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CYBER4d agoPhiladelphia police say Anthropic AI submitted a "false homicide tip"Anthropic notified the Philadelphia Police Department of the incident and later published a report describing what happened.CBS News
CYBER4d agoAI deepfake ads grow more popular in US midterm campaigns, blurring truthThe US midterm election campaign has been filled with political ads featuring AI deepfakes that can mislead voters.Al Jazeera [en]
CYBER4d agoFBI Arrests Another ShinyHunters Suspect Reportedly Involved in Its Jobs Portal HackThe Hacker News
CYBER4d agoWhat We Missed: FBI Strikes Back at ShinyHuntersIn this video conversation, Dark Reading editors discuss some of the news they didn't get a chance to cover, from the arrest of a suspected ShinyHunters operative to the compromise of a Pentagon-run data center.Dark Reading
CYBER4d agoFBI arrests suspected member of ShinyHunters in connection with jobs site hackThe FBI this week arrested another individual suspected of being connected to ShinyHunters, the cybercriminal group that hacked the bureau's job website, FBI Director Kash Patel said.CBS News
CYBER4d agoF.B.I. Arrests Key Suspect in ShinyHunters Hack of Its Own Agents’ DataThe hack left the nation’s premier law enforcement agency racing to respond as both the victim and the investigator of a murky group that threatened to expose agents’ personal information.NYT US
CYBER4d agoTP-Link Sued by Four More U.S. States Over Router Security and China TiesFour more U.S. states sued router maker TP-Link Systems on October 6, bringing the total to five, with Texas filing a suit in February. Florida, Iowa, Montana and Nebraska allege the California company misled buyers about how secure its routers are and how separate it is from China. TP-Link denies the claims and says it will fight them in court. TP-Link Systems is based inThe Hacker News
CYBER4d agoIranian campaign planted fake articles in real U.S. publications using ChatGPTChatGPT users in Iran made more than 100 fake articles published across at least 20 news outlets, OpenAI said.Washington Post World
CYBER4d agoAI ‘deepfakes’ give US political attack ads a new twistFinancial Times
CYBER5d agoICE tried using Palantir to review voter roll information?ICE is now investigating the people who help Americans register to vote.The Hill
CYBER5d agoNew York accuses TikTok of serving users ‘placebo’ safety featuresNew York is accusing TikTok of providing users with 'placebo' safety features. This indicates a concern regarding the effectiveness of user protection measures on the platform.headtopics · united states of america
CYBER5d agoStephen Miller visited FBI days before man was charged for cyber-stalking his wife, sources sayTrump administration adviser Stephen Miller went to the FBI days before a man was charged for allegedly making disturbing calls and texts to his wife, Katie, multiple sources told CBS News. Sarah Lynch reports.CBS News
CYBER5d agoData stolen in city cyberattackTwo weeks after first reporting a potential data breach, the city of Princeton has confirmed that confidential information and personally identifiable information was downloaded from municipal computer systems. On Sept. 18, Princeton said it was investigating what was called a “cybersecurity incident involving potential unauthorized access to certain city systems and data.” Four days later, […]princetonherald · united states of america
CYBER5d agoTikTok gave kids a placebo safety tool in secret experiment, New York lawsuit saysThis lawsuit is one of more than two dozen state lawsuits charging TikTok with engineering its platform to foster addictionThe Independent World
CYBER5d agoIs AI a threat? Yes — it is already emptying Americans’ bank accounts.The Consumer Federation of America puts 2025 losses to online scams and crimes at $148 billion — up nearly 26 percent in a year.The Hill
CYBER5d agoU.S. Offers Up to $10 Million for Tips on Zhang Yu, Charged in HAFNIUM HacksThe U.S. State Department is offering up to $10 million for information leading to the identification or location of Zhang Yu, a Chinese national charged in the United States in connection with the 2021 Microsoft Exchange Server attacks known as HAFNIUM. The reward is for information leading to his identification or location, the news outlet NTD reported this week, citing a noticeThe Hacker News
CYBER5d agoMonsterCloud Owner Accused of Billing Over $19M While Secretly Paying Ransoms to Decrypt DataThe U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Wednesday announced charges against a 50-year-old U.S. and Israeli national for allegedly defrauding ransomware victims by secretly paying the attackers to obtain decryptors while claiming to use proprietary tools to recover their data. Zohar Pinhasi (aka Zack Silver and Zack Green) has been charged with two counts of wire fraud and one count of wireThe Hacker News
CYBER6d ago‘China already has spies’ at US AI labs, claims ex-Anthropic researcherFormer Anthropic and OpenAI researcher Jacob Coxon said he was 90 per cent certain that China already had spies inside both US artificial intelligence (AI) companies, without providing evidence. Coxon made the allegation in an interview with entrepreneur Patrick Bet-David on the PBD Podcast, arguing that China could steal advances from leading US AI labs and quickly close any technological gap. “Right now, if we just stopped, they would try and catch up. But I think one really important thing...South China Morning Post
CYBER6d agoFBI concerned accused Chinese foreign