Nobody can measure how much licensing pressure shaped the scope or speed of that rewrite, and the overhaul also pursued legitimate technical goals. The documented facts are narrower and still damning: a license change made to restrict competitors preceded a rushed replacement of battle-tested cryptographic code, and the replacement contained the flaw now draining wallets....Read More
Of the thousands of lawsuits Meta faces over child safety on its platforms, none may be more consequential than one going to trial this week in California. States are seeking extensive financial damages that could, in theory, total as much as $1.4 trillion, plus changes to how the company operates Facebook and Instagram. The lawsuit accuses the...Read More
One in four adolescents aged 13–17 in Latin America and the Caribbean reports experiencing bullying at school. The new toolkit highlights the health impacts of bullying and cyberbullying and provides practical tools to prevent and address them. Washington, D.C., August 17, 2026 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) launched the toolkit What Works...Read More
As home to some of the world’s fastest-growing digital banking populations, paired with aggressive real-time payment rails, Asia Pacific has become fertile ground for increasingly sophisticated fraud rings. The same conditions that make its banking sector a global benchmark for convenience also make it an attractive target. The reality of attackers using deepfakes to exploit...Read More
LINCOLN, Maine (WGME) — Lincoln Town Hall is closed on Monday following a cybersecurity incident. Officials say a cybersecurity incident is affecting portions of the town’s computer network. On Friday, the town’s information technology provider, the Motorbrain Group, notified them that files on portions of the town’s network had been encrypted. Upon discovering the incident,...Read More
The Office of the Attorney General of Zurich is seeking a twelve-year prison sentence for the Ukrainian software developer, as well as a deportation order of the same duration.. Keystone-SDA A suspected hacker denied charges of developing ransomware at Zurich District Court on Monday, as prosecutors sought a lengthy prison sentence for the 52-year-old defendant....Read More
The US Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism has launched an investigation into Roblox, saying the platform “appears to prioritise revenue and engagement metrics” over child safety. In a letter to Roblox CEO David Baszucki (via Kotaku), Senators Josh Hawley and Dick Durbin said the “alleged criminal activity on Roblox warrants congressional scrutiny.” “You...Read More
BBB.org, Sunday, August 16, 2026 8:38 PM The worldwide trend of banning social media for children has been blocked in France, BBC reports. The country’s Constitutional Council struck down a ban for the under-15 age group on the grounds that it infringed freedom of expression. French President Emmanual Macron has asked Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu to...Read More
In June, during Hanoi’s record breaking heatwave, photos alluding to rice grains being dried under the sun and exploding into popcorn went viral. Shortly afterwards, Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security said on its Facebook page that the person behind the photos had been fined ₫7.5 million dong ($285) for spreading false information. “Refrain from posting...Read More
Shell has launched a cybersecurity investigation following claims by the Cl0p ransomware operation that it stole 89GB of corporate information from the multinational energy company. This alleged breach was published on Cl0p’s dark web leak portal, prompting scrutiny from security researchers and enterprise defenders as Shell’s forensic teams assess the authenticity of the files and...Read More
