An Ohio teen died by suicide after an online predator blackmailed him. His story is now fueling a federal bill and an urgent warning for parents this school year. CLEVELAND — EDITOR’S NOTE — This story includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in...Read More
The hacker group “Rhysida” has published almost six terabytes of data from Berlin’s state administration on the dark web. Among the data is said to be highly sensitive information. The scale of the leak is enormous: 1,439,893 files. So far, there has been hardly any response from Berlin’s administration and political leaders. Among the published...Read More
A-LIGN has acquired Pathfynder, adding advanced offensive and defensive cybersecurity capabilities to its compliance and security platform. Pathfynder is a veteran-owned cybersecurity firm whose team brings experience across cybersecurity, the military and the intelligence community. Its services include network, cloud and web application penetration testing, red teaming, adversary emulation, testing of emerging technologies, digital forensics...Read More
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul says a multistate $17.1 billion settlement with Meta Platforms, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, will lead to groundbreaking changes to how children use social media. Wisconsin and other states sued Meta in October 2023 following a multistate investigation into whether Meta knowingly deployed harmful features on its platforms that...Read More
The searches and arrests were conducted as part of investigations into three cybercrime cases involving an alleged total fraud of ₹42.36 crore. One case was registered in Gujarat, while the other two originated in Rajasthan’s Pilani town and Karnataka. See also: NEET-UG 2026: Delhi HC Orders NTA to Release Results of Candidates Named as CBI...Read More
The Food and Ag-ISAC has released its State of the Threat: Food and Agriculture Sector Cyber Trends report, identifying six trends shaping the sector’s cyber risk landscape in 2026. The report draws on the organization’s threat intelligence, member collaboration and partner reporting covering more than 330 tracked adversaries, highlighting growing risks from artificial intelligence, ransomware,...Read More
OpenAI on Thursday said it would commit $1 billion in subsidized access and training to help small IT security teams use frontier AI to protect essential services, including electricity, water and local government services. The Daybreak for Frontline Defenders program will be used to help defenders search for critical vulnerabilities in their software, hunt for...Read More
Zscaler posted a clean earnings beat and still sent the whole cybersecurity sector into retreat, raising an uncomfortable question about whether even the strongest growth numbers can justify where these stocks are priced right now. This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through...Read More
Meta’s $17 billion multistate legal settlement ushers in mandatory changes for Instagram and Facebook aimed at reducing social media addiction and, ultimately, protecting teenagers’ mental health. These steps follow widespread school bans on cellphones in recent years, implemented across the United States in the hope that such measures would be a cure-all for our youth...Read More
DaVita Inc., one of the largest kidney dialysis providers in the United States, has agreed to pay $15 million to resolve a consolidated class action lawsuit stemming from a 2025 ransomware attack that exposed the personal and health information of approximately 2.7 million people. A judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of...Read More
