The U.S. Congressional Budget Office has confirmed it was hacked. Caitlin Emma, a spokesperson for CBO, told TechCrunch on Friday that the agency is investigating the breach and “has identified the security incident, has taken immediate action to contain it, and has implemented additional monitoring and new security controls to further protect the agency’s systems...Read More
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth deemed artificial intelligence firm Anthropic a “supply chain risk to national security” on Friday, following days of increasingly heated public conflict over the company’s effort to place guardrails on the Pentagon’s use of its technology. Hegseth declared on X that effective immediately, “no contractor, supplier, or partner that does business with...Read More
Source: Noblesville Police Department’s photo of Gregory Carter HAMILTON COUNTY, Ind.–Two men were arrested by the Noblesville Police Department last week in an online predator investigation. 26-year-old Tyler Marcum of Noblesville and 40-year-old Gregory Carter of Carmel were both arrested. Marcum is facing charges of child solicitation and sexual misconduct with a minor (attempted). Carter...Read More
ChatGPT will tell 13-year-olds how to get drunk and high, instruct them on how to conceal eating disorders and even compose a heartbreaking suicide letter to their parents if asked, according to new research from a watchdog group. The Associated Press reviewed more than three hours of interactions between ChatGPT and researchers posing as vulnerable...Read More
Data security is emerging as the bedrock of enterprise success, mostly out of necessity. As agentic AI scales, faulty data classification and ungoverned access are exposing organizations to serious risk. But the challenge runs deeper than most organizations realize, according to Ronan Murphy (pictured), chief data strategy officer of Forcepoint LLC. Teams are discovering that overconfident...Read More
Pro-Iran hackers published more than 300 emails and photos Friday from what appears to be a personal email account for FBI Director Kash Patel. In a statement, an FBI spokesman acknowledged the Iranian campaign. “The FBI is aware of malicious actors targeting Director Patel’s personal email information, and we have taken all necessary steps to...Read More
A Loyola University student filed a lawsuit against two Baltimore security guards, a security company , and a Federal Hill restaurant after he was put into a chokehold in a viral video. The video shared across social media showed the student — identified by his attorney as Cameron Barnes — being put into a chokehold...Read More
A New Mexico jury on Tuesday found Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, liable for endangering children and misleading users about the safety of its platforms. The landmark verdict marks the first time a state-led action has resulted in accountability for a big tech company when it comes to safety and children,...Read More
With the ubiquity of technological devices, young people are more visible and accessible than ever before, and they are encountering, using and producing an unprecedented amount of sexualised imagery. Although evidence suggests that ‘sexting’ is considered a normal practice among teens, there are, nonetheless, inherent risks. Teens who sext run a range of legal, financial,...Read More
