The US Department of the Treasury this week sanctioned First VPN Service, saying it enabled cybercriminals to launch ransomware attacks against American companies and institutions. The Office of Foreign Assets Control, an intelligence and enforcement agency within the Department of the Treasury, also levied sanctions on First VPN administrator Dmytro Rashevskyi and Yegeniy Vladimirovich Silayev...Read More

Despite building an increasingly screen-focused world, billionaire tech leaders are keeping their own children away from the tech they helped create. As far back as 2010, Apple cofounder Steve Jobs told a New York Times reporter his kids had never used an iPad and that “we limit how much technology our kids use at home.” ...Read More

Cybercrime activity has evolved into a borderless, efficient economy where criminal collaboration often outpaces the structures built to defend against it. A promising answer is emerging: strengthen collaboration and build new incentive models that mobilize a broader segment of society to safely disrupt cybercrime at scale. Community intelligence, public-private partnerships and incentivized reporting can help...Read More

Call and text records from dozens of federal agencies are believed to among millions stolen in a massive breach of telephone giant AT&T. AT&T said that a hacker broke into its network in April and stole records of calls and text messages made by more than 100 million customers in a five-month period in 2022...Read More

In a market built on trust, cyber security vendors face a difficult communications challenge. Buyers often need to rely on marketing claims to assess highly technical products, making accuracy and transparency in communications materials particularly important.   Claims around protection, resilience and risk reduction need to be clear, evidence-based and proportionate, especially when they are being...Read More

Children under the age of 16 will be banned from social media platforms in the UK, under new measures announced by prime minister Keir Starmer on Monday. “The need for action could not be clearer. Social media is making our children unhappy and unsafe,” Starmer wrote in an X post. “Our children deserve better.” Under-16s...Read More

Dr. Claire Braaten has spent much of her career helping students understand the legal complexities of crime, human trafficking, and cybersecurity. Soon, she’ll take that work beyond the classroom as a Fulbright U.S. Scholar. Braaten, professor of criminology and criminal justice, has received a prestigious Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award through the Fulbright U.S.-ASEAN Visiting Scholar...Read More

Updated July 17, 2026, 8:25 a.m. ET Fairlife has temporarily stopped producing its milk in the United States after a cyber attack, the company said. A portion of Fairlife’s systems were accessed by an unauthorized third party in a “ransomware event,” parent company Coca-Cola said in a statement on July 16. The milk brand said...Read More

Israeli hacker Ehud Tenenbaum, 46, better known as “The Analyzer,” is in trouble again. Tenenbaum, who holds dual Israeli and Polish citizenship, was arrested at an airport in Poland less than two months ago at the request of Dutch police. He is being held in pretrial detention on suspicion of playing an essential role in...Read More

Montgomery County’s BTheOne behavioral health program is recruiting high school students to talk with their peers about mental stressors, substance use and suicide prevention. The program trains teenagers to lead outreach in their own schools and social media accounts. The youth-led campaign runs through the county’s Department of Health and Human Services. Program leaders discussed...Read More