Five Eyes

A former L3Harris Trenchant executive, Peter Williams, was ordered to pay $10 million in restitution to his former employer atop a $1.3 million already paid, after pleading guilty to stealing trade secrets and selling hacking tools to a Russian broker tied to the Kremlin, highlighting insider risk and regulatory scrutiny in defense cybersecurity.

Poland reports five water-treatment plants hacked with potential safety implications, tying to a broader cross-border cyber threat to critical infrastructure and ongoing regulatory advisories in the US.

TechCrunch covers Mother Ventures’ $10M debut fund focused on moms as consumers, plus regulatory and security news: AVride under NHTSA investigation, a restitution order against a US defense contractor, Poland’s cyber-threat report with US implications, and the Pentagon releasing UFO files.