This cybersecurity brief for December 22-23, 2025, covers several major incidents. The hacktivist group Anna's Archive claimed a massive 300TB data scrape from Spotify, intending to release 86 million songs publicly. A supply chain attack on Red Hat led to a data breach at Nissan, exposing the personal information of 21,000 customers. In the US, Baker University disclosed a year-old breach affecting over 53,000 individuals, while the DoJ dismantled a $28 million bank fraud operation. In policy news, the UK introduced a new Cyber Security and Resilience Bill to modernize its laws. Other notable events include a new MacSync malware variant bypassing Apple's security and a ransomware attack on Romania's national water agency that used Microsoft's BitLocker.
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