Risky Bulletin Risky Bulletin: StopICE blames hack on "a CBP agent here in SoCal"
Feb 2, 2026
A data leak tied to a US border agent and a massive chatbot backend exposure make for tense privacy talk. Microsoft moving to disable NTLM and strengthen Kerberos gets security protocol focus. Poland banning Chinese cars from military bases raises geopolitical supply chain concerns. Multiple zero-days, large-scale DDoS mitigation, and major breach settlements round out the hard-hitting cyber news.
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StopICE Attributes Leak To CBP Agent
- StopICE's admin traced an apparent data-leak SMS campaign to a US Customs and Border Protection agent in Southern California.
- StopICE insisted it did not hold the personal data the alerts claimed was exposed.
NTLM Deprecation Signals Kerberos Push
- Microsoft plans to disable NTLM by default in the next Windows release and has stopped updating the protocol.
- Kerberos improvements this year aim to replace NTLM in topologies that previously relied on it.
Poland Bans Chinese Cars Over Security
- Poland banned Chinese-made cars from military bases citing national security concerns amid diplomatic pushback from China.
- The move echoes China's earlier ban on Tesla cars from its own military bases.