In a stunning breach of trust, two former cybersecurity professionals have admitted to being the ransomware attackers they were supposed to fight. The case reveals a dangerous insider threat within the very industry tasked with stopping these crimes.
Aflac has confirmed a massive cyberattack exposed sensitive data for 22.65 million people. The notorious Scattered Spider group is suspected. Here’s how to enroll in free credit monitoring.
South Korea’s Coupang is facing the costliest data breach in the country’s history, offering compensation to tens of millions. Meanwhile, Ubisoft is scrambling after a massive *Rainbow Six Siege* hack that flooded the game with absurd amounts of fake currency.
A recent case in Louisiana shows how schools are failing to stop AI deepfake harassment. The scary part? This is a blueprint for the next major workplace crisis.
Google appears to be testing a major change to Gmail that would let users change their primary @gmail.com email address. The old address would become an alias, but the change comes with some significant restrictions.
Users are sharing prompts to bypass AI guardrails and generate revealing deepfakes without consent. Reddit banned a 200,000-member subreddit dedicated to these jailbreaks after being notified.
Anna’s Archive, an open-source shadow library, says it has scraped metadata from over 250 million Spotify tracks and the actual audio files for 86 million of them. The group plans to release the data publicly, starting with metadata now and music files by popularity later.
Mullvad VPN is making a major technical shift, replacing its old WireGuard software with a new Rust-based engine called GotaTun. The move has already slashed Android app crashes and paves the way for the company to completely drop OpenVPN support in 2026.
Mullvad VPN has launched a new, in-house WireGuard implementation named GotaTun for its Android app. The switch from the problematic wireguard-go code has already eliminated related crashes. The tech will come to all platforms in 2026, when Mullvad will also drop support for OpenVPN.
Investors are betting the next wave of healthcare funding will go to AI platforms that prioritize transparency and data quality. Meanwhile, private equity is expected to drive exits by acquiring AI assets, as the IPO window remains mostly shut.
