ROME, N.Y. — A mother has been charged in connection with an assault seen in a social media video. The Rome Police Department said on Aug. 27 that it charged Damaris Brane, 34, with two counts of endangering the welfare of a child in connection with the incident. On Aug. 27, the police department announced...Read More
By Billy Begas House Committee on Dangerous Drugs chairperson and Las Piñas Rep. Mark Anthony Santos warned that increasingly sophisticated algorithms powering social media platforms are making it harder for children and adolescents to avoid illicit and harmful content online. “The evolution of social media platforms’ powerful algorithms makes it more and more difficult for...Read More
Swati KhandelwalAug 03, 2026Data Breach / Dark Web The Police National Legal Database (PNLD) has confirmed that police, government and customer contact information was compromised and published on the dark web. The data included names, organisations and work email addresses belonging to police officers, police staff, criminal justice professionals, government partners and customers. The incident,...Read More
The Department of State Services (DSS) has directed its private counsel, Akinlolu Kehinde, SAN, to take steps to seek an adjournment of the alleged cyber-bullying case against African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, until after the 2027 presidential election.The next presidential election is scheduled for January 16, 2027.The DSS had approached the court...Read More
The US Justice Department has corrected an earlier statement that suggested several government agencies, including the US Senate, Federal Reserve and NASA, had been hacked by a Chinese state-sponsored group, clarifying that they were targeted but not necessarily breached. The correction relates to QTFY, a Chinese hacking group identified by US authorities on Wednesday as...Read More
(InvestigateTV) — Artificial intelligence has become part of daily life for tasks like writing resumes and drafting emails, but a cybersecurity expert says the same technology is giving scammers new tools to deceive people. Adam Ely, general manager of AI security at Check Point, said AI is being used on both sides of the equation....Read More
The U.S. National Security Agency has released an extensive set of technical recommendations designed to prevent adversaries from secretly altering application-specific integrated circuits during their design, fabrication, testing, packaging and delivery. Published on August 25, the new material addresses a security problem that is difficult to detect and potentially far more persistent than conventional malware:...Read More
Every week, more grave-faced politicians declare that we must protect kids by banning them from social media, even though most unhinged people online are old enough to vote. Wayne Wilson/OsakaWayne Studios Save the children. Restore democracy. And ban everyone age 18 and older from social media. Yes, 18 and older. Effective immediately. We adults are...Read More
On Wednesday (Aug 26) afternoon, as he was getting ready to head to high school football practice, Billy Stern learned that the social media giant Meta had reached a multibillion-dollar settlement over claims that its platforms had harmed young users. “I was just rooting against them,” Stern, 16, said in a phone interview. The company...Read More
The pro-Russian hacker group Server Killers carried out a series of large-scale cyberattacks on Norway’s government sector, as a result of which dozens of government services were unavailable for three days. This was reported by the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, according to UNN. Details According to...Read More
