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24-year-old Ashwin Ramaswami is running for the Georgia state Senate, taking on a Republican who was indicted alongside Donald Trump.
A campaign spokesman pointed towards Iran, suggesting its actors may be involved in stealing and distributing sensitive internal documents.
Without citing specific evidence, Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung blamed the hack on "foreign sources hostile to the United States."
Donald Trump's campaign said it had been hacked, blaming "foreign sources" for distributing internal communications and a dossier on running mate J.D. Vance.
The campaign cited past hostilities between Trump and Iran without providing direct evidence. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The claim comes a day after Microsoft issued a report detailing foreign agents’ attempts to interfere in the U.S. campaign in 2024.
The incident has raised alarms about potential foreign interference in this year's election and the vulnerability of campaign infrastructure to cyber-attacks.
Former President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign said Saturday that it has been hacked and suggested Iranian actors were involved in stealing and distributing sensitive internal documents.
The announcement followed a report from Politico, which stated it had received emails from an anonymous source containing documents from within Trump's campaign.
A summary of current US domestic news includes discussions on the security of online voting, Travis Scott's release by Paris police, allegations of hacking in Trump's campaign, and various political updates. Harris leads Trump in battleground states, and the debate over Fed policy continues ahead of the presidential election.
The Trump campaign made the claim shortly after Microsoft issued a report on foreign agents’ attempts to interfere in the US election.
The FBI launched the probes of the hacking of the Trump and Biden-Harris campaigns in the early summer.
FBI investigating claims that Iran hackers targeted presidential campaigns
Cybersecurity and election security experts have consistently warned that foreign efforts to influence U.S. elections could include “hack and leak” attacks.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI said Monday it is investigating allegations that sensitive documents from the Trump campaign were stolen in a cyber intrusion days after the campaign declared it had been hacked by Iran.
The FBI is investigating allegations that Iran hacked into the internal communications of Donald Trump's presidential campaign. The investigation began in June. Both Trump's and Joe Biden's campaigns were reportedly targeted. Iranian officials deny the claims, while the FBI and other sources provided details of the incidents.
The FBI said Monday afternoon that it is investigating efforts to hack both the Trump and Biden-Harris campaigns.
The FBI is investigating suspected Iranian hacking attempts targeting advisers to Joe Biden's Democratic campaign and an associate of Donald Trump's Republican campaign. The investigation began in June with suspicions about Iran's intentions to steal data from the campaigns. No definitive hacking success has been reported.
The FBI and other investigators probing the apparent hack-and-leak of Trump campaign documents, which Donald Trump has blamed on Iran, suspect that the hackers were able to compromise the personal email account of longtime Republican and Trump operative Roger Stone, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CNN.
The hack of former President Donald Trump's campaign appears more complicated than it originally seemed.
Campaign says they were ‘not aware of any security breaches’ after Trump’s campaign says it was hacked
A suspected Iranian cyber intrusion targeted both Donald Trump's campaign and President Joe Biden's reelection efforts, with the FBI investigating the matter. Sensitive documents, leaked to multiple news outlets, suggest the hack's severity. This incident recalls past foreign election interferences, emphasizing the need for robust cybersecurity measures.
The FBI alerted Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential campaign about a foreign actor influence operation last month. The campaign has strong cybersecurity measures and reports no security breaches. This comes amid FBI investigations into hacking claims by Donald Trump's campaign.
Google said Wednesday that an alleged Iranian hacking operation aimed at US presidential campaigns is ongoing and more wide-ranging than previously known as the hackers continue to target the email accounts of current US officials and people associated with Vice President Kamala Harris, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.
Iran’s mission to the United Nations issues statement calling the cyber attack allegations ‘unsubstantiated’
FBI and other top agencies say ‘Iranians have … sought access to individuals’ connected to both US political parties
Iran was behind a recent hack targeting Donald Trump's presidential campaign, US security agencies said, accusing Tehran of seeking to influence the 2024 election.
