This weeks reading 2/13/2022

Washington State licensing agency reports cyber incident, data from thousands potentially exposed

https://www.zdnet.com/article/washington-state-licensing-agency-reports-cyber-incident-data-from-thousands-potentially-exposed/#ftag=RSSbaffb68

US nuclear power plants contain dangerous counterfeit parts, report finds

https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/11/22929255/us-nuclear-power-plants-dangerous-counterfeit-parts-nrc-report

CISA Orders Federal Agencies to Patch Actively Exploited Windows Vulnerability

https://thehackernews.com/2022/02/cisa-orders-federal-agencies-to-patch.html

Shields Up

https://www.cisa.gov/shields-up

Top Chinese Uni fears Middle Kingdom way behind on tech – and US sanctions make catching up hard

https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/10/china_tech_lagging_report/

Microsoft: Slow MFA adoption presents “dangerous mismatch” in security

https://blog.malwarebytes.com/security-world/2022/02/microsoft-slow-mfa-adoption-presents-dangerous-mismatch-in-security/

Texas power crisis revealed flaw in market’s design

https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2022/02/texas-power-crisis-revealed-flaw-markets-design