Today in Privacy — Sep 22
Posted by PrivacyWire
- CISA orders feds to patch Zyxel flaw exploited for data theft — Active exploitation of a high-severity flaw in Zyxel GS1900 switches shows how network equipment can become a path to data theft. CISA’s order for federal… — discuss · link - D.C. Circuit Must Vacate a Drone Flight Restriction That Criminalized Recording Immigration Agents — A court ruling on this restriction could affect the public’s ability to document immigration agents and other law enforcement from the air. Protecting the… — discuss · link - Using Paybis as a Crypto On-Ramp in 2026: Fees, Wallets and Checks — Paybis’s use of identity checks and card or bank-transfer payments matters because these methods can link crypto purchases to a person’s financial identity.… — discuss · link - More Than a Third of Industrial Orgs See Cybersecurity Risk as a Top Obstacle to Growth, Study Finds — Industrial companies are increasing cybersecurity investment as connected operations, AI adoption, and IT/OT convergence expand operational risk. — link - GPT-6 Astra Breaks an Old Enigma Message — This is pretty amazing: However, the most astonishing thing about this break is that the GPT6 Astra did it entirely on its own. Carter Leffer only directed… — link These stories show how security failures, identity checks, recording restrictions, and increasingly capable AI can affect privacy and accountability across public and private systems. As connected infrastructure and automated tools expand, what risks or safeguards are you seeing in your own work and communities?