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 fighting...Read More
Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A U.S. judge on Thursday temporarily blocked the Pentagon’s blacklisting of Anthropic, the latest turn in the company’s high-stakes fight with...Read More
Hackers connected to the Iranian government accessed FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal email and posted materials — including photos and documents — taken from his account, a person familiar with the breach confirmed to CNN. The hackers have published a series of photos of Patel from before he became FBI director that they claim were...Read More
Social media and kids — few things are more terrifying for a parent. From cyberbullying to online predators, it seems like the dangers of social media for children are endless. Here’s the thing, though: It isn’t Snapchat, TikTok and Instagram that should be keeping you up at night. “On its own, social media is not dangerous,”...Read More
Kyle Kucharski/ZDNET Stay ahead of tech news with Tech Today, delivered to your inbox every morning. Your phone holds a wealth of personal and sensitive data, making it a prime target for hackers. Through malicious apps, phishing attacks, and other threats, attackers can install spyware and gain control of your device. But how can you tell...Read More
Italian authorities confirmed that a journalist who was alerted by WhatsApp last year of a suspected spyware attack on his phone was indeed hacked. In a press release sent to journalists on Thursday, the public prosecutors’ offices in Rome and Naples, which are investigating the spyware scandal in the country, said that a technical report...Read More
Hackers sell stolen Eurail traveler information on dark web Pierluigi Paganini February 17, 2026 Eurail B.V. revealed that traveler data were stolen in a recent security breach, and are now being sold on the dark web. Eurail B.V. confirmed that the traveler data stolen in a breach earlier this year is now being offered for...Read More
This Keystone Cops-ass administration will not stop getting worse. The FBI, the very same one that brags about investigating “The Cyber Threat,” was just forced to confirm that Iran-linked hackers broke into the personal email of the dorkishly incompetent FBI director, Kash Patel Honestly, the pictures are pretty much what you would expect: Patel with...Read More
iPhone security has been in the news this month as Apple patches known exploits. As promised, the company has alerted customers using iPhones on older software to update this week. Meanwhile, Apple states on-the-record that its Lockdown Mode has proven effective against hack attempts so far. iPhones in Lockdown Mode have never been hacked In...Read More
A hacking group backed by the Iranian government dubbed “Handala” said on Friday that it has breached the personal email account of FBI director Kash Patel. In a post on its website, Handala included several pictures of a visibly younger Patel, as well as a link to a cache of files that appear to come...Read More
