The US Justice Department on Tuesday unsealed an indictment charging three Russian nationals and two companies for allegedly running cybercrime services. The individuals are Aleksandr Alexandrovich Volosovik, Kirill Andreevich Zatolokin, and Yulia Pankova, and the targeted companies are ML.Cloud and Media Land, whose infrastructure spanned countries such as China, the Netherlands, Finland, and even the...Read More
AUSTIN, Texas — A landmark jury verdict against Meta and YouTube has reignited a national conversation about children, social media, and mental health. A California jury recently found the companies liable in a case brought by a young woman who argued that addictive platform features contributed to serious mental health harm. Meta says it plans...Read More
Council Bluffs police arrest Des Moines man in connection to an online child predator operation COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — Council Bluffs police arrested a man from Des Moines in connection to an online child predator operation. According to the Council Bluffs Police Department, Thomas Stone was arrested for grooming, phone dissemination of obscene materials to...Read More
(NewsNation) — Popular milk brand Fairlife is pausing production in the United States because of a ransomware cyberattack. The Coca-Cola Company, which owns Fairlife, said it has “identified unauthorized access by a third party to a portion of its systems, including its production-related systems,” according to a release Thursday. As a result, the company said...Read More
The Coca-Cola Co. announced that fairlife, LLC, a dairy company owned by Coca-Cola, identified unauthorized access by a third party to a portion of its systems, including its production-related systems, in connection with a ransomware event. After detecting the issue, the company promptly activated its incident response and business continuity protocols. The company’s investigation and...Read More
SALT LAKE CITY — American hackers would be allowed to target foreign online threats and to recover money taken from Americans through online scams under a new bill proposed by Sen. Mike Lee. The Cyber Letters of Marque and Reprisal Act relies on a constitutional principle not used since the first few decades after the...Read More
The University of Southern Mississippi’s School of Computing Sciences and Computer Engineering has earned national recognition from Forbes Advisor, which named its online Bachelor of Applied Science in Cybersecurity program one of the nation’s top online bachelor’s degree programs in cybersecurity. In its 2026 rankings, Forbes Advisor selected Southern Miss as its “Best Military Students”...Read More
Two young men have been sentenced for launching a cyber attack on Transport for London (TfL) which cost tens of millions of pounds in losses and inconvenienced thousands of customers. Thalha Jubair, 20, from East London, and Owen Flowers, 18, from Walsall, West Midlands, were identified by the NCA and City of London Police following...Read More
Gov. Tim Walz is drawing some criticism after he defended his pardon of a convicted sex offender who, according to federal authorities, has since been deported. At an unrelated news conference on Tuesday, Walz defended the Minnesota Board of Pardons — which includes Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellison and Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Natalie...Read More
A fascinating aspect in evolutionary biology is that of convergent evolution — whereby similar structures and functions evolve independently from each other. The highly advanced nervous system of octopuses is a good example here, displaying levels of intelligence and capabilities far beyond those of other cephalopods and matching that of primates, despite no evolutionary link...Read More
