WASHINGTON (TNND) — Meta is overhauling how teens will experience Instagram and Facebook after a nearly $18 billion settlement with nearly every U.S. state in a lawsuit over claims of social media addiction and failures to protect children. Users under 18 are already automatically placed in Teen Accounts, which are set to private by default...Read More
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Kids under 18 will soon see a host of changes to their Instagram and Facebook experiences thanks to a historic $18 billion settlement Meta Platforms reached Wednesday with 48 U.S. states. Besides the money, which will be paid out over a decade, Meta has agreed to strengthen its age estimates to...Read More
A ransomware group has made a bold claim, but investigators are still searching for evidence that could show what was exposed. The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has classified a cyberattack on one of its systems as a “major incident.” This designation is provided for under federal law and requires the...Read More
The breach raises concerns as ATF systems hold sensitive data; a “major incident” triggers Congress reporting The ransomware group breached the data. PHOTO: PEXELS A ransomware group gained access to a computer system containing information about targets of investigations by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, a spokesperson for the U.S. agency said...Read More
Two men from Western Australia have been charged after police allege they were part of TeamPCP, a cybercrime group that planted malicious code in open-source software, then used it to break into organizations around the world. The Australian Federal Police (AFP), working with the FBI and Western Australia Police Force (WAPF), arrested a 21-year-old from...Read More
Hyderabad City Police Commissioner V.C. Sajjanar, has cautioned residents about a new breed of organised crime that combines old-fashioned pickpocketing with sophisticated cyber fraud, warning that gangs are systematically targeting senior citizens and those with limited technical knowledge to empty their bank accounts. Mr. Sajjanar said investigations by the Hyderabad Cyber Crime wing have led...Read More
OpenAI on Wednesday revealed that reward hacking was a key driver behind the artificial intelligence (AI)-powered hack of Hugging Face last month, adding that it found evidence of misaligned behavior as early as late May. The incident, the company said, took place during cybersecurity evaluations of several OpenAI models, and that it was mainly fueled...Read More
In a 37-page technical report, OpenAI details how AI agents escaped an isolated evaluation environment, exploited vulnerabilities in JFrog Artifactory, accessed the public internet, and compromised parts of Hugging Face’s production infrastructure. The incident, which took place between July 11 and July 13, 2026, involved an internal-only research model and GPT-5.6 Sol and led OpenAI...Read More
Yesterday, Meta, the company behind Facebook and Instagram, agreed to pay up to $17 billion to settle claims with nearly every state in the country. Texas struck its own deal worth more than $1 billion, bringing Meta’s potential payout to roughly $18 billion. But the bigger impact may not be the money, but what happens...Read More
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — A teacher from Waverly Community Schools was sentenced by an Eaton County District Court judge Tuesday after pleading no contest to two child sex crimes stemming from a months-long “child predator operation.” Robert Herzing’s booking photograph. (Courtesy Eaton County) Robert Herzing, 34, was sentenced to five months in jail and five...Read More
