[ad_1] US artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic says its technology has been “weaponised” by hackers to carry out sophisticated cyber attacks. Anthropic, which makes the chatbot Claude, says its tools were used by hackers “to commit large-scale theft and extortion of personal data”. The firm said its AI was used to help write code which...Read More

[ad_1] CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. — Two teachers were recently arrested on child pornography charges, prompting local child safety experts to encourage parents to have difficult but necessary conversations with their children about abuse prevention. “The violation of one of my children’s safety is like the number one, two and three worst nightmare for any parent...Read More

[ad_1] Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women...Read More

[ad_1] The FBI and Dutch police today said that they seized two domains and a blog tied to VerifTools, an international criminal marketplace that sold identity documents for as little as $9. VerifTools was one of the largest online shops for fake driver’s licenses, passports, and other forms of ID. With these documents, criminals can...Read More

[ad_1] Our deep appreciation to Security BSides – San Francisco and the Creators, Authors and Presenters for publishing their BSidesSF 2025 video content on YouTube. Originating from the conference’s events held at the lauded CityView / AMC Metreon – certainly a venue like no other; and via the organization’s YouTube channel. Additionally, the organization is...Read More

[ad_1] Nevada state officials confirmed Wednesday night that the “security incident” that was detected on Sunday was a ransomware attack, and that while the investigation is still ongoing, it appears the perpetrators stole state data. During a press conference Wednesday evening, Nevada Chief Information Officer Timothy Galluzi shared more details about the cyberattack. While the...Read More

[ad_1] County officials say cyber criminals stole data held by the Department of Public Safety, which may have included driver’s license numbers. LYCOMING COUNTY, Pa. — An investigation is underway after a ransomware attack in Lycoming County. County officials say ransomware was detected on their computer system on August 12. Investigators later determined cyber criminals...Read More

[ad_1] Credit scoring and monitoring biz TransUnion says that it recently suffered a breach affecting nearly 4.5 million individuals. Readers may notice the irony of a credit monitoring company, whose services are so often given “free of charge” to victims of data breaches in order to “secure” their identity and credit score, being popped itself....Read More

[ad_1] After considering shifting oversight of school safety agents to the office of Chief of Department John Chell, the NYPD is instead placing the division under the office of first deputy commissioner Tania Kinsella, department officials and a department source said.  The decision was finalized after THE CITY reported last week, based on multiple sources,...Read More

[ad_1] The arrest of a Greenacres man accused of trying to meet a 13-year-old girl for sex has experts reminding parents of the importance of monitoring what their children do online.Robin Blanchard, 45, was arrested Friday by Boynton Beach police.“He willingly came with one purpose: to have sex with a 13-year-old,” said Sgt. Astrel Labbe...Read More