Cybercrime
Tormentor threatens to skin and eat TikTok user
“I want to be known as the Idaho murderer, I want to be known like Ted Bundy,” said a man in Georgia who used social media as a vehicle to harass and terrify his victims.
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UK football fans lose £2.5m to scammers
UK football supporters are encouraged to Stop! Think Fraud as Lloyds Bank estimates that over £2.5 million ($3.3 million) had been stolen by fraudsters nationally since the start of the 2023/24 season.
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Bouygues Telecom falls victim to cyberattack, 6.4 million customers affected
French mobile phone and internet service provider Bouygues Telecom has detected a security breach. All customers concerned have received or will receive an email or SMS to inform them.
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US federal court systems were targeted by cyberattacks
The federal judiciary's information technology systems have been targeted by "recent escalated cyberattacks of a sophisticated and persistent nature," the Administrative Office of the US Courts said in a statement on Thursday.
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Australia sues Optus after 9.5 million customers exposed in 2022
An Australian regulator has sued Optus, alleging the Singapore Telecommunications-owned carrier breached privacy laws during a 2022 cyber attack that compromised the personal data of millions of customers, both parties confirmed on Friday.
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Predator grooms and kidnaps girl, Roblox to blame, say lawyers
Roblox and Discord are being sued, again, following the grooming and kidnapping of a minor in California.
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China-linked hackers deploy fake Dalai Lama apps to spy on Tibetan community
As the Dalai Lama celebrates his 90th birthday, China-linked hackers have carried out two cyberattacks targeting the Tibetan community.
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Three people detained by Taiwanese authorities over alleged theft of TSMC chip secrets
Taiwanese authorities have detained three people for allegedly stealing technology trade secrets from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC), the world's largest chip foundry, Taiwanese prosecutors said on Tuesday.
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Global TikTok scam uses fake shops and malware to steal money and data
FraudOnTok is a new worldwide scam targeting TikTok Shop users. Using fake websites and mobile apps, AI-generated content lures users into believing that they’re interacting with the real TikTok Shop platform – only to steal their personal information, drain crypto wallets, and infect their devices with spyware.
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Italian DPA fines SHEIN for €1M for misleading customers with false environmental claims
The Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM), the Italian data protection authority (DPA), has fined SHEIN €1 million for misleading customers about its products' environmental impacts.
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Scammers turn their faux ICE raid deceit into a TikTok trend
Scammers may be coming for your sympathy, but what they really want is your personal information.
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TSMC launches legal action after finding potential trade secret leak
TSMC, the world's main producer of advanced AI chips, has launched legal proceedings and taken disciplinary action against employees involved in potential trade secret leaks after detecting unauthorized activities during routine monitoring.
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St. Paul extends emergency amid cyberattack: experts plead caution
The Saint Paul City Council has unanimously agreed to maintain a local state of emergency for an additional 90 days. That means that the cyberattack that shook the Minnesota city last week is still ongoing.
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Woman cyberstalks family, threatens to kill them
A cyberstalker who assumed the identities of two pregnant teenagers has pleaded guilty to cyberstalking after she threatened to kill couples who wanted to adopt her fictional children.
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Tax authority of Curaçao expects to be back in business today after ransomware attack
The tax authority of Curaçao will be fully operational on Monday, August 4th, 2025, after suffering a ransomware attack.
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Online "ghost stores" target shoppers with weight loss treatment scam
Scammers are expanding their operations into the weight loss business, masquerading as Australian businesses to offer Ozempic-like weight loss treatments.
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Beware of packages containing malicious QR codes, FBI warns
The FBI has issued a warning about a new scam in which criminals are sending unsolicited packages containing a malicious QR code.
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Chinese companies tied to Hafnium hacker group file patents for advanced spyware tools
Companies linked to China's hacker group Hafnium have filed over a dozen patents for surveillance and hacking tools, offering a rare paper trail into the country’s cyber espionage machine.
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Temu in breach of DSA for selling illegal products, preliminary findings suggest
The European Commission found that Chinese online retailer Temu is infringing the Digital Services Act (DSA) by not properly assessing the risks of illegal products sold on its marketplace.
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Orange discloses security incident: no customer data stolen
French telecom corporation Orange Group detected a cyberattack on one of its information systems, but no customer data was exfiltrated.
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