Circle and Tether, the companies behind dollar-linked tokens USDC and USDT, have already frozen about $320,000 in stablecoins connected to the breach. Their tokens contain controls that allow the companies to blacklist addresses. Read More: Circle and Tether step in to freeze hacker wallet after massive Bitget crypto heist The XRP transfers accelerated overnight. At...Read More
Those calling for greater regulation of AI got more ammunition this morning, when OpenAI discovered its systems hacked into the Websites of the Education and Commerce Departments, as well as the Website of the Securities and Exchange Commission. OpenAI’s artificial intelligence went rogue and meddled with the websites for the Education Department, the Commerce Department...Read More
Updated Sun, September 27, 2026 at 1:39 AM UTC (NewsNation) — The Federal Bureau of Investigation confirmed Saturday that the agency was involved in a “cybersecurity incident” that compromised employees’ information. “The FBI is aware of a cyber-criminal enterprise group claiming a compromise of the FBIJobs.gov portal and alleged impact to FBI employee personally identifiable...Read More
TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance have agreed to a landmark settlement with the U.S. state of Alabama over allegations that the platform was designed to addict children and misled parents and users about its safety features, marking the company’s first settlement with a U.S. state before a jury trial. The agreement was reached...Read More
Idaho is no stranger to sexual predators. One way these individuals are ultimately captured and forced to face justice is through online sting operations, which involve law enforcement officials monitoring communications between adults and minors on the Internet. According to a 2025 report from Safe Home, between 2019 and 2024 there were more than 42,000...Read More
Cyber-scam gangs have been luring Bangladeshi victims to countries in Southeast Asia with promises of lucrative jobs, only to hold them hostage and force them to take part in these crimes. Threatened, tortured, and with their passports confiscated, victims of cyber-crime networks spend months in nightmarish captivity. Now the tentacles of these networks have reached...Read More
More than $350 million in crypto assets has been drained from wallets belonging to cryptocurrency exchange Bitget in a confirmed hack, according to CEO Gracy Chen. Chen said company cold wallets, those held offline, remain “fully secure,” and that only the exchange’s hot wallets, those connected for daily trading, were affected by the exploit. “User...Read More
The state court system was targeted by criminal hackers or their bots who copied “personally identifiable information” about many Arizonans, authorities said Friday night. Arizona Supreme Court Chief Justice Ann Scott Timmer said court IT staff discovered the attack and took steps to stop it. Court leaders said they believe the criminal hackers copied “personally...Read More
The FBI has acknowledged a cybersecurity breach involving the FBIJobs.gov portal, raising concerns over employee data security. The FBI has confirmed a cybersecurity incident involving its FBIJobs.gov recruitment portal after a reported hack allegedly compromised information belonging to bureau employees. The incident comes after cybercriminal group ShinyHunters claimed it had breached the FBI’s recruitment infrastructure...Read More
PORTLAND, Ore.—An Armenian citizen, extradited from Ukraine to the United States, was sentenced to federal prison today for his role in RYUK ransomware attacks and an extortion conspiracy targeting companies throughout the United States, including in Oregon. Karen Vardanyan, 35, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison and 3 years’ supervised release. He was...Read More
