FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (7News) — Ten men were arrested in Fairfax County for attempting to lure children into sexual encounters using online platforms, Fairfax County Police announced during a press conference Monday. According to police, during the six-day operation called ‘Operation Spring Bloom’ detectives acted as underage children across internet platforms. The suspects arranged to...Read More
Grand Theft Auto VI is one of the most anticipated video games ever, and is quickly becoming one of the most prematurely hacked games ever, too. Originally reported by Hackread and The Cybersec Guru, the prominent hacker group ShinyHunters claimed it had hacked GTA developer Rockstar Games over the weekend. The group said it was...Read More
Got story updates? Submit your updates here. › The dismantling of a sophisticated phishing platform used by cybercriminals worldwide to steal millions exposes the growing threat of global cybercrime.Atlanta Today Federal investigators in Atlanta have shut down a global cybercrime operation that used sophisticated phishing tools to steal thousands of usernames and passwords, enabling millions...Read More
by Steven Hale, Nashville Banner April 13, 2026 The seven candidates for the upcoming Metro Nashville Public Schools board primary gathered Sunday for a forum at Kairos-Ebenezer AME Church in South Nashville co-hosted by Nashville Organized for Action and Hope (NOAH), the Banner and Delta Sigma Theta. With early voting starting on Wednesday, the group...Read More
Not even professional digital fraudsters are immune to getting hacked. This was made abundantly clear today following a report by Krebs on Security that an online shop offering approximately 26 million stolen debit and credit card numbers for sale was itself the victim of a hack. And, perhaps best of all, the site’s entire purloined...Read More
CLEVELAND, Ohio (Aging Untold) — Crysta Willis received a call that appeared legitimate on her caller ID. Someone claiming to be law enforcement told her that her grandson had been in an accident and needed bond money immediately. “Usually a scam says ‘potential scam,’ or something like this, but it was actually somebody’s name with...Read More
Rockstar Games, the studio behind Grand Theft Auto, has been the target of a cyberattack for the second time in three years. A hacker group called ShinyHunters said it would release data stolen from the company if ransom demands were not met. ShinyHunters initially gave Rockstar a 14 April deadline to enter negotiations, having gained...Read More
By Colin Lecher, CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. A Los Angeles jury has found the parent companies of YouTube and Facebook liable for a teen’s mental distress in a closely-watched trial over social media addiction. The jury awarded $3 million to the plaintiff, a young woman identified...Read More
In brief The UK’s AI Safety Institute found that Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Preview can autonomously execute complex cyber attacks. It became the first AI model to complete a 32-step corporate network attack simulation from start to finish without human assistance. Mythos Preview discovered and exploited vulnerabilities autonomously when given network access in controlled evaluations. The...Read More
Federal officials are sounding the alarm to the nation’s largest banks over a new generation of artificial intelligence (AI) that could accelerate cyberattacks, as reports out of Washington show the threat is already growing more sophisticated and harder to stop. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell met with major bank CEOs...Read More