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. intelligence community said Monday that Iran is to blame for the hack of Donald Trump's presidential campaign.
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An Iranian hacking group targeted WhatsApp accounts of staffers in Biden and Trump administrations, posing as tech support from companies like Microsoft and Google, Meta Platforms revealed. This cyberattack was part of broader Iranian efforts to interfere with U.S. elections, polarize voters, and oppose candidates unfavorable to Iran.
Meta attributed the activity to APT42, a hacking group widely believed to be associated with an intelligence division inside Iran’s military that is known for placing surveillance software on the mobile phones of its victims
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, has identified attempts by an Iranian hacker group, APT42, to breach WhatsApp accounts of U.S. officials from the Biden and Trump administrations. The hackers posed as technical support and targeted political, diplomatic, and business figures across several countries.
Investigators linked activity to same network blamed for hacking incident reported by Trump campaign
Iran’s cyber operation targeting the Trump campaign Trump is likely still active, an FBI official said, even after the U.S. exposed a successful Iranian hack.
The Justice Department is expected to soon announce criminal charges against the Iranian government-backed hackers who carried out a hack-and-leak operation targeting former President Donald Trump’s campaign, four sources familiar with the matter told CNN.
The emails were received before the hack of the Trump campaign was publicly acknowledged, and there’s no evidence the recipients of the emails knew their origin.
Iranian hackers sought to interest President Joe Biden's campaign in information stolen from rival Donald Trump's campaign.
Iranian cyber actors sent stolen materials from Donald Trump's campaign to Biden's re-election team to influence the November election. U.S. agencies accuse Iran of ongoing cyber operations targeting both current campaigns. Iran denies involvement, and responses from campaign representatives provide varying degrees of acknowledgment.
The FBI and other federal agencies said unsolicited emails were sent to people associated with the then-Democratic candidate.
The US Department of Justice charged three Iranians with hacking people involved with Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and leaking the documents they obtained.
The United States on Friday unsealed criminal charges on three suspected computer hackers allegedly linked to Iran's government and connected to a hack aimed at former President Donald Trump.
Masoud Jalili, Seyyed Ali Aghamiri and Yasar Balaghi face charges in the US in connection with the hacking of President Trump's presidential campaign.
Iran’s influence efforts using hacked material from the Trump campaign follow what the U.S. says was a series of influence operations in 2020.
Voting machines have been at the center of a web of conspiracy theories that erupted after the 2020 election, with false claims that they were manipulated to steal the presidency from Donald Trump.
The FBI has repeatedly warned over the last year about Chinese hacking operations.
YARDLEY, Pa. (AP) — Russian actors made a widely circulated video falsely depicting mail-in ballots for Donald Trump being destroyed in Pennsylvania, U.S. officials said Friday.
Federal authorities believe China-backed cybercriminals may have tried to tap into phones or networks used by Trump, Vance and Harris campaign staff, sources familiar with the matter confirmed.
The video, shared on social media, showed ballots for Donald Trump being destroyed in Pennsylvania.
The activity is part of a much broader Chinese hacking campaign that has infiltrated multiple US telecommunications firms in the last several months.
The Washington Post reports Chinese state-affiliated hackers intercepted audio and texts from unnamed adviser
The Washington Post also reported the hackers were able to access unencrypted communications like text messages
Chinese state-affiliated hackers accessed phone communications of U.S. political figures, including those connected to Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, by infiltrating U.S. telecom infrastructure. The FBI and cybersecurity agencies are investigating these breaches, amidst concerns over national security and upcoming elections.
Chinese state-affiliated hackers intercepted phone call audio from several U.S. political figures, including a Trump campaign adviser. The FBI and U.S. Cybersecurity Agency are investigating unauthorized access linked to China. Hackers also targeted phones connected to Kamala Harris's Democratic campaign.
Federal and state election officials rebutted allegations of widespread fraud in the 2024 election, including statements that Elon Musk’s satellite internet...
