A 45-gigabyte data breach just proved the activists right. When cybercrime group ShinyHunters dumped Madison Square Garden’s internal files online after a missed ransom deadline, buried in the haul was a Word document titled “Facial Recognition Activists.docx.” Not a security threat assessment. Not an incident report. A file on the people who publicly criticized MSG...Read More
The Wall Street Journal reported that signs have emerged that the Central Bank of Iran used part of the crypto assets stolen in North Korea’s Bybit hack. The funds moved through multiple transactions to CoinEx, a Chinese-linked cryptocurrency exchange, and may have been used to evade U.S. economic sanctions on Iran. TRM Labs said wallets...Read More
Akron Public Schools‘ buildings closed Wednesday for a “network outage” caused by a cybersecurity breach. As of Wednesday afternoon, the district was still offline but planned to reopen with most regular programming, athletics and offices available on Thursday. Office staff would work remotely to access WiFi, Superintendent Mary Outley said in a text message, and...Read More
Concerns have been raised that proposed AI legislation does not sufficiently recognise children as a vulnerable group requiring special protection. The Children’s Rights Alliance has urged Irish authorities to strengthen protections for children against the risks posed by rapidly advancing AI technologies. The organisation argues that current regulatory efforts do not sufficiently protect young users...Read More
Six men identified as sexual predators by Bristol Tennessee police have been arrested in over a month’s time after they chatted online with investigators posing as teenage girls. One suspect, Robert Isbell, 53, of Bristol, is a registered sex offender and is charged with sexual exploitation of a minor via electronic means along with the...Read More
The Assad regime may have collapsed, but several of its most repressive legal instruments continue to cast a long shadow over public life. Foremost among them is Cybercrime Law No. 20 of 2022, a statute crafted in the regime’s final years to police the digital sphere through sweeping, ambiguous charges such as “undermining the prestige...Read More
Dialog, the invite-only group cofounded by Peter Thiel, notified members and past event participants last week that a database containing their personal information had been breached, supposedly by a criminal hacker. But a WIRED analysis found that the files were readable to anyone who visited a landing page for the group’s app—what cybersecurity experts describe...Read More
Cybercriminals allegedly broke into tens of thousands of Fortinet firewalls and VPN gateways used by major companies around the world, turning one of business cybersecurity’s most trusted front doors into the story itself. Security researchers have called the campaign FortiBleed. Fortinet, however, says the activity does not come from a new vulnerability or recent security...Read More
House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders have reached a bipartisan agreement on legislation intended to strengthen online protections for children, reopening a path for congressional action on the long-stalled Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA). The agreement, which could be raised on the House floor next week, was announced Monday by committee Chairman Brett Guthrie and...Read More
