Cybersecurity
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California sues 23andMe over alleged ‘lax’ data security that failed to protect nearly 7 million users’ data in 2023 breach
California’s attorney general sued the genetic testing company formerly known as 23andMe on Thursday, alleging it failed to protect sensitive user data in a 2023 breach that affected nearly 7 million people across the country. Attorney General Rob Bonta filed the lawsuit against Chrome Holding Co., which 23andMe rebranded under after filing for bankruptcy last…
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The U.K.’s top spy says the window to stay ahead of China and Russia is narrowing and cybersecurity needs to become ‘10 times more urgent’
Russia and China are amping up their espionage on Western nations, and there is a “narrowing window for the U.K. and allies to stay ahead,” according to Britain’s spy chief. In a rare speech Wednesday at Bletchley Park, an estate in Buckinghamshire, England, that was the center of Allied code-breaking efforts during World War II,…
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A school district’s lawsuit against Meta for mental health costs was set for trial next month. Zuckerberg settled
Social media companies including Meta have settled the first of many lawsuits brought by hundreds of school districts seeking compensation for costs they say they incurred dealing with harms to children’s mental health from social media addiction. The lawsuit brought by a small, rural Kentucky school district was set to go to trial next month…
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Malaysia slams ‘grossly offensive, false, menacing and insulting’ TikTok memes about its king
Malaysia said Thursday it has ordered TikTok to explain and address what it described as the social media platform’s failure to act swiftly against offensive, defamatory and fake content targeting the royal institution. The Communications and Multimedia Commission said the move followed the circulation of “grossly offensive, false, menacing and insulting” content, including AI-generated videos…
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Exclusive: Advocacy groups file complaint against Roblox, alleging its manipulative design puts kids at risk
Child advocacy organizations Fairplay and the National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) are filing a complaint against Roblox at the Federal Trade Commission, asking the agency to investigate the gaming giant for practices they say exploit children through manipulative monetization, addictive design features and chat systems that have enabled predators to reach minors. The Request…
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6.7 million people thought they were ripping apart an AI-generated Monet painting. But it was real
The internet was certain: the painting lacked “coherent composition,” the colors were an “incoherent muddle of inconsistently saturated greens.” Commenters piled on with extraordinary confidence, picking apart what they believed was an obvious AI-generated knockoff of Claude Monet. One person even wrote an over 700-word breakdown of the supposed fake’s shortcomings. There was just one…
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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…