The FBI recently told Kash Patel, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be the bureau’s next director, that he was the target of an Iranian cyberattack
The person who died was inside the vehicle, which was outside the US president-elect's hotel in Las Vegas.
The Trump administration plans a deal where Oracle and outside investors take control of TikTok's global operations, with ByteDance retaining a minority stake. The move aims to address national security concerns over data misuse. However, the terms are still under negotiation.
The Trump administration has slashed federal funding for two critical U.S. cybersecurity initiatives, raising concerns over the security of the nation's elections. The cuts impact the Center for Internet Security's work with state election officials, amid ongoing scrutiny of election security and misinformation efforts.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other Trump officials allegedly used Signal for a group chat to discuss a highly sensitive operation.
President Donald Trump's warning that protesters of Saturday's US military parade in Washington, DC, will be met with "very heavy force" threatens to chill speech and underscores the need for protesters to take precautions around digital surveillance, privacy…
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Register: The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has lost another senior leader: executive director Bridget Bean departed on Wednesday. Bean, who served as the de facto agency boss for five months …
Customs and Border Patrol has confirmed it is providing "aerial support" to law enforcement efforts during the L.A. immigration demonstrations.
Whole Foods and other U.S. grocers confirm they are only being “partially stocked” after United National Foods confirmed the attack on Monday.
Another one bites the dust at America's top cybersecurity agency The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has lost another senior leader: executive director Bridget Bean departed on Wednesday.…
In April, DJI urged the US government to start the mandated security audit of its business -- an audit congress ordered as part of a structured approach for evaluating the security concerns of Chinese-owned companies. Now half a year has passed and DJI says t…
PLUS: Discord invite links may not be safe; Miscreants find new way to hide malicious JavaScript; and more! Infosec In Brief A pair of Congressional Democrats have demanded a review of the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) program amid uncertainties …
Millions of these messages are now targeting smartphone users.
Late last year, eight major U.S. telecoms were the victim of a massive intrusion by Chinese hackers who managed to spy on public U.S. officials for more than a year. The “Salt Typhoon” hack was so severe, the intruders spent a year rooting around the ISP netw…
Plus: Ukrainian hackers reportedly knock out a key Russian internet provider, China’s Salt Typhoon hackers claim another victim, and the UK hits 23andMe with a hefty fine over its 2023 data breach.
A retired B-2 bomber pilot reveals details about the historic U.S. strike on Iran, including stealth tactics, pilot preparations and decadelong planning.
The United States government has warned of cyber attacks mounted by pro-Iranian groups after it launched airstrikes on Iranian nuclear sites as part of the Iran–Israel war that commenced on June 13, 2025. Stating that the ongoing conflict has created a "heigh…
In a move to bolt the stable door, US House of Representatives staff must stop using WhatsApp, and switch to a more secure service like Apple's Messages.WhatsApp on an iPhoneIt may seem as if the government prefers to make its messages insecure, but really it…
The operation against Iran's nuclear sites likely took advantage of the stealth capabilities of B-2s, as well as other conditions.
Czech researcher lays out a business case for reducing reliance on Redmond Comment A sharply argued blog post warns that heavy reliance on Microsoft poses serious strategic risks for organizations – a viewpoint unlikely to win favor with Redmond or its millio…
Plus: US feds charge alleged masterminds behind infamous forum, Scattered Spider targets airlines, and hackers open a valve at a Norwegian dam.
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A couple of U.S. lawmakers reportedly want to investigate OnePlus over "security concerns."
The cybercriminals are interested in making some money off the stolen materials.
An Iranian-linked hacking group has threatened to sell stolen emails from Donald Trump’s inner circle which it claims to have obtained during the 2024...
