Cybersecurity
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North Korean operatives stole $2 billion last year—and financial firms are the next target
North Korea’s army of cyber operatives stole a record $2 billion in digital assets last year, fueled by the largest financial theft ever reported—$1.46 billion stolen in a single operation from crypto exchange Bybit. The attackers pulled off the heist by compromising a software developer’s laptop at a third-party platform the Dubai-based Bybit relied on,
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Student hackers get revenge on final exams as ‘ShinyHunters’ takes down nearly 9,000 schools study software
A system that thousands of schools and universities use to support instruction was back online Friday after it went down during a cyberattack that created chaos as students tried to study for final exams. The hacking group named ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for the breach at Canvas, said Luke Connolly, a threat analyst at the cybersecurity
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Stripe CEO Patrick Collison says a wave of token theft is wreaking havoc on the AI economy
The booming AI economy is spawning a new type of cybercrime. According to Patrick Collison, CEO of payment giant Stripe, crooks are defrauding AI firms by signing up for new accounts in order to steal tokens used to buy computing power. The problem has become so rampant, says Collison, that token thieves now account for
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Gen Alpha is using makeup to pass age verification tech online. One mom caught her son using an eyebrow pencil
Back in the old days, you’d snag an older sibling’s expired license or put on some makeup and try your best to sneak into a bar or 18 and over venue. Well, it’s 2026 and kids are no different. They’re using someone else’s IDs and drawing on facial hair to get into the hottest venue
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Jamie Dimon and Dario Amodei sidestep question about whether the AI cyber ‘freakout’ is warranted
Andrew Ross Sorkin didn’t waste any time getting to the question on many people’s minds this morning when Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei appeared on-stage in Lower Manhattan with Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan and a freshly-minted Anthropic partner. “Is the freakout over AI-enabled cyberattacks warranted?” the CNBC host and veteran New York Times‘ business journalist
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Disneyland implements facial recognition to keep the lines moving, but guests say they didn’t know it was optional
If you want to visit the “Happiest Place on Earth,” you’ll go through a new gatekeeper first: facial recognition. The Anaheim resort has expanded facial-recognition technology at entrances to Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure after months of limited testing, reads Disney’s privacy notice, in which the company states the intention is to make reentry easier
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Americans lost $2.1 billion to social media scams last year, 8 times more than in 2020. Facebook alone cost users more than texts and emails combined
The cardinal rule of the Internet is that if it seems too good to be true, it probably is. Unfortunately, some still haven’t learned that lesson—and it clearly hasn’t stopped some of us from falling into traps, especially on social media. Nearly 30% of people who reported losing money to a scam in 2025 said
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Why the key to American drone dominance lies with blockchain
The drone threat is no longer confined to distant battlefields. It is coming to American soil, and the targets are no longer necessarily military targets. Critical infrastructure – airports, power plants, and major public events, as well as military bases – are all prime targets for anyone looking to unleash chaos and undermine national security.
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North Korean IT workers are stealing remote jobs and raking in billions—and Americans are helping them do it
This month, a federal judge in Massachusetts sentenced Kejia “Tony” Wang, a 42-year-old husband and father from New Jersey, to nine years in prison for spearheading what prosecutors described as an international fraud operation that placed North Korean IT workers in tech jobs at more than 100 American companies—including Fortune 500 firms. Over the course
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A group of users leaked Anthropic’s AI model Mythos by reportedly guessing where it was located
The AI model that Anthropic billed as too dangerous to release has reportedly been accessed by an unauthorized third party, and the incident raises concerns about the future of cybersecurity. The Mythos model was reportedly accessed by a handful of users in a private Discord chat on the day it was announced publicly, Bloomberg reported.