The country’s largest supermarket chain Shwapno has said hackers breached its customer database and are demanding a ransom of $1.5 million, or more than Tk 18.3 crore. The disclosure came after customer names, phone numbers and purchase histories began making round-ups on social media. Sabbir Hasan Nasir, managing director of Shwapno, told The Daily Star...Read More
The United States’ ban on foreign-made SOHO routers won’t improve security, and only makes sense as “industrial policy disguised as cybersecurity,” according to Milton Mueller, Professor at the University of Georgia’s School of Public Policy and founder of its Internet Governance Project. Mueller notes that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) justified its ban with two...Read More
Hallways, stairwells, outdoor corners of campus. The most common places students are bullied at school are very often hidden from the eyes of adults. But despite the secretive nature of unwanted aggressive behavior between kids and teens, bullying in schools has been in the national spotlight for decades. Research on the prevalence of bullying in...Read More
This investment will enable government agencies to accelerate discovery and decision-making across government missions. By integrating simulation and modeling data with AI, agencies can achieve in hours what once took weeks or months through autonomous experimental steering and real-time feedback loops. Research teams can process decades of global security data across hundreds of variables in...Read More
A jury in New Mexico on Tuesday found tech company Meta liable for harming children and misleading consumers about the safety of its platforms, ordering the company to pay $375 million in civil penalties for violating consumer protection laws. New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez praised the result, saying : New Mexico is proud to...Read More
Welcome to DoSomething.org, a global movement of millions of young people making positive change, online and off! The 11 facts you want are below, and the sources for the facts are at the very bottom of the page. After you learn something, Do Something! Find out how to take action here. Teenage girls have a...Read More
Hyderabad: Over 1.44 lakh cases were settled and ₹25 crore were refunded to cybercrime victims during the National Lok Adalat held in Telangana on Sunday. Massive relief to cybercrime victims In a significant achievement, Telangana Police facilitated refunds worth ₹24.91 crore to 4,627 cybercrime victims through the Lok Adalat process. Telangana Cyber Security Bureau (TGCSB)...Read More
The 32nd Ministerial Council meeting of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) took place on 4–5 December 2025 in Vienna, Austria. The decision to hold the Ministerial Council in Vienna instead of Helsinki reflects a commitment to reducing travel-related burdens for participating States and the Secretariat and minimizing the environmental impact of...Read More
Romance scams are spreading beyond dating apps and becoming harder for banks to detect as criminals use deepfakes, scripted approaches and long-term manipulation, financial crime specialists said. New figures from UK Finance put reported losses from romance scams at £20.5 million in the first six months of 2025, across almost 3,000 cases. Analysis by TSB...Read More
International law enforcement agencies have shut down one of the longest-running and most prolific drug marketplaces on the dark web, known as Archetyp Market, and arrested its alleged administrator. The operation, which took place between June 11 and 13, also targeted the platform’s moderators, top vendors and technical infrastructure, with coordinated raids conducted across Germany,...Read More
