Unintentional injuries kill more than 7,000 children ages 1-19 in the U.S. each year – close to 20 deaths per day. Injuries are the leading cause of child death, and these injuries are often preventable. Prevention takes many forms. Government policy helps tremendously. As an example, regulations requiring carbon monoxide detectors allowed people to prevent...Read More
A phone call to a helpdesk worker broke open one of the largest public transport networks in the world. Two members of the Scattered Spider cybercrime collective — Owen Flowers, 18, from Walsall, and Thalha Jubair, 20, from east London — were each sentenced to five years and six months in prison at Woolwich Crown...Read More
PUTNAM COUNTY, Fla. – A Putnam County father-son is accused of owning child sex abuse material after a cyber tip led to their home being searched, the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office said Friday. Detectives executed a search warrant early July 9 at a Crescent City home occupied by registered sex offender Gary Coston, 49, and...Read More
U.S. prosecutors have accused a Florida man of uploading fake video games that contained malware to Steam, the popular PC games platform. Once victims downloaded and installed the games, the malware was designed to infect their computers, steal their passwords and other data, and drain their crypto wallets, according to a criminal complaint. On Tuesday,...Read More
The Coca-Cola Co. said a cyberattack has forced it to temporarily halt its Fairlife milk operations in the U.S. An unauthorized third-party user accessed Chicago-based Fairlife milk’s production systems in what the beverage giant believes was a ransomware event, Coca-Cola said in a statement Thursday. It’s unclear when the breach occurred. As soon as it...Read More
The UK’s communications regulator has launched a formal investigation into TikTok age verification, raising questions over whether the platform is adequately protecting children online under the country’s Online Safety Act. The move comes as Britain prepares to introduce a social media ban for under-16s, with regulators warning that current age assurance methods used by some...Read More
CHICAGO — Milk brand Fairlife is pausing its production in the U.S. after a ransomware cyberattack breached the company’s systems. Coca-Cola, which owns Fairlife, announced Thursday that its dairy company had identified “unauthorized access by a third party” to a portion of its systems, including those related to production. The company disclosed that this was...Read More
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Friday cautioned listed companies and regulated entities about an emerging cyber fraud known as the ‘Boss Scam’ or CEO/MD impersonation scam, in which fraudsters use artificial intelligence-driven deepfakes, voice cloning and malicious software to trick finance officials into transferring funds. In a public statement, Sebi...Read More
MIFFLIN COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — Lewistown police are addressing community concerns and “some misinformation” after a social media video appears to show an officer telling a man admitting to texting with a minor to “get going.” According to a Facebook post made in response to a confrontation shared by YouTuber JiDion, who posts content online...Read More
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) – Alabama-based River Bank & Trust has filed a report with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission following a cybersecurity incident in which ransomware spread across part of its network. According to the filing, someone gained unauthorized access to the bank’s network on June 16. Three days later, bank officials determined ransomware...Read More
