Five for Friday: 13 June 2025
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Check out these five Information Security and Data Privacy news items from this past week that may have been overlooked.
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FBI Taps Leatherman to Lead Cyber Division
(MeriTalk, June 9th)
- Brett Leatherman has been at the bureau for 22 years and most recently serving a stint as the deputy assistant director for cyber operations.Researchers develop cybersecurity test for AI being used by Google
(Rochester Institute of Technology, June 10th)
- The tool, called CTIBench, is a suite of benchmarking tasks and datasets used to assess large language models (LLMs) in Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI).Guernsey to launch cyber security centre
(BBC News, June 11th)
- Guernsey Cyber Security Centre (GCSC) will provide expert guidance to individuals, businesses and public services; the Bailiwick of Guernsey is a group of islands (called Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, Herm, Jethou, Brecqhou and Lihou) within the Channel Islands.Erie Insurance Tells SEC It's Responding to a Cyber Incident
(Bank Info Security, June 12th)
- Multi-line insurance company warns customers of potential scams.
- So far, the Erie Insurance incident appears closer in nature to the 2020 attack on fundraising software provider Blackbaud.British Horseracing Authority shuts London office after IT incident
(Teiss, June 13th)
- According to reports, the attack was detected late last week, prompting the governing body to close its London office.
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