Two members of the notorious “Scattered Spider” hacking collective have been sentenced to five years and six months in prison each for a cyberattack on Transport for London (TfL) that disrupted services for thousands of commuters and cost the transport authority an estimated £29 million. Thalha Jubair, 20, of East London, and Owen Flowers, 18,...Read More
For the first time in its operational history, FISA Section 702 has lapsed, plunging U.S. intelligence agencies and telecom providers into a highly uncertain “grey zone.” In this episode of Safe Mode, host Greg Otto sits down with Glenn Gerstell, former NSA General Counsel and senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies...Read More
Britain’s communications regulator on Thursday launched an investigation into whether social media platform TikTok is doing enough under UK law to protect children from harmful content online. “This investigation will seek to establish whether there are reasonable grounds to believe that TikTok has failed, or is failing, to comply with its legal obligations,” Ofcom...Read More
ITV’s Director of Drama Polly Hill has commissioned a drama depicting the devastating impact of social media on children and examining the extent to which technology companies are able to evade responsibility and scrutiny, following the inspirational story of Ellen Roome MBE and the other families all over the world who have campaigned tirelessly...Read More
The cyber resilience company explains: Models like Mythos are accelerating how ransomware can easily circumvent traditional security tools, and emerging AI variants such as JadePuffer are automating attacks outright. This shift demands a new focus on data integrity and intelligent recovery. HOLMDEL, N.J., July 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Index Engines, the leader in cyber resilience,...Read More
Telangana DGP C.V. Anand during a review meeting in Hyderabad on Thursday. Out of the 86,177 major crime FIRs registered in Telangana in 2025, 21,639 of them were related to cybercrime, accounting for one in every four cases and causing financial losses of ₹1,524 crore, officials told Director-General of Police (DGP) C.V. Anand during a...Read More
Nearly 30 years after becoming one of Israel’s most famous hackers, Ehud Tenenbaum has returned to the center of an international criminal investigation, this time over allegations that he helped run a sophisticated investment fraud network that authorities say targeted victims across Europe. Tenenbaum, 46, an Israeli national who gained global attention as a teenager...Read More
For months, we’ve been reporting about the dangers of deepfakes: AI-generated videos and images that can look remarkably real. We’ve seen them infiltrate social media, and even courtroom evidence, but there’s a chilling new chapter: Deepfake medical images that even professionals can’t identify. Even doctors can be fooled by deepfake X-ray images, posing risk to...Read More
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The Turlock Police Department says a multi-agency online predator operation resulted in 13 arrests of attempted child abuse suspects.
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The U.K.’s media watchdog is investigating TikTok over how the company conducts age checks on its users to prevent children from seeing harmful content such as pornography. A TikTok spokesperson said the company meets the Online Safety Act. Ofcom said Thursday that under the U.K.’s Online Safety Act, social-media companies are obliged to use highly...Read More