The silly mistakes to the flagrant failures They say that success breeds complacency, and complacency leads to failure. For cybercriminals, taking too many shortcuts when it comes to opsec delivers a little more than that. …<!--#include virtual='/data_centre/…
Plus: Iran-linked hackers threaten to release Trump campaign emails, Chinese hackers still in US telecoms networks, and an abusive deepfake website plans an expansion.
Also, Swiss ransomware posture looks like its cheese, the CVE Program wants YOU, more sus checks and more Infosec In Brief A security researcher looking at samples of stalkerware discovered an SQL vulnerability that allowed him to steal a database of 62,000 u…
A report claimed ByteDance was creating a new TikTok app specifically for the U.S.
The Trump Administration’s constant escalation of its mass deportation programs now means ICE, CBP, and other federal agencies must come up with thousands of arrests a day. This never had anything to do with removing criminals from the country and, even if yo…
An impostor pretending to be Secretary of State Marco Rubio contacted foreign ministers, a U.S. governor and a member of Congress by sending them voice and text messages that mimic Rubio's voice and writing style using AI-powered software, Washington Post rep…
On June 24th, Columbia University experienced an hourslong system-wide outage. Its internal email service went down. Students couldn't log in to the platform where professors post assignments and course materials. Library catalogs went offline. Zoom was unava…
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Bloomberg: An analysis finds Chinese firms aim to buy 115K+ US-sanctioned Nvidia H100 and H200 chips for 39 data centers across China's western deserts, mostly in Xinjiang — https://www.bloomberg.com/news/ articles/2025-07-08/latest-tariff-pause - shows-lim…
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Cybersecurity’s global alarm system is breaking down Every day, billions of people trust digital systems to run everythin…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Hackers broke into the X account of Sesame Street character Elmo and posted antisemitic and racist messages, the makers of the...
Anyone investigated Grok? Just sayin'… Someone hacked Elmo's X account on Sunday, making it appear as if the lovable Sesame Street monster with the habit of referring to themselves in the third-person spewed a series of now-removed antisemitic, racist, and an…
Marko Elez, a 25-year-old employee at Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has been granted access to sensitive databases at the U.S. Social Security Administration, the Treasury and Justice departments, and the Department of Homeland Secur…
Three Russian intelligence units and 18 officers have been sanctioned, the Foreign Office says.
The ultimate source for The New York Times' story about Zohran Mamdani's college application is an open secret. It's an anime-loving neo-Nazi whose hobbies include furry drawings, posting fan art of a video game character, and hacking universities. On X, the …
CISA faces a dangerous leadership gap as cyber threats escalate. Sean Plankey’s nomination offers focus and experience to secure America’s critical infrastructure.
The security nerds' equivalent of the Epstein files saga The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on Tuesday finally agreed to make public an unclassified report from 2022 about American telecommunications networks' poor security practices.…
Telecommunications organizations in Southeast Asia have been targeted by a state-sponsored threat actor known as CL-STA-0969 to facilitate remote control over compromised networks. Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 said it observed multiple incidents in the region, …
The US Court system’s electronic filing front-end has always been a mess. Not only is it prohibitively expensive for most casual users, it’s prohibitively dysfunctional even for power users. Whoever isn’t discouraged by the outdated front end will be just as …
Plus: ICE agents accidentally add a random person to a sensitive group chat, Norwegian intelligence blames the Kremlin for hacking a dam, and new facial recognition vans roam the UK.
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The UK has retreated from a controversial order that would have forced Apple to provide a backdoor to American users’ data, according to a statement from US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. Here are the details. more…
After the UK ordered Apple to offer a backdoor, security experts raised concerns that such a feature could lead to hackers exploiting it.
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Ross Ulbricht built an empire in the shadows where drugs, weapons, and stolen secrets flowed freely.
A whistleblower complaint says that the personal data of over 300 million Americans was copied to a private cloud account to allow access by members of the Department of Government Efficiency team.
