Iowa health system executive, Matthew Kierans, has admitted to stealing a former coworker’s identity for more than three decades, leading to the coworker’s wrongful arrest and imprisonment for identity theft. Kierans used the stolen identity to secure a job and commit fraud, acquiring millions in debt. He could face up to 32 years in prison and has to pay a $1.25 million fine.
Critical Splunk Enterprise Pre-Auth RCE Chain Exposes Databases
A critical pre-authentication remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Splunk Enterprise has been disclosed, carrying a near-perfect CVSS score of 9.8. Tracked as CVE-2026-20253, the flaw
