A DDoS Attack Wiped Out Andorra's Internet

This week, hacktivism entered a new phase, as a group known as Cyber Partisans used ransomware to disrupt trains in Belarus. The hackers demanded the release of political prisoners and a promise that Belarus Railways wouldn't transport Russian troops amid mounting tensions in Ukraine. While nation state actors have deployed fake ransomware for political ends before, this appears to be the first large-scale, politically motivated use of an attack method typically reserved for cybercrime. Google this week backed away from FLoC, its controversial system to replace cookies. Instead, the search and advertising giant will use Topics, a way to determine what broad categories you're interested based on your browsing history.