Tea, a provocative dating app designed to let women anonymously ask or warn each other about men they’d encountered, rocketed to the top spot on the U.S. Apple App Store this week. On Friday, the company behind the app confirmed it had been hacked: Thousands of images, including selfies, were leaked online. “We have engaged...Read More
DEAN OBEIDALLAH: So let’s turn to story number two, which is much lighter and almost, I’m going to hide my enjoyment, um, in this Kash Patel got hacked. Now it’s never good to get hacked, but he got hacked by Iranian linked hackers, according to the reporting now and his website, the group Handala Hack...Read More
Strange things are going on over on X, with questions about whether Elon Musk’s account has been hacked…again. As well as owning the social media platform previously known as X, Musk has amassed a massive following of 229.3 million users. With him posting numerous times every day, he has a loyal legion of fans. This...Read More
gargantiopa/Getty Images How do hackers get access to your computer? Hackers have many tricks up their sleeves. Viruses and malicious software, aka malware, make the most of security gaps, but something called social engineering is even easier. As Ravichandran points out, “Hackers and scammers know there’s one vulnerability they can always exploit: you.” Social engineering...Read More
It is not immediately clear who is behind the hack, though nation-state-affiliated actors are widely suspected, the people said. Criminal organizations may also have been involved, they added. The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts declined to comment. Asked whether it is investigating the incident, the FBI referred POLITICO to the Justice Department. The Justice...Read More
The surveillance state is all around us — in the cameras that watch us and even in the devices we own — a creepy reality that makes Peacock’s The Copenhagen Test an unfortunately timely spy thriller. For the lead character in this eight-episode series, premiering December 27, it’s also a waking nightmare. Simu Liu stars...Read More
The University of Pennsylvania confirmed on Tuesday that a hacker stole university data as part of last week’s data breach, during which alumni and other affiliates received suspicious emails from official university email addresses. “We got hacked,” the message from the hackers read. “We love breaking federal laws like FERPA (all your data will be...Read More
Sex toy maker Tenga notified customers of a data breach on Friday, according to an email obtained by TechCrunch. In the message, the Japanese company said that “an unauthorized party gained access to the professional email account of one of our employees,” which gave the hacker access to the contents of the employee’s inbox. This...Read More
The FBI has confirmed that threat actors have gained access to an email account belonging to FBI Director Kash Patel, but said no government information has been compromised. The Iran-linked hacker group Handala on Friday claimed to have hacked Patel’s email account, releasing files allegedly representing photos, emails, and classified documents taken from the FBI...Read More
