COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — Ohio officials are stepping in to help fight against romance scams. Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson announced Thursday a new initiative to help Ohioans “identify romance scams, ward off financial losses, encourage people to report suspected cases to authorities, and support victims,” according to a release. Older adults are often targeted...Read More
Strip away the geopolitics, the hacktivist noise, and the espionage headlines, and one number from the first half of 2026 stands out above everything else: 1,721. That’s how many ransomware attacks hit organizations in the United States between January and June, according to new research from Cyble Research and Intelligence Labs (CRIL). It’s not just...Read More
NEW DELHI: Lieutenant-Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu called for a comprehensive and future-ready approach to school safety and resilience while addressing the National Summit on Safe Schools Leadership 2026 at PHD House on Thursday. Sandhu, who had earlier spearheaded the declaration of July as “Child Safety Month”, said education is about creating an environment where young...Read More
White-hat hackers compete in the main round of the Codegate 2026 International Hacking Defense Competition at Coex in southern Seoul, Thursday. Yonhap Inside the sprawling, subterranean convention halls of Coex in southern Seoul this week, the battlefield was entirely silent, marked only by the rhythm of frantic keystrokes and the blue glow of monitors. More...Read More
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has released a new report outlining a roadmap to strengthen cybersecurity across the US solar and energy storage industry while supporting the continued expansion of domestic manufacturing. The publication comes as the country’s solar and battery storage manufacturing capacity continues to grow, with US inverter manufacturing having nearly tripled...Read More
WILLIAMSBURG — A Whitley County man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after being convicted of promoting a minor in a sexual performance. Pierce Hamblin, 49, of Williamsburg, pleaded guilty in Whitley Circuit Court is May and was sentenced Monday. ×
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PARIS — French lawmakers are expected to approve a bill banning social media access for children under 15 on Tuesday, putting France at the forefront of similar efforts in the European Union. epa12437176 Young boys play with their phones at Oak Park in central Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 07 October 2025. Autumn has arrived in the Kyrgyz...Read More
This week, customers of Origin Energy learned their personal details have been stolen in a data breach. They joined the customers of other major companies, including Qantas, Optus and Medicare, who have been hacked in recent years. Origin has some 4.8 million customers, making it the nation’s largest electricity and gas retailer, but the company...Read More
CISA, FBI and EPA have updated a joint cybersecurity advisory on Iran-linked threat activity New guidance targets malicious PLC code changes and expands the manufacturers covered The 2026 Homeland Security Summit will examine AI, cyber defense and more The Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, FBI, the Environmental Protection Agency and other...Read More
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Thursday a new visa restriction policy targeting foreign nationals responsible for or complicit in cybercrime and cyber-enabled crime. “This policy targets individuals responsible for, or complicit in, cybercrime and cyber-enabled crime, such as those involved in cyberscams, and sextortion,” Rubio said in a statement. Certain immediate family members...Read More
