Data analysis Asia-Pacific cyber threats: volume vs insurance severity Each bubble is one of the top five cybercrime types ranked by INTERPOL across 18 member countries. Horizontal: case volume. Vertical: insurance claims severity. Bubble size: pace of escalation. Hover for detail. High vol / High severity High severity / Lower vol Moderate severity / High...Read More
Boulder County District Attorney Michael Dougherty has responded to allegations that he let “cut loose” an alleged child sex offender after a citizen sting operation was conducted in Longmont earlier this week Boulder County District Attorney Michael Dougherty has responded to allegations that he let “cut loose” an alleged child sex offender after a citizen...Read More
The INTERPOL Asia and South Pacific Cyber Threat Assessment 2025/2026 gives cyber insurers a clearer view of the threat environment now shaping underwriting across the region. The report was produced by INTERPOL’s cybercrime desk at the INTERPOL Global Complex for Innovation in Singapore. It draws on responses from 18 member countries and intelligence from private...Read More
A cybersecurity researcher who once rolled his eyes at AI doomsday talk, then started issuing warnings, is now the guy that Trump’s White House is flying in to calm its nerves. The Wall Street Journal traces how Anthropic’s Nicholas Carlini—long known in the field as a “professional skeptic” of AI risk—tested the company’s powerful...Read More
California Water Service said it is investigating claims by an Iran-linked threat group of a cyberattack against the water utility. The Iran-nexus group tracked as Handala claimed an attack against the water utility and cautioned that it deliberately avoided any attempt to disrupt the facility’s water distribution, according to Check Point Research. Cal Water, the...Read More
Kenneth Parnell’s Early History Parnell was born in 1931 in Amarillo, Texas, at the height of the Depression. His mother was a rigid, fundamentalist Christian, and his father was an alcoholic who abandoned them when Parnell was 6. According to Mike Echols, author of I Know My First Name Is Steven, Parnell was so distraught...Read More
Google, FBI partnering on lawsuit against major criminal scam syndicate in China Google endorsing Harder’s Stop SCAMS Act to create all-of-government response to organized cybercrime By Kevin Winslow, Communications Director, Office of Congressman Josh Harder WASHINGTON – On Monday, June 15, 2026, Rep. Josh Harder (D, CA-09) announced that his anti-scam advocacy led to a major coordinated...Read More
Knowing absolutely nothing about you other than the fact that you’re currently reading Hackaday, I can predict with a high degree of certainty that we’re both fond of at least a few of the same movies. That’s not to say they’re necessarily our favorite works of art. Indeed, in some cases they may even be...Read More
Spartanburg Community College (SCC) has announced that Kenneth Gardner, Ph.D., Cybersecurity and Networking Instructor, has been selected to participate in the National Cybersecurity Training and Education Center (NCyTE) Cybersecurity Faculty Externship Program during Summer 2026. As part of this competitive professional development opportunity, Gardner will complete an 80-hour externship with the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) Cyber Intelligence...Read More
Mackay Sugar, Australia’s second-largest raw sugar producer, disclosed a cyberattack on June 10, 2026, that disrupted operations across its Queensland milling facilities during the height of the annual crushing season, forcing growers and harvesters to halt deliveries and leaving cut cane with nowhere to go. The company, which operates three sugar mills in the Mackay...Read More