Remember that cost-cutting group once led by Elon Musk? Federal employees are still dealing with it A Social Security Administration employee has filed a whistleblower complaint alleging that Donald Trump's DOGE cost-cutting unit has put the records of every …
Late last year, eight major U.S. telecoms were the victim of a massive intrusion by Chinese hackers who managed to spy on public U.S. officials for more than a year. The “Salt Typhoon” hack was so severe, the intruders spent a year rooting around the ISP netw…
Plus millions of other people across 80+ countries China's Salt Typhoon cyberspies hoovered up information belonging to millions of people in the United States over the course of the years-long intrusion into telecommunications networks, according to a top FB…
Plus: An AI chatbot system is linked to a widespread hack, details emerge of a US plan to plant a spy device in North Korea, your job’s security training isn’t working, and more.
Documents from Edward Snowden published by The Intercept in 2017 show the NSA’s use of Palantir technology. The post Alex Karp Insists Palantir Doesn’t Spy on Americans. Here’s What He’s Not Saying. appeared first on The Intercept.
The journalists were reporting on suspected North Korean hackers. Proton only reinstated their accounts after a public outcry. The post Proton Mail Suspended Journalist Accounts at Request of Cybersecurity Agency appeared first on The Intercept.
Right-wing activists are targeting teachers and workers online for critical remarks on Charlie Kirk’s death.
SailPoint Inc. (NASDAQ:SAIL) is one of the best IPO tech stocks to buy now. On September 4, SailPoint and HCLTech announced a partnership to provide advanced...
Long before the great TikTok moral panic of 2021 to 2024, you might recall that numerous members of Congress spent a solid decade freaking about another Chinese company: Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei. The argument, made without much in the way of pub…
Please enjoy this transcript of my interview with Pablos Holman (@pablos), a hacker and inventor and the bestselling author of Deep Future: Creating Technology that Matters, the indispensable guide to deep tech. Previously, Pablos worked on spaceships at Blue…
Water treatment workers are grappling with how to protect against a new threat: hackers burrowing into the system and wreaking havoc.
The incidents come after the country's Copenhagen airport was forced to close earlier this week due to a drone incursion.
Not to be confused with all the other reports of Chinese intruders on US networks that came to light this week RedNovember, a Chinese state-sponsored cyberspy group, targeted government and critical private-sector networks around the globe between June 2024 a…
Plus: US government cybersecurity staffers get reassigned to do immigration work, a hack exposes sensitive age-verification data of Discord users, and more.
Amid increasing cyberattack risks, the Army National Guard is testing a pilot program in five cities to help local cybersecurity efforts.
For many many years, experts have warned about massive longstanding flaws in Signaling System 7 (SS7, or Common Channel Signaling System 7), a series of protocols used by cellular networks hackers can exploit to track user location, dodge encryption, and even…
Experts warn TikTok users not to pay for a VIP Membership Upgrade as hackers strike. Here’s what you need to know about the latest scam.
2025 has delivered almost nothing but bad news. Here’s more of that, as first reported by Israeli press outlet, Calcalist: Control of NSO Group is set to leave Israeli hands. A group of American investors led by Hollywood producer Robert Simonds has agreed to…
Adam Iza built the crypto trading platform Zort. Then he fell in with hackers and started a criminal conspiracy including extortion schemes with cops.
The US attended the UN Cybercrime Treaty signing ceremony in Hanoi this weekend, where 72 countries signed on to a Russia-backed framework for global surveillance cooperation. Whether the US actually puts pen to paper (and all the reporting on this is kind of…
Nvidia’s GPU Technology Conference isn’t making many waves for gamer or PC hardware crowds this year, perhaps because it seems to be exclusively interested in boosting hardware for “AI” and data centers. So it’s almost ironic that a phony version of the keyno…
Recent outages have revealed how vulnerable the internet is, but there seems to be no official plan in the event of a catastrophic failure. Meet the team of hackers who are ready to jump into action
More than half a dozen US government departments and agencies are reportedly backing a proposal to ban the routers due to alleged ties to Chinese cyberattacks.
