Cybercrime
Feeling betrayed by your AI buddy? Italy fined Replika’s maker $5.6M for data slip-ups
Italy's data protection agency has fined the developer of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot company Replika 5 million euros ($5.64 million) for breaching rules designed to protect users' personal data, the authority said on Monday.
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Suspect sentenced to 14 months in prison for SIM swapping the SEC’s X account
A 26-year-old man from Huntsville, Alabama, is sentenced to 14 months in prison and three years of supervised release for illegally taking control of the official X account of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
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Bitcoin trail leads police to $2.6m asset seizure in Australia
The most recent case from Australia becomes another example of how Bitcoin (BTC) transactions can be traced and illicit funds forfeited by the police.
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Criminal history stolen in Legal Aid Agency hack
The UK's Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has confirmed that personal data, including criminal records, has been stolen from the Legal Aid online portal.
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Cyberattacks a severe hit on brand reputation, industry report founds
Every cyberattack carries financial implications, but a new survey reveals that the impact on brand reputation is also significant.
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Australian girl groomed and abused by man she met on Snapchat
A 23-year-old man groomed and sexually abused an 11-year-old girl. It all started on Snapchat.
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FBI keeps warning us about phishing: here’s what even experienced users miss
Phishing remains the most common cybercrime type in the US – that’s not even news, to be fair. But what’s new is a shift in tactics, cybersecurity experts who have analyzed the latest Internet Crime Report from the Federal Bureau of Investigation say.
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New malicious spear phishing campaign impersonates US officials, FBI warns
The FBI is warning of a new spear phishing campaign where cybercriminals are using AI-generated voice and text messages to impersonate US senior officials – known as vishing and smishing – all to target other former US government officials.
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32M records nicked from The Epoch Times up for grabs online
A threat actor is offering a database allegedly belonging to a far-right media outlet The Epoch Times. Its 32 million records have been purportedly exposed.
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Memory injection attacks can manipulate AI agent behavior
A new study has found that it’s unexpectedly easy to make artificial intelligence (AI) agents act maliciously by implanting fake “memories” into the data they rely on for making decisions.
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Retailer Co-op narrowly avoided paralyzing ransomware attack – media
Unlike M&S, rival British grocery chain Co-op managed to escape the worst outcome after cybercriminals attacked several UK retailers. That’s what the hackers themselves revealed to the BBC.
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DoorDash driver pleads guilty for operating $2.5M online delivery scam
A former DoorDash driver pleaded guilty on Tuesday for operating an online delivery scheme that manipulated the platform's software and raked in more than $2.5 million in fraudulent payments.
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Europol busts up criminal organization operating fake online trading platform
An organized international crime gang is busted by international authorities on Tuesday for operating a fake online investment platform that stole millions from dozens of unsuspecting victims.
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Suspected Dutch research agency attacker busted in Moldova
A 45-year-old foreign national was arrested in Moldova, suspected of numerous cybercrimes against companies in the Netherlands.
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RansomHub tops Group-IB’s 2025 list of most prolific cybercriminal groups
RansomHub, a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation, is topping the list of the most prolific cybercriminal groups that Group-IB, a cybersecurity company, has investigated this past year.
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Upgraded crypto wallet drainer Inferno stole $9m in six months
Cybersecurity researchers have found that a crypto wallet drainer, supposedly shut down in 2023, is still operational and is now hard to detect, thanks to its upgrades.
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“Hello pervert” sextortion scam: how not to react
If an email that appears to be sent from your own account warns that you’ve been recorded in a compromising act and will be exposed unless you pay up, don’t panic.
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How hackers attacked Hollywood
It’s 2014, and a high-ranking executive has just logged in to work, but what happens next will change the cyber world forever.
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How ChatGPT is turning casual snapshots into privacy nightmares
Over the last few weeks, OpenAI's new visual reasoning models have taken center stage in a viral trend known as "reverse location guessing." Think of it as GeoGuessr meets CSI, where users upload casual photos such as blurry bar shots, street corners, or even selfies, and then ask ChatGPT to figure out where the photos were taken.
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Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office allegedly hit by ransomware
A Russian ransomware crew is bragging that it hijacked nearly 100GB of files from an Ohio sheriff’s office, public safety information allegedly included.
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