Summary Cell phones across several Brazilian states received an unauthorized alert on Saturday morning displaying the word ‘misantropi4,’ which translates to ‘misanthropy.’ Brazil’s National Civil Defense warning platform has been temporarily taken offline. The unauthorized message reached the major cities of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. AI-generated summary was reviewed by a CNN editor....Read More
DECATUR, Ala. — Local students interested in cybersecurity will have the opportunity to learn about the field through free CyberPatriot camps hosted by the Decatur-Morgan County Chamber of Commerce and Calhoun Community College. The five-day camps will take place Monday, June 22, through Friday, June 26, at Calhoun’s Decatur campus and are available at no...Read More
Google Liable for False AI Overviews, German Court Says What? The Regional Court of Munich ruled preliminarily that, because Google’s AI Overviews are Google-created content rather than search results, Google can be held liable for false information generated in them. The case comes after two German publishers filed a lawsuit against the company after Google’s...Read More
The Brief The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower court decision that had blocked enforcement of Ohio’s Social Media Parental Notification Act. The decision gives a significant victory to Ohio officials who have argued parents should have more oversight of the online activities of their children. The lawsuit was brought by NetChoice, a...Read More
Meta is testing face-recognition software built by the United States military and regional police department supplier Rank One, WIRED found in an investigation this week. Meta has been exploring the possibility of adding face recognition tech into its smart glasses, and WIRED previously reported that the app for the glasses contained code—now deleted—that would have...Read More
Samantha Koros | June 19, 2026 From uncovering digital clues to learning how cyber investigators solve crimes, participants in the University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s Operation Cyber Sleuth camp will get an inside look at digital forensics and cybersecurity from June 22 to 26. Through hands-on activities and real-world scenarios, participants will learn how...Read More
OTTAWA — Over the last two weeks of the parliamentary sitting, the Liberal government made a series of moves related to AI and digital regulation. It introduced a new AI strategy, a bill requiring social media platforms to ban kids under 16 and a long-awaited privacy bill. It also moved to block new rules requiring...Read More
Sao Paulo : Brazil’s government suspects a hacking attack triggered an unauthorized alert sent to cell phones across parts of the country early on Saturday. In a statement, the National Protection and Civil Defense Secretariat said the country’s citizens’ notification system was taken offline at around 1:30 a.m. local time (0430 GMT) after a message...Read More
Accenture announced on Thursday that it is acquiring a majority stake in Dragos at a $3.25 billion valuation, along with full acquisitions of runZero and NetRise, bringing the combined enterprise value to $4.175 billion and creating the highest-valued OT (operational technology) cybersecurity business to date. The deal comes as Accenture’s cybersecurity business continues to post...Read More
A potential plan for bolstering state support for school safety is taking shape ahead of the next legislative session. Hellgate Elementary School District superintendent Molly Blakely says her district got a call late one night this spring from a school safety tipline operator. Blakely says the operator told the district a student who’d just graduated...Read More
