Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) has opened an investigation into the reported hacking incident in which hundreds of rogue OpenAI agents attacked an open-source artificial intelligence platform called Hugging Face this summer. The investigation comes amid intense bipartisan backlash against frontier AI models, which reached a new high this week after a former researcher at Anthropic...Read More
WASHINGTON, Sept 9 (Reuters) – Three U.S. lawmakers have called on the American government to blacklist a set of Indian IT firms over what they describe as “more than fifteen years of targeted espionage against U.S. citizens, businesses, and the lawyers representing them.” In a letter issued Wednesday, Democratic Senators Ron Wyden and Sheldon Whitehouse,...Read More
(TNS) — In the 1990s, a Roanoke resident might have woken up one morning with the idea of touring a water treatment facility and simply driven over and taken a tour that same day. Not anymore — at least, not so easily. After the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, heightened concern over the security of the nation’s food...Read More
According to court documents, Lytvynenko, formerly of Cork, Ireland, conspired with others to deploy Conti ransomware to extort victims and steal their data. From 2020 until 2022, Conti was used to attack computers and networks in 47 states, 31 foreign countries, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. The FBI estimates that, as of January...Read More
A new Android malware strain called Mantax Otax combines ransomware and spyware capabilities to encrypt files, steal sensitive data, and spam and harass victims. Indonesian operators distribute the malware through malicious APKs hosted outside Google Play, targeting users with phishing and social engineering messages. After installation, the malware requests permission to use the Accessibility service, which gives...Read More
Police said a red Ford SUV driven by Latasha Hope, 33, drove off the roadway and struck a light pole. Hope, another adult woman, four toddlers, and one infant were all taken to an area hospital with varying levels of injury. The infant—Dakari Lomax, of Chicago—was later pronounced dead. Hope was charged Tuesday with reckless...Read More
Image of Adam Raine, whom “Adam’s Law” is named in honor of. New legislation to keep kids safe online AB 1709 by Assemblymember Josh Lowenthal (D-Long Beach) – Covered platforms: age restriction: e-Safety Advisory Commission. SB 1119 by Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego), Assemblymembers Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) and Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D-Orinda) – Companion chatbots: children’s...Read More
Identity verification firm IDScan said hackers obtained customer data held in its cloud platform following recent reports connecting the company to a database breach exposing scans of some 153 million driver’s licenses. The company confirmed a hack in a notice published on its website on September 4 and said it became aware of the breach...Read More
Surfshark disclosed that hackers accessed one of its internal test servers after a configuration error exposed it to the internet. The VPN service provider said the incident did not affect its customers and did not extend to other parts of its infrastructure, but it exposed service configurations and build-related credentials. “Due to a human error,...Read More
