A US judge sentences Scattered Spider member Noah Urban to 10 years in prison in connection with major hacks and crypto thefts, the first member to be sentenced
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A US DOJ official says Tyler Buchanan, a 23-year-old from Scotland, and an alleged Scattered Spider cybercrime group member, was extradited from Spain to the US
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Research shows a surge in the popularity of deepfake porn services, with the 10 most popular “nudifying” websites receiving 18M views in January 2025 alone
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A US indictment against two men suspected of hacking Snowflake clients, including AT&T, says the pair and their co-conspirators extorted at least 36 bitcoin
Introduction Beginning on a any particular state or district of the United States … Margi Murphy / Bloomberg : Charges Unsealed for Alleged Hackers of Snowflake Customers
Experts say the Trump administration's approach to cybersecurity is likely to focus on confronting China, relaxing regulations, narrowing CISA's focus, and more
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PitchBook: VC funds invested $187.7M into the startups that develop deepfake technologies in 2022 and another $50M so far in 2023, up from just $1M in 2017
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Elliptic: North Korea-backed hacking group Lazarus could be behind Harmony's ~$100M altcoin theft; the hack bore similarities to the $600M Ronin bridge attack
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Sources: Facebook is considering imposing a ban on political ads on its network in the days leading up to the US election in November
so sorry — maybe even death” https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/... Kurt Wagner / @kurtwagner8 : Full story: Facebook is considering a ban on political ads in the days leading up to Novem...
Memo: Google fires four employees, citing data-security violations, amid rising tension between management and staff
But Critics Say It's Retaliation for Protesting Charlie Wood / Business Insider : Googlers say the company is trying to crush worker organization after it fired 4 people Cara Curtis / The Next Web : G...
Google says it will make arbitration optional for individual sexual harassment claims, provide more info about investigations, expand training, and more
Amazon Wants to Get America Scanning for the Holidays James Farrell / SiliconANGLE : After global walkout, Google rewrites policy on sexual misconduct cases Brian Heater / TechCrunch : Google CEO high...