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OpenAI just named former NSA director Paul Nakasone to its board. Infamous NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, for one, had some thoughts.

Edward Snowden Says OpenAI Just Performed a “Calculated Betrayal of the Rights of Every Person on Earth”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Microsoft announced an AI Windows feature called Recall that regularly takes screenshots. It's a cybersecurity mess that can easily be hacked.

Artificial Intelligence

Windows Feature That Records Everything You Do Can Easily Be Hacked

By Victor Tangermann

The feds arrested Yunhe Wan, who they say perpetrated a massive botnet scheme that swindled billions and facilitated child exploitation.

Multibillion Dollar Botnet Scam Traced Back to a Single Person

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Researchers have found that hackers could easily hijack WiFi networks at Tesla charging stations to steal parked vehicles.

Teslas Can Be Stolen by Hijacking WiFi at Charging Stations, Researchers Find

By Victor Tangermann

OpenAI is looking to hire an "insider risk investigator" to "fortify our organization against internal security threats."

OpenAI Hiring Detective to Find Who’s Leaking Its Precious Info

By Victor Tangermann

All it allegedly took for cyberattackers to hack MGM Grand casino servers was a LinkedIn scroll and a phone call.

Casinos Shut Down Amid Hacker Intrusions

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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Artificial Intelligence

AI Knows What You’re Typing Just By Hearing It Over a Zoom

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The FBI is warning about "juice jacking" occurring from public USB charging ports, but luckily, someone's come up with a literal prophylactic.

You Can Apparently Use a “USB Condom” to Protect Against the FBI’s Latest Boogeyman

By Noor Al-Sibai

OpenAI's ChatGPT was down last night due to a glitch that made chat histories publicly visible, while another bug may have also compromised user emails.

ChatGPT Bug Accidentally Revealed Users’ Chat Histories, Email Addresses, and Phone Numbers

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Hackers have taken over a subdomain of wired.com, and used it to promote an Indonesian online casino. Wired does not appear to be able to kick them out.

Hackers Took Over a Subdomain of Wired.com for Several Months and Replaced It With Sleazy Online Casino Content

By Victor Tangermann, Jon Christian

A Swiss cybersecurity hacktivist has leaked the TSA's No-Fly List, a highly sensitive document, after discovering it on an unsecured server.

Advanced Transport

The TSA’s Entire No Fly List Appears to Have Just Leaked

By Victor Tangermann

Twitter alternative Hive Social has had to pull all of its servers offline in light of some serious security vulnerabilities.

Twitter Competitor Shuts Down App When It Turns Out Hackers Can Read Users’ Private Messages

By Victor Tangermann

Unidentified hackers have stolen the health records of millions of customers of Australian health insurer Medibank, releasing them on the dark web.

Insurance Company Refuses to Pay Ransom, So Hackers Start Releasing Health Records of Up To 10 Million People

By Frank Landymore

The popular parent-teacher app Seesaw was hacked, and bad actors sent a horribly explicit, NSFW meme to unassuming users.

Parent-Teacher Messaging App Hacked to Send Mom and Dad Horrifying Images

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

According to new research, countless high-level executives and CEOs are using terrible passwords, inlcuding "123456" and "password."

CEOs Exposed for Using Shockingly Stupid Passwords

By Victor Tangermann

A report from cybersecurity firm Malwarebytes found that there's been a marked increase in malware campaigns geared towards the NFT community.

Crypto Fans Are So Dumb They’re Clicking .EXE Files Disguised as NFTs

By Noor Al-Sibai

An "IT army" is amassing on popular messaging platform Telegram, volunteers determined to take down the government of Russian president Vladimir Putin.

300,000 Volunteer “Hackers” Are Attacking Russian Computer Systems

By Victor Tangermann

According to MarketWatch, John McAfee's body is the subject of a dramatic legal conflict involving his daughter, his ex-wife, and Barcelona investigators.

Various People Are Fighting Over John McAfee’s Body, Which Is Stuck in a Spanish Morgue

By Jon Christian

A massive cache of pirated movies, TV shows, sporting events, video games, and more have begun appearing as publicly-accessible PDFs on USDA.gov.

Someone Appears to Have Hacked the USDA’s Website to Share Pirated Movies

By Tony Ho Tran

In the era of COVID-19, governments conducting their business over Zoom is par for the course — and, naturally, so is Zoom-bombing porn into them.

Hackers Force Nobel Prize Winning Physicist to Watching Hentai

By Noor Al-Sibai

David Colombo, a 19-year-old IT specialist, claims to have uncovered a software vulnerability that allows him to take control of 25 Teslas around the world.

Hacker Claims to Have Seized Control of Teslas Around the World

By Victor Tangermann

Vice President Kamala Harris came under a little fire this week for the outrageous decision to not use Bluetooth headphones — but experts say she's right.

