2A US lawmaker has proposed a large-scale trial of government-backed digital cash. The Electronic Currency and Secure Hardware (ECASH) Act, introduced by Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA), would direct the Secretary of the Treasury to publicly…

Hunt for Lapsus$ Hackers Leads to a British…
There are quiet weeks in the security world, and then there are weeks like this one. Monday kicked off with the Lapsus$ extortion gang—a cybercriminal group so bizarre and with such high-profile targets that some people…