US Treasury accuses Pyongyang of stealing $3bn in digital assets for its nuclear weapons programme over three years.
Last year almost a dozen major U.S. ISPs were the victim of a massive, historic intrusion by Chinese hackers who managed to spy on public U.S. officials for more than a year. The “Salt Typhoon” hack was so severe, the intruders spent much of the last year roo…
PLUS: India’s tech services exports growing fast; South Korea puts the bite on TXT spam; NTT gets into autonomous vehicles; and more! Asia In Brief Chinese infosec blog MXRN last week reported a data breach at a security company called Knownsec that has ties…
Some in the crypto community are skeptical.
Menu planning, therapy, essay writing, highly sophisticated global cyberattacks: People just keep coming up with innovative new uses for the latest AI chatbots. An alarming new milestone was reached this week when the artificial intelligence company Anthropi…
US Strike Force disrupts Southeast Asian scam centers, seizing cryptocurrency and targeting DKBA and Chinese criminal networks.
Regulator sides with telcos that claimed new cybersecurity duties were too ‘burdensome’ The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will vote this week on whether to scrap Biden-era cybersecurity rules, enacted after the Salt Typhoon attacks came to light in …
We’ve noted time and time again that Trump’s attack on U.S. cybersecurity defenses and oversight are utterly indistinguishable from a foreign attack. Perhaps with the exception of more lip filler, spray tans, diabetes, bogus efficiency, and fake piety. That’s…
Elon Musk's big change to X has caused an apocalypse for MAGA influencers, but it's not all good news.
"This is total armageddon for the online right."
Centralized mixing tools for obscuring crypto transactions are the latest target of authorities.
One hacker has the same feelings towards Paramount as Fielder
CISA is a headless organization at war with itself over a failed lie detector test, Politico says.
President Donald Trump signed into law this month a measure that prohibits anyone based in China and other adversarial countries from accessing the Pentagon's cloud computing systems. From a report: The ban, which is tucked inside the $900 billion defense pol…
Cybersecurity company Cloudflare shows an average 35 percent lower traffic volume in Iran compared with previous days.
The US brought huge air power to Venezuela in its operation to capture Maduro, and hinted at cyber capabilities. This is how it could have cut power.
Late last year, most major U.S. telecoms were the victim of a massive, historic intrusion by Chinese hackers who managed to hack into U.S. communications networks and then spy on public U.S. officials for more than a year completely undetected. The “Salt Typh…
The longtime cybersecurity professional says she’s taking the helm of the legacy security organization at “an inflection point” for tech and the world beyond.
Ukrainian and German law enforcement authorities have identified two Ukrainians suspected of working for the Russia-linked ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) group Black Basta. In addition, the group's alleged leader, a 35-year-old Russian national named Oleg Evg…
Two DOGE members have been referred to authorities for Hatch Act violations.
But ex-CISA boss and new RSAC CEO Jen Easterly will be there exclusive The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency won't attend the annual RSA Conference in March, an agency spokesperson confirmed to The Register.…
Security failures rarely arrive loudly. They slip in through trusted tools, half-fixed problems, and habits people stop questioning. This week’s recap shows that pattern clearly. Attackers are moving faster than defenses, mixing old tricks with new paths. “Pa…
The acting head of the US government’s top cybersecurity agency reportedly uploaded sensitive government files into a public version of ChatGPT.
