By Gina Kim ( April 6, 2026, 5:38 PM EDT) — The federal government has moved to end San Diego and San Jose’s challenge to Internet Crimes Against Children grants requiring recipients to certify they don’t operate DEI programs that violate nondiscrimination laws, arguing they aren’t required to sign onto the Trump administration’s viewpoints on...Read More
More than 70 civil liberties, domestic violence, reproductive rights, LGBTQ+, labor, and immigrant advocacy organizations are demanding that Meta abandon plans to deploy face recognition on its Ray-Ban and Oakley smart glasses, warning that the feature—reportedly known inside the company as “Name Tag”—would hand stalkers, abusers, and federal agents the ability to silently identify strangers...Read More
In the escalating cybersecurity arms race, the enterprise’s most valuable asset may no longer be its defense perimeter but rather someone who knows how to talk to the hackers. With cybercrime and ransomware surging while bad actors become institutionalized, companies are now turning to a new class of specialists to manage the fallout when their...Read More
A widely used phishing tool called W3LL was disrupted by the FBI and law enforcement agencies in Indonesia on Friday. The phishing kit allowed hackers to create fake websites that looked like legitimate login portals for just $500. The FBI’s Atlanta office said it “identified and seized infrastructure facilitating the phishing service.” The Indonesian National...Read More
Rockstar, the studio behind several of the biggest video games of all time who will soon add another game to that list with the release of GTA 6 later this year, confirmed over the weekend that a group of hackers had indeed successfully stolen some measure of data from the company. The hackers are the...Read More
HARTFORD, CT — The Connecticut Judicial Branch is warning residents of two separate scams targeting residents. The first scam falsely claims that the recipient of a text has received a traffic citation and that the recipient has failed to pay a fine. In some instances, the name of a Connecticut state court judge is utilized....Read More
At the advent of Facebook in 2004, you had to have a college email address to create an account. Mark Zuckerberg’s creation was a relatively controlled, college-age environment in which you could learn more about and interact with your peers. Those days are long over, and kids as young as 13 now can log into...Read More
A hacker has compromised a backend system for Doublespeed, an a16z-funded startup that uses a phone farm to flood social media with AI-generated TikTok accounts, and attempted to have those accounts post memes calling a16z the “antichrist,” according to screenshots seen by 404 Media. The hack is at least the second time Doublespeed has been...Read More
The potential deal comes as AI agent adoption accelerates, and as Cisco ramps up acquisitions tied to AI security and observability. Cisco Systems is in “advanced talks” to acquire startup Astrix Security for its technology that monitors and secures AI agents for between $250 million and $350 million, according to a report first published by...Read More
April 13, 2026 | Maggie Nilz
Cybersecurity is an increasingly important component of public health preparedness as state cybersecurity policy intersects with public health agency responsibilities. Public health agencies rely on interconnected digital systems and critical infrastructure for disease surveillance, laboratory reporting, emergency communications, and health data management, making cybersecurity critical to maintaining these...Read More
