cybersecurity
TWO SCATTERED SPIDER HACKERS JAILED FOR 5.5 YEARS OVER TFL ATTACK
The attack cost London’s transport authority an estimated £29 million and forced 27,000 employees to reset passwords in person.
cybersecurity
SF CITY ATTORNEY DEMANDS APPLE AND GOOGLE REMOVE 13+ NUDIFY APPS
David Chiu sent cease-and-desist letters accusing the platforms of “aiding and abetting” the spread of nonconsensual intimate images.
cybersecurity
ASSURANCEAMERICA DATA BREACH EXPOSES OVER 6.9MN DRIVER'S LICENSE NUMBERS
A targeted phishing attack on a single employee kicked off a breach that went undetected for months.
cybersecurity
OPERA DID WHAT CHROME AND EDGE STILL STRUGGLE WITH
Opera's paste protect screens every copied command before it runs. no other major browser does this natively.
cybersecurity
NEW GITHUB ATTACK USES PROMPT INJECTION TO TRICK AI CODING AGENTS
A repo with zero malicious code can silently own a developer's machine the moment an AI tool touches it.
cybersecurity
POLYMARKET CONFIRMS HACK! $3MN IN CRYPTO STOLEN FROM USERS
A third-party vendor compromise let hackers inject malicious code onto the site and drain accounts from an unspecified number of users.
cybersecurity
AI TO FABRICATE EVIDENCE? DERBYSHIRE COP INVESTIGATED
The officer has been removed from frontline duties and no arrests have been made in a probe that raises urgent questions about AI in policing.
cybersecurity
OPENAI BANS CHINESE INFLUENCE OPS
Two campaigns named and deployed AI-generated posts across social media to amplify existing US political fractures.
cybersecurity
AI HAS TURNED THE VULNERABILITY MARKET AGAINST DEFENDERS
New research shows every major AI model can now find bugs, half can build working exploits, and the timeline from discovery to attack has collapsed…
cybersecurity
13% OF UK EMPLOYEES HAVE SOLD CORPORATE CREDENTIALS
13% of UK workers admitted selling logins or knowing someone who did. Among C-suite executives, 43% think it's justifiable.
cybersecurity
FRENCH GOVT MESSAGING PLATFORM TCHAP BREACHED, 14GB STOLEN
The French government's encrypted messaging app Tchap was compromised on June 7, with a threat actor claiming to have stolen nearly 14GB of documents shared…
cybersecurity
META'S AI CHATBOT LETS HACKERS HIJACK 20,000 INSTAGRAM ACCOUNTS
The vulnerability was in the AI-assisted account recovery system. Without two-factor authentication enabled, hackers could reset passwords by simply asking the bot to change the…
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TSMC ADDS $100 BILLION TO ARIZONA CHIP BET, TOTAL HITS $265 BILLION
The additional investment will build at least four more 2nm fabs and advanced packaging, bringing the company's total US commitment to $265 billion.
ai
META WILL ALERT PARENTS IF TEENS DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH META AI
The opt-in feature flags self-harm references in chatbot conversations, with human review before any notification is sent.
ai
ROBLOX'S "BUILD" LETS ANYONE MAKE A GAME FROM THEIR PHONE WITH AI
The new toolset, launching July 28, turns text prompts into playable experiences and puts game creation on iPhone and iPad.
business
APPLE RECLAIMS WORLD MOST VALUABLE COMPANY TITLE, NVIDIA BOTTLES IT
apple overtook nvidia during friday trading, extending a 23% year‑to‑date surge as investors reward its ai agenda and light capital spending.