A week after a New York Times report revealed that at least 100 water systems were hacked in other states, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek’s office told OPB Friday that hackers had gained access to an Oregon water district’s core operating technology. State leaders wouldn’t say if the attack was linked to a swarm of cyber...Read More

Meta was ordered by a New Mexico judge to pay $567 million and implement new safety measures for young users on its platforms. The ruling represents the largest financial penalty so far against Meta in legal battles related to social media harm and addiction. The big picture: The $567 million fine is in addition to...Read More

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) – An undercover operation in Okaloosa County recently landed multiple people behind bars. According to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office, “Operation Summer Sentinel” took place between July 22 and July 25. It targeted people using the internet to solicit children. Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Homeland Security Unit, the Federal Bureau of...Read More

By Andrew Hay, Dietrich Knauth and Diana Novak Jones Judge Bryan Biedscheid in Santa Fe ruled the company had created a public nuisance in New Mexico, siding with Attorney General Raúl Torrez, a Democrat. Torrez had accused the social media company of designing products to addict young users and failing to protect children from sexual exploitation on...Read More

A Ghanaian court has sentenced two Nigerian nationals to 20 years in prison each after finding them guilty of trafficking fellow Nigerians into Ghana with false job promises before allegedly forcing them to engage in cybercrime. Kingsley Ndifon, 29, and Emmanuel Akong, 25, were convicted of human trafficking and causing harm by Circuit Court “B”...Read More

Director General of Police C.V. Anand on Friday congratulated the Telangana Cyber Security Bureau (TGCSB), headed by director Shikha Goel, along with police commissioners, superintendents and bureau personnel after Telangana emerged as the country’s best-performing state in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO)-led PRAGATI review on cybercrime control. Anand said the achievement reflected the professionalism, dedication...Read More

I do not own any cryptocurrency, nor do I drive a Range Rover. I do though, according to my X account, which was hacked at some point late last month. The story is straightforward. A long-term trusted contact of mine, Sean Callow, sent me a direct message on X. At least I thought he had....Read More

Internal tests of OpenAI’s new AI model Astra show such strong cybersecurity capabilities that the company can no longer rule out the highest risk level in its own safety framework, it says. Parts of Astra’s development have been paused. Internal evaluations of the upcoming Astra model showed “significant advancements in agentic coding and cybersecurity” over...Read More

Meta has been ordered to pay another $567 million after a US judge ruled against the company over allegations that its social media platforms exposed children to harmful content and failed to adequately protect young users. Judge Bryan Biedscheid issued the ruling in New Mexico on Thursday, adding to the legal and regulatory pressure facing...Read More

Now renamed the AI Security Institute (AISI), the organisation has become one of the few independent bodies in the world with direct access to some of the most powerful AI models before they are released publicly. More importantly, it has begun uncovering behaviour that even the companies building those systems did not anticipate. Over the...Read More