Sabre Corp., a travel booking system operator, has agreed to pay $2.4 million in a settlement with 27 states after a 2016-2017 data breach. So reports the Associated Press.

The U.S. military arm responsible for cyber operations has launched an effort to interfere with the Trickbot botnet, reputed as the world’s largest network of hijacked computers. So reports The Washington Post.

U.K. cybersecurity researcher Marcus Hutchins, who was praised as a hero for thwarting the worldwide “WannaCry” ransomware attack two years ago, has pleaded guilty to malware charges in federal court in Wisconsin. So reports Reuters.