Hackers take personal data bytes from the brand with three stripes Adidas is warning customers some of their data was stolen after an “unauthorized” person lifted it from a “third-party customer service provider.”… READ MORE HERE…

PLUS: Original emoji retired; Xiaomi’s custom silicon; Pakistan dedicates 2,000 MW to AI and crypto Asia In Brief  China last week approved rules that will see Beijing issue identity numbers that netizens can use as part of a federated identity scheme that will mean they can use one logon across multiple online services.… READ MORE HERE…

PLUS: Interpol kills more malware; GoDaddy settles in awful infosec case; Giant stolen creds DB exposed Infosec In Brief  Secrets of the Trump administration may have been exposed after a successful attack on messaging service TeleMessage, which has been used by some officials.… READ MORE HERE…

Michael Daniel also thinks Uncle Sam should increase help to orgs hit by ransomware INTERVIEW  Uncle Sam’s cybersecurity apparatus can’t only focus on China and other nation-state actors, but also has to fight the much bigger damage from plain old cybercrime, says former White House advisor Michael Daniel. And the Trump administration’s steep cuts to federal government staff are making that a lot harder.… READ MORE HERE…