The call is coming from inside the house opinion Maybe everything is all about timing, like the time (this week) America's lead cyber-defense agency sounded the alarm on insider threats after it came to light that its senior official uploaded sensitive docume…
Just because you're paranoid about digital sovereignty doesn't mean they're not after you Opinion I'm an eighth-generation American, and let me tell you, I wouldn't trust my data, secrets, or services to a US company these days for love or money. Under our cu…
Also, South Korea gets a pentesting F, US Treasury says bye bye to BAH, North Korean hackers evolve, and more Infosec in Brief As if AI weren't enough of a security concern, now researchers have discovered that open-source AI deployments may be an even bigge…
The ICE-tracking service says it doesn't store usernames or addresses ICE-reporting service StopICE has blamed a US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agent for attacking its app and website and sending users text messages warning them that their information…
Don't be scared of the digital dark – learn how to keep the lights on Opinion Barely a month into 2026, electrical power infrastructure on two continents has tested positive for cyberattacks. One fell flat as attempts to infiltrate and disrupt the Polish dist…
Badged versions of TP-Link routers are supplied to US customers by more than 300 ISPs, making them the most widely used Wi-Fi routers in the country, found in millions of US homes. It therefore caused grave concern when security researchers at Microsoft fo…
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No more hiding in the server closet: Cyber ops mentioned alongside kinetic warfare as critical to conflict In what may be the most public acknowledgment of its cyber operations capabilities to date, the Pentagon has admitted that cyber soldiers are playing a …
The theft initially grabbed attention over reports that the son of an executive in charge of the crypto stash was involved.
State-aligned media released a list naming the offices of Microsoft, Palantir, and more as potential targets of military action.
Devices were remotely wiped by the hacking group. The company says the attack is now over.
Senator Ron Wyden says that when a secret interpretation of Section 702 is eventually declassified, the American public “will be stunned” to learn what the NSA has been doing. If you’ve followed Wyden’s career, you know this is not a man prone to hyperbole — …
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Turning expertise into opportunity for women in cybersecurity Speaker diversity in cybersecurity has been a talking point for over a decade, with panels, pledges…
The government relies, in part, on third-party firms to vet cloud technology, but those firms are hired and paid by the company being assessed.
With militaries increasingly relying on artificial intelligence, data centers have emerged as new targets for strikes. The post Data Centers Are Military Targets Now appeared first on The Intercept.
FBI Director Kash Patel's personal email was hacked, with Iran's Handala Hack Team claiming responsibility. No classified data was breached, the FBI says.
The app is a nightmare of a historically dangerous cyberattack waiting to happen.
Call me crazy, but I don’t think an official government app should be loading executable code from a random person’s GitHub account. Or tracking your GPS location in the background. Or silently stripping privacy consent dialogs from every website you visit th…
Call me a sicko, but I’m almost always happy when a top-level government official’s communications get hacked. That’s because — in almost every case — either the official seems to be a bit shady, or holds a high-level position in an agency involved in some sh…
DHS shutdown grows worries that U.S. cyber defenses have taken a hit, as Iran-linked attacks continue.
Iran says it will target Apple, Google, and Microsoft, among others.
After Amazon, Oracle is now in the bulls-eye.
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The latest ThreatsDay Bulletin is basically a cheat sheet for everything breaking on the internet right now. No corporate fluff or boring lectures here, just a quick and honest look at the messy reality of keeping systems safe this week. Things are moving fas…
Up for renewal on April 20, FISA Section 702 has long been criticized as a backdoor for spying on Americans
As Trump threatens Iranian infrastructure, the US government warns that Iran has carried out its own digital attacks against US critical infrastructure.
The administration also wants to axe programs countering misinformation and propaganda.
CISA issued a new warning on Tuesday.
Your PLCs aren't internet-connected, right? Right?! Iranian-affiliated actors have escalated intrusions targeting critical US water and energy facilities, in some cases disrupting operations, the FBI and American cyber defense agencies said on Tuesday.…
Andy Greenberg / Wired: A group of US agencies including the FBI and the NSA warns that Iran-linked hackers have targeted industrial control devices used in US critical infrastructure — As Trump threatens Iranian infrastructure, the US government warns that…
An archive of this year’s insane timeline of hacks few people are talking about
Find out if your router is banned, when to expect firmware updates and what the latest news on the Federal Communications Commission ban means for your home network.