Kamala Harris Is Actually Right About the Bluetooth Headphones, You Nitwits

By Tony Ho Tran

Missouri Governor Mike Parson is furiously trying to prosecute a journalist who exposed and reported a serious cybersecurity flaw in a government website.

Science & Energy

Governor Calls Journalist a “Hacker” for Looking at HTML

By Dan Robitzski

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is warning that the next cyberattack could end up killing people — a shift from ransomware to "killware."

Homeland Security Warns of Cyberattacks Intended to Kill People

By Victor Tangermann

After the web host Epik, popular among the far-right, was hacked, Nazis and other far-right extremists are being unmasked by researchers and activists.

Science & Energy

Nazis Exposed After Their Web Host Gets Hacked

By Dan Robitzski

Hackers launched a ransomware attack on a major farming services company, and the subsequent standoff could cause food shortages.

Science & Energy

Cyberattack on Farming Group Could Lead to Food Shortages

By Dan Robitzski

A pseudonymous hacker named MG is selling a USB cable that contains a tiny computer to capture and transmit every single key you type.

New USB Cable Contains Tiny Computer That Spies on Everything You Type

By Dan Robitzski

After investigating a ransomware attack that shut down about a quarter of the US beef supply, the FBI is pointing fingers at a major Russian hacking group.

Science & Energy

FBI Blames Russia Hackers for Shutting Down Much of US Beef Supply

By Dan Robitzski

US soldiers stationed on bases with nuclear weapons accidentally released heaps of confidential info through virtual flashcards on study apps.

US Soldiers Accidentally Reveal Nuclear Weapon Secrets

By Dan Robitzski

Hackers posted the leaked private information of over 533 million Facebook users online. The breach was so big it even includes Mark Zuckerberg's data.

Science & Energy

New Facebook Leak Was So Huge It Included Mark Zuckerberg’s Personal Data

By Dan Robitzski

Hackers in China are recording sex tapes marketed as "home videos" from people's home security cameras. They claim to have thousands and thousands of them.

Science & Energy

Hackers Are Stealing Sex Vids From Home Security Systems and Selling Them

By Dan Robitzski

The marketing agency ICF Next promised employees a coronavirus vaccine. Instead, it was a surprise test on cybersecurity practices.

A Company Promised Employees Vaccines as a Phishing Test

By Dan Robitzski

Beer giant Molson Coors filed a report with the SEC revealing that it's the victim of a hack that seems to have brought beer production to a stop.

Science & Energy

Hackers Bring Beer Production To a Halt

By Dan Robitzski

Months after flaws with an internet-connected chastity cage were first revealed, a hacker seized control and demanded a Bitcoin ransom.

Internet Of Things

Hacker Seizes Control of Internet-Enabled Chastity Cages

By Dan Robitzski

Programmer Stefan Thomas has thousands of Bitcoin tucked away, but he forgot his password and only has two guesses left before he loses it forever,

Man Has Only Two Password Guesses Left to Recover $236 Million in Bitcoin

By Dan Robitzski

The massive, almost-certainly-Russian hack on the U.S. fedearl government compromised high-level networks used by the Treasury Department.

Science & Energy

Hackers Stole Top Officials’ Emails, Government Admits

By Dan Robitzski

A massive hack on U.S. infrastructure and federal agencies, likely perpetrated by Russia, targeted nuclear weapon facilities.

Science & Energy

Hackers Reportedly Targeted US Nuclear Weapons Facilities

By Dan Robitzski

Ian Beer, a professional hacker at Google, found an exploit that lets him completely take over any nearby iPhone with little more than a WiFi antenna.

Science & Energy

Horrifying Hack Takes Over iPhones Just by Pointing an Antenna at Them

By Dan Robitzski

Hackers pilfered $2.3 million from Trumps re-election campaign by sending it fake invoices supposedly from vendors the Wisconsin GOP worked with.

Science & Energy

Hackers Siphoned $2.3 Million From Trump’s Campaign

By Dan Robitzski

President Trump's re-election campaign website was temporarily defaced by hackers accusing him of spreading fake news and interfering in the 2020 election.

Science & Energy

Trump’s Campaign Site Got Hacked for Spreading “Fake News”

By Dan Robitzski

The X4, a smartwatch designed for kids, has a disturbing number of cybersecurity vulnerabilities that could put children at risk.

Robots and Machines

This Smartwatch Lets Creeps Take Pics of Kids

By Dan Robitzski

A hacker forced a smart coffeemaker to turn on its heating element and spit steaming water onto it while showing a ransomware message.

Robots and Machines

Watch a Hacked “Smart Coffeemaker” Spew Steaming Water

By Jon Christian

Details are starting to emerge about how hackers accessed the Twitter acounts of Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Kanye West and a rash of other public figures.

