The bank says a review points to an outside vendor incident rather than a breach of its own systems, as the ransomware gang sets a deadline to leak alleged stolen files. US Bank is reviewing claims from the ransomware group LockBit that the gang broke into the bank’s systems and stole data, after the criminals...Read More
Prepare for even more trouble! The next Pokémon TCG Pocket expansion, Team Rocket’s Ambition, drops on Thursday, August 27, 2026. Ahead of this villainous release, you might’ve noticed that a group of Team Rocket supporters have been up to no good… On August 21, during a livestream on the official Pokémon YouTube channel, internet personality...Read More
SAN ANTONIO – More than 42,000 students are starting the fall semester Monday at the University of Texas at San Antonio, including about 6,000 freshmen, after an attempted cyberattack delayed the first day of classes. UTSA is also welcoming 90 new full-time faculty members and offering 10 new degree programs this semester. The new programs...Read More
The government is introducing a bill to ban under-16s from social media platforms, but with two out of three coalition partners against it, Labour’s support is needed for the ban to go ahead. Here’s what you need to know. Wait, I thought we’d already talked about this? We have, at length. But it’s finally happening…...Read More
The latest country to introduce a social media ban for kids? New Zealand. Announced by Prime Minister Christopher Luxon on Monday, a new bill proposed by the government would prevent children under 16 from accessing social media platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and Snapchat, as well as AI companions. The Online Safety (Minimum Age and Child...Read More
A complete social media ban for children may not work as intended, a discussion held on August 20 between the ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY), civil society groups and the consultancy Space2Grow noted. While Facebook appeared to face the most significant disruption, other Meta-owned apps also saw intermittent issues. (AFP) Participants at the...Read More
QUITO, Ecuador–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aug 24, 2026– Resecurity ® (USA), a global cybersecurity company that protects Fortune 100 corporations and government agencies worldwide, and the National Cybercrime Unit of the Ecuadorian National Police (CiberPOL) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) establishing a framework for technical cooperation to strengthen the prevention, detection, investigation, and prosecution of cybercrimes. The...Read More
Missiles crossed the Gulf in February, and hackers armed with artificial intelligence followed. The United Arab Emirates has detected and contained coordinated cyberattacks on the aviation, energy, and education sectors since February, when fighting began between Iran, Israel, and the U.S., the country’s Cyber Security Council said on August 10. Hackers have made about 800,000...Read More
Sinan Can Demir wanted to spend the last week of July burnishing his resume. Instead, he engaged in a battle of wits with an artificial intelligence agent unleashed by a British government lab. It started after Demir, a computer science student at the University of Texas at Dallas, stumbled across an attempt to sabotage a...Read More
Sinan Can Demir wanted to spend the last week of July burnishing his resume. Instead, he engaged in a battle of wits with an artificial intelligence agent unleashed by a British government lab. It started after Demir, a computer science student at the University of Texas at Dallas, stumbled across an attempt to sabotage a...Read More