The US National Institute of Standards and Technology announced on Wednesday a new policy regarding the US National Vulnerability Database [Read More]
Lawmakers decry CISA cuts: 'We are shooting ourselves in the foot' If a cyberattack leads to a death, that's murder. A former FBI cyber division chief urged the US Justice Department to consider felony homicide charges against ransomware actors when attacks o…
The government did not admit to doing all the crimes.
Farsnews</a> notes the importance of the underwater fiber optic cables that transmit internet data through the Gulf of Hormuz,
A hacking group breached the academic software Canvas, used by thousands of schools and universities across the globe.
The tech giant says this is the first time it has identified such a case.
PLUS: China-linked cyber-attack on central Asian oil sector; Bottom falls out of Indian smartphone sales; And more!
Passwords were stored as plain text in a public GitHub repository.
Lawmakers in both houses of Congress are demanding answers from the U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) after KrebsOnSecurity reported this week that a CISA contractor intentionally published AWS GovCloud keys and a vast trove of other …
Plus: Google publishes a live exploit for an unpatched flaw, the feds arrest two men accused of creating thousands of nonconsensual deepfake nudes, and more.
A self-taught tech enthusiast who goes by the name "Louis" claims he found a vulnerability in the Trump Mobile website that let him extract customer data using Thank you for being a Ghacks reader. The post Researcher Claims Trump Mobile Website Leaked Data o…
As Rob mentioned on Friday, the Trump phone can't be found in the wild: the only models out there, as far as any outlet can see, were the units sent to nerds like me for review. But to make up for it, the company selling the things thought they'd do the Trump…
The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) was one of the few genuinely good things Donald Trump was talked into doing during his first term. It was an agency within the Department of Homeland Security that was focused on coordination between t…
An investigator who writes as The Drey Dossier dug through public web-certificate records and found 40 federal-looking websites all registered to the White House. Among them: a working copy of vote.gov, a passports.gov, and other agency staging sites. (The re…
Trump ally Mike Lindell denies claims that his company was hacked by a ransomware gang, saying the allegations are politically motivated.
The Google employee allegedly used confidential Google search data to place Polymarket bets about the most-searched people in 2025.
A ransomware group leaked thousands of internal files from MyPillow two days after CEO Mike Lindell denied that a hack had taken place.
OpenAI said the effort "sought to exploit and amplify existing public concerns about energy prices and local impacts of data center development."
State-backed Chinese hackers "sought to exploit and amplify existing public concerns about energy prices and local impacts of data center development," the company said.
Anthropic's Dario Amodei warned his AI model, Mythos, was so powerful it posed serious threats. Then the government stepped in and Anthropic shut it down.
ICE investigators leaned on Signal communications to build their case against protesters. Take these steps to keep your chats safe. The post How Did the Feds Get Into Anti-ICE Activists’ Signal Messages? appeared first on The Intercept.
Anthropic’s Mythos model broke into almost all classified systems run by the NSA and U.S. Cyber Command in a matter of hours, according to testimony relayed to the Senate Intelligence Committee and reported by The Economist.
"Breaches will occur," the intelligence alliance warns org leaders.
That's not the whole story, though.
Plus: Former national security advisor John Bolton pleads guilty in classified-materials case, Microsoft helps take down major infostealer infrastructure, and more.
This week was a reminder that attackers do not always need big tricks. One small mistake, one old access path, one missed patch, and suddenly the door is open. The noise is not all noise, either. Forums are talking, researchers are finding easy cracks, and d…
Microsoft on Tuesday said it's accelerating its quantum safe security roadmap, stating technology advances in quantum computing are making it essential to replace existing encryption standards sooner than previously expected. "Advances in quantum research an…
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Researchers at Sysdig say they found "a warning sign" of where ransomware attacks are heading.
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. The 2026 FIFA World Cup is the largest sporting event in history. It’s also the most surveilled World Cup ever. If you’re visiting or traveling arou…
A BBC podcast investigates as the tables are turned on a ransomware gang whose messages are leaked.