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Discord reveals impact of ticket agent breach
Discord, the instant messaging and call platform, contacted nearly 200 people whose data may have been impacted in May’s data breach, exposing user contact details.
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Trudeau slams Meta over news access as wildfires rage
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had some choice words to say about Meta’s decision to block news access for Canadian citizens as tens of thousands under threat from raging wildfires are forced to evacuate.
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Ordinary Americans want the AI race to slow down
Most AI developers have argued that it’d be foolish to slow down the advancement of artificial intelligence tools. But a new poll shows that the general public doesn’t agree.
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Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe breach exposes over 460K people
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, a major international law firm, had attackers roaming parts of its network for over two weeks earlier this year.
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Mozilla aims to stop France from censoring the internet
The Mozilla Foundation has started a petition to stop the French government from adopting the SREN bill, which would force browsers to censor websites.
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Tesla insider breach exposes thousands of employees
Elon Musk Tesla’s ex-employees managed to get their hands on the personal details of over 75,000 individuals. The incident points to a recent Tesla expose by the German newspaper Handelsblatt.
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Canadian pols demand Meta lift 'reckless' ban on news content during deadly wildfires
Members of the Canadian government have taken to social media demanding Meta lift a "reckless" ban on domestic news while wildfires continue to rage in the western provinces – citing the safety of its citizens.
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Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey deletes his Instagram account
“Clear eyes, Meta free, can’t lose,” said Jack Dorsey, co-founder and former CEO of Twitter, which is now called X.
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Multi-nation operation nabs cybercriminals behind $40M loss
Investigators have arrested 14 suspects and identified over 20,000 suspicious networks linked to losses of over $40 million.
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Not even a quantum computer should be able to crack new Google keys
Google has developed and announced a new cryptography method that’s resistant to attacks even from future quantum computers.
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Massive phishing campaign targets Zimbra users
ESET researchers identified a new phishing campaign that aims to steal the credentials of Zimbra email accounts.
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Snapchat's AI posts an obscure story and admits it got a bit carried away
Snapchat users freaked out on Tuesday when Snapchat's AI chatbot went rogue, posted a video in a story, and stopped responding to users’ messages.
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Colorado State University falls victim to Cl0p in MOVEit hack
Colorado State University has disclosed that it’s the latest victim of the MOVEit data breach, claimed by the Cl0p ransomware gang. 19,000 people have been affected.
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LockBit lies about leaking the data, victims still pay
The notorious LockBit gang asks for millions with its ransomware, but fails to leak the data on the internet if not paid, the report says. Struggles in management have recently resulted in the degrading quality of the gang’s operations.
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Clorox hack forces system shutdown, business disruption
The Clorox Company, a major US consumer products maker, was forced to shut down some of its systems, disrupting some of its daily operations.
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Massive phishing campaign exploits QR codes to steal Microsoft credentials
Criminals are sending victims malicious QR codes to steal sensitive data.
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TikTok banned on government devices in New York
New York City has banned TikTok on government-owned devices, citing security concerns. It joins a number of US cities and states that have put such restrictions on the short video sharing app.
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LinkedIn accounts hacked in global campaign
LinkedIn account hacks led to some victims paying ransom to attackers when threatened with permanent account deletion, researchers say.
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Discord.io suffers data breach, goes offline
Discord.io is stopping all operations for the foreseeable future following a massive data breach. The resulting leak affected over 760,000 users.
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Russia slaps Reddit, Wikipedia with fines
A court in Moscow fined Reddit and Wikimedia Foundation, which owns Wikipedia, for refusing to delete “banned content” about Russia’s war in Ukraine.
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