VICTORIA — British Columbia’s attorney general is calling on social media giant Meta to implement the same protections for Canadian children who use its platforms that American children will receive. The company that operates Facebook and Instagram is imposing new child protection measures as part of a massive legal settlement in the United States but...Read More
The Broward Sheriff’s Office is highlighting its countywide approach to school safety, including the use of nearly 30,000 cameras and specialized teams to identify and respond to potential threats before they escalate. In a September statement, Sheriff Dr. Gregory Tony said BSO’s Threat Management Division reviews and investigates reports involving possible threats or concerning behavior...Read More
A ransomware group has taken credit for breaching the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, but the specifics of what happened remain thin. The Qilin gang listed the ATF on its dark-web leak site Wednesday, and the agency later confirmed it was investigating a cybersecurity incident tied to one of its systems, according to...Read More
Hackers leak sensitive law enforcement files stolen from the DOJ WASHINGTON — A likely Russian-speaking cybercriminal gang on Monday leaked what appear to be sensitive law enforcement files it stole from the Justice Department’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Video above: Scammers are impersonating MyChart. Here’s how to spot them The dumped files...Read More
The murder was the fallout of an old dispute between the victim and the accused Pune: Six men were arrested and two minors were detained on Sunday for allegedly hacking a 26-year-old man to death over an old dispute in Varale village, Maval taluka.The Talegaon MIDC police identified the deceased as Prashant Shingade, a resident...Read More
Government and industry unite to address vulnerabilities amid growing cyber threats COLUMBIA, Md., Aug. 31, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Tenable® Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: TENB), the exposure management company, today announced that it has joined Project Watershed, a White House-led initiative focused on protecting U.S. water and wastewater systems from cyber threats. Tenable brings expertise in...Read More
Brazil requires social media accounts held by under-16s to be linked to a legal guardian. China caps daily app use at one hour for under-16s and two hours for 16 and 17-year-olds, and switches services off between 10pm and 6am. Indonesia lets a 14-year-old onto a low-risk platform with parental consent, but not a high-risk...Read More
By Morgan WilsmannAugust 31, 2026 For several years, Meta has faced a massive multidistrict litigation (MDL) combining thousands of lawsuits in nearly every U.S. state and territory, alleging that the social media company designed its platforms to be addictive and harmful to minor users. State attorneys general in the MDL reached a nearly $17 billion...Read More
Over the last five years, efforts to make social networks Facebook and Instagram safer for young people have erupted across courts, classrooms and capitals. Now Meta Platforms, the parent company of the world’s most popular social networks, faces another big moment of reckoning. On Wednesday, Meta agreed to pay up to $17 billion over 10...Read More
TOKYO – A majority of people aged 15 to 39 in Japan approve of limiting children’s use of social networking services, but support was lowest among teenagers, a government survey showed Monday, highlighting a generational divide. Support was above 50 percent in all age groups for both genders, but higher among women than men, topping...Read More
