISA report finds multiple government hacking groups had “long-term” access to the network of a defense company using open-source Python toolkit Impacket  —  U.S. cybersecurity, law enforcement and intelligence officials revealed on Tuesday that sophisticated hackers infiltrated …

Tonya Riley / CyberScoop:
Some ex-staff say Patreon laid off its entire security team this week, raising concerns among users, but Patreon says the layoffs will not impact its security  —  Patreon laid off its security team this week, according to several former employees, sparking cybersecurity concerns among users …

AJ Vicens / CyberScoop:
In its Q3 Adversarial Threat Report, Meta attributes a pro-US campaign to US military-run phony Facebook accounts, Pages, Groups, and Instagram accounts  —  People associated with the U.S. military were behind dozens of phony Facebook accounts, more than a dozen pages, a pair of groups …

Suzanne Smalley / CyberScoop:
Insurance giant Zurich’s $100M+ settlement to cover losses suffered by Mondelez International from NotPetya may reshape the entire cyber insurance marketplace  —  The settlement last week in a $100 million lawsuit over whether insurance giant Zurich should cover losses Mondelez International suffered …