On Wednesday, Meta, the company that owns Facebook and Instagram, announced a landmark legal settlement in a trial spanning 48 states, Washington, D.C., and three U.S. territories. In addition to paying up to $18 billion to those states and territories, the company has agreed to make significant changes to its social-media platforms, including imposing two-hour...Read More

(CNN) — U.S. officials on Wednesday in Washington said they uncovered a major alleged Chinese cyberespionage campaign that they say compromised or attacked numerous federal agencies, including NASA, the Federal Reserve, the departments of Justice and Energy, and the U.S. Senate. Officials said hackers tied to China’s military and intelligence services allegedly used a Chinese...Read More

The U.S. government has seized three internet domains used by a China-linked hacking group to operate tools that targeted U.S. critical infrastructure and government networks, including NASA, the Federal Reserve, the Energy Department and the U.S. Senate, according to the Justice Department. The Justice Department and FBI announced the court-authorized seizures Wednesday in the Southern...Read More

ARLINGTON, Va. – The National Governors Association (NGA) this week hosted its 2026 Governors’ Cybersecurity Advisors Annual Institute. Governors’ advisors from more than 40 states and territories met with federal officials and private sector experts. Participants worked through the policy questions defining state cybersecurity today, including the use of artificial intelligence, and discussed ongoing states’...Read More

The cybersecurity giant is seeing surging demand for AI security along with massive deal growth from its Falcon Flex subscription model, Kurtz said Wednesday. CrowdStrike has all the right elements to position its comprehensive Falcon platform as the go-to way to secure the usage of AI and agentic tools going forward, CrowdStrike co-founder and CEO...Read More

As part of the settlement, the social media giant has agreed to make a number of changes to the way Instagram and Facebook operate for its youngest users. Some experts say it is long overdue. The new safety barriers include a two-hour time limit across both platforms, which will be a default setting for known...Read More

The Brazilian government on Wednesday said it was suing the Discord messaging platform for nearly $100 million in damages over its alleged failure to protect children from harmful content and demanded it adopt stronger safeguards. The Brazilian government on Wednesday said it was suing the Discord messaging platform for nearly $100 million in damages over...Read More

By Nora O’Malley  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Ucluelet, BC – On August 22, Ucluelet RCMP received notification from Federal Policing – Pacific Region (Drugs and Organized Crime), in collaboration with the FBI, of a BOLO (Be on the lookout) alert for a sailing vessel associated to Donald Steven Lang. Lang, 62, is wanted by the...Read More

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) said Wednesday it is investigating a cybersecurity incident involving a standalone system, which senior Justice Department officials have designated a “major incident” under federal guidelines. The disclosure comes as the Qilin ransomware group claimed ATF as a victim, according to cybersecurity outlets tracking the group’s leak...Read More

NEWARK, Del. — On August 12, 2026, the Delaware Emergency Management Agency’s Delaware School Safety Center (DSSC) and Delaware Department of Education (DDOE) hosted the 2026 Delaware School Safety Conference at the University of Delaware’s Clayton Hall. The event brought together experts from Delaware and across the country to support school safety stakeholders as they...Read More