This Is How Hackers Accessed Elon Musk’s Twitter Account

By Jon Christian

Honda shut down global production on Monday after a cyberattack disrupted several of its car and motorcycle plants around the world.

Advanced Transport

Cyberattack Shuts Down All Honda Factories Worldwide

By Dan Robitzski

Zoom, the increasingly-popular video conferencing program, has extremely flawed cybersecurity in place. Companies like SpaceX have already banned it.

Science & Energy

Experts Warn That Hackers Can Use Zoom to Take Over Your Computer

By Dan Robitzski

The United Nations (UN) was the target of a sophisticated hack in the summer of 2019, according to a newly leaked internal report.

Someone Hacked Dozens of United Nations Servers

By Kristin Houser

A group calling itself OurMine hacked the official social media accounts of the National Football League and 15 NFL teams.

Hacker Group Seizes Twitter, Facebook Accounts of 15 NFL Teams

By Kristin Houser

A team of cybersecurity researchers discovered a data breach in a platform used by multiple U.S. marijuana dispensaries to manage sales.

30,000 Marijuana Buyers’ Personal Info Exposed in Data Breach

By Kristin Houser

Two more United States websites have been hacked to display pro-Iranian propaganda, though it's still unclear whether Iran itself is behind the attacks.

Two More US Sites Hacked With Pro-Iran Propaganda

By Kristin Houser

Cybersecurity firm Check Point has uncovered major security flaws in TikTok, which was already under intense scrutiny by the U.S. government.

Researchers Find Major Security Flaws in Popular App TikTok

By Kristin Houser

New Orleans is the latest city to be targeted by ransomware hackers, but after a weekend-long emergency response, it seems to be back to normal.

New Orleans Declares State of Emergency Due to Hackers

By Dan Robitzski

Creeps have used Ring cameras to hack into customers' homes, using the internet-connected cameras to spy on and harass families and children.

Watch Terrifying Creeps Hack Ring Cameras and Spy on Families

By Dan Robitzski

Hackers stole the personal data of women who bought plus-size clothing, selling the records to online advertisers who can now target the victims.

Science & Energy

Hackers Stole, Sold Data of Women Who Bought Plus-Sized Clothes

By Dan Robitzski

The staff at a French hospital refused to meet the ransom demand of hackers, instead responding to a cyberattack by handwriting all documents.

Cyberattack Forces Hospital to Revert to Handwriting Everything

By Kristin Houser

Cybercriminals could hack Siri, Alexa, and other voice-activated AI assistants using beams of light, according to new research.

Artificial Intelligence

Hackers Can Access Your Alexa by Shining a Laser in Your Window

By Kristin Houser

The White House cybersecurity team is in turmoil, according to an internal memo in which a senior member announces his resignation.

A Top White House Cybersecurity Director Just Quit In Disgust

By Kristin Houser

The New York Times (NYT) fired its Senior Director of Information Security and eliminated the position, leaving reporters to defend themselves from hackers.

The NYT Fired the Person Who Protects Its Reporters From Hackers

By Dan Robitzski

Tech giant Samsung has admitte that any thumbprint can unlock its Galaxy S10 phone — a flabbergasting security misstep for a leading iPhone competitor.

Robots and Machines

Oops: Samsung Admits Anyone’s Thumbprint Can Unlock Its New Phone

By Jon Christian

Contrary to previous reports, hackers are stealing from more ATMs in more countries around the world than ever with jackpotting attacks.

Robots and Machines

This Malware Makes ATMs Spit Out All Their Money

By Dan Robitzski

A Dutch sex worker website has been hacked, with the thief getting away with the email addresses and other data of more than 250,000 users.

Sex Worker Website Hacked, Details on 250,000+ Users Now for Sale

By Kristin Houser

A Yahoo software engineer hacked 6,000 people's accounts in a systematic, far-reaching hunt for nudes and other sexually-explicit media.

Science & Energy

Yahoo Engineer Admits He Hacked User Accounts to Hunt for Nudes

By Dan Robitzski

After hackers revealed flaws in the F-15's cybersecurity, the Air Force plans to invite white hat hackers to probe an active satellite for vulnerabilities.

The Air Force Is Inviting Hackers to Breach a Satellite

By Dan Robitzski

GPS trackers intended to help parents keep an eye on their kids are particularly vulnerable to hackers. Over 600,000 devices could be easily compromised.

Robots and Machines

Parents Are Giving Kids GPS Trackers That Can Be Hacked by Creeps

By Dan Robitzski

Fortnite players who downloaded what they thought was software to help them cheat instead got hit by a ransomware attack demanding crypto payments.

Science & Energy

New Ransomware Steals Crypto From Fortnite Players

By Dan Robitzski