A United States federal judge has ruled in favor of the artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic in its dispute with the Pentagon over its labeling as a “supply chain risk.” California district judge Rita Lin concluded that the label constituted an attempt by the government to make an example of Anthropic after the company refused […]
Bishop has pleaded guilty to her role in the offending and will be sentenced in October. According to the summary of facts, on a Saturday evening in January 2025, the first victim went through the self-checkout without paying for several items, including a plastic-wrapped telegraph cucumber. On the way to his car, he was stopped […]
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Ransomware group Qilin lists Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) among new victims, claiming a “major incident” ATF confirmed breach of a standalone system holding investigation target data, not core networks Systems were disconnected, DOJ notified; […]
‘Predator Poachers’ video leads to arrest in New Hampshire DOVER, N.H. — A man who was the subject of an online post by the group Predator Poachers has been arrested by Dover police. The Predator Poachers conducted undercover stings in two New Hampshire communities last week, confronting men the group says it believes were trying […]
US officials on Wednesday exposed a major alleged Chinese cyber-espionage campaign they say has compromised or attacked numerous federal agencies including NASA, the Federal Reserve, the departments of Justice and Energy and the US Senate. Hackers affiliated with the Chinese military and intelligence services allegedly used a Chinese tech company to try to cover their […]
The impact of AI on the speed and scale of cybercrime seems certain to be one of the dominant security themes of 2026. As the World Economic Forum (WEF) pointed out in its recent analysis, “generative AI is boosting the speed at which hackers work, from identifying new security weaknesses to writing the matching malware.” […]
Updated August 26, 2026 at 5:26 PM EDT Sign up for NPR’s Up First morning newsletter for the stories you need to start your day. The social media company Meta and states suing it have agreed to settle a landmark federal child safety lawsuit in a move that state attorneys general hope will be a […]
L-R — Abideen Olasupo, Founder of FactCheck Africa; John Best UCHE, Development Communicator; & Maria Alvaro Sanchez, Project Coordinator, FIAP/EPSG …As John Best Uche, others take advocacy to EU diplomatic levels As Nigeria and many other countries create draconian laws ostensibly to check cyberbullying, a group has joined efforts to teach the GenZ segment how […]
The Federal Reserve, the U.S. Senate, the Department of Justice, NASA and other federal agencies were victims of computer intrusions by a Chinese state-sponsored hacking group, the DOJ said Wednesday morning as it announced the court-ordered seizure of internet domains used for hacking platforms. The hacking platforms, known as “QScan” and “QTRouter,” were “used to […]
A public exploit called ShieldBreak defeats Microsoft’s July fix by turning Windows Defender into the escalation path. There is still no patch. That should change how security teams hear the phrase “fully patched.” ShieldBreak went public in mid-August, and it earns the attention it’s getting for a reason most privilege escalation stories don’t. It hits […]
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