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
Cybercrime image: depositphotos.com THUNDER BAY — LOCAL NEWS — A Thunder Bay Police Service Cyber Crime Unit investigation that began after a report involving alleged attempts to access child sexual abuse and exploitation material through the Bing search engine has resulted in charges against a 40-year-old Thunder Bay resident. Police say the investigation began in...Read More
WASHINGTON (TNND) — The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives announced an investigation into a “major” cybersecurity incident that affected a standalone system. The ATF said Wednesday that the “impacted system operates separately from the ATF enterprise network, and there is no indication that the incident has affected the ATF enterprise network, the ATF...Read More
The scope of the OpenAI hacking incident that targeted artificial intelligence company Hugging Face last month was much larger than previously believed, according to an independent review. Roughly 700 autonomous agents directly attacked Hugging Face over a six-day period in July instead of one or two agents, an investigation conducted by AI research institute METR...Read More
WASHINGTON (TNND) — The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives announced an investigation into a “major” cybersecurity incident that affected a standalone system. The ATF said Wednesday that the “impacted system operates separately from the ATF enterprise network, and there is no indication that the incident has affected the ATF enterprise network, the ATF...Read More
TOPEKA – (August 26, 2026) – Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach today announced a landmark $17.1 billion multistate settlement with Meta Platforms, Inc.—one of the largest state consumer protection settlements in history outside of the Big Tobacco settlements of the 1990s. In addition to the payment, Meta must implement a sweeping set of safety features...Read More
Chris Hansen is getting ahead of the story by buying ads that will run before every screening of A24’s movie about him. Audiences who go to see Robert Pattinson play the infamous To Catch a Predator host in the upcoming thriller Primetime will first be met with a pre-show spot that Hansen himself bought to...Read More
WASHINGTON (TNND) — The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives announced an investigation into a “major” cybersecurity incident that affected a standalone system. The ATF said Wednesday that the “impacted system operates separately from the ATF enterprise network, and there is no indication that the incident has affected the ATF enterprise network, the ATF...Read More
Australian Police Charge Two Over TeamPCP Credential Theft Pierluigi Paganini August 27, 2026 Australian police charged two men linked to TeamPCP over malware hidden in open-source code that stole 500,000+ credentials from 1,000+ organizations. Australian police have charged two men from Western Australia over a global cybercrime operation that allegedly hid malicious code in open-source...Read More
Critical Infrastructure Security , Geo Focus: The United Kingdom , Geo-Specific Government Tight Lipped Over Possible Iranian Hack, Experts Complain Shaun Waterman • August 25, 2026 Power lines on the Kent coast in the southeast of England. (Image: Jevanto Productions/Shutterstock) Operational technology security leaders are calling on the British government to release technical...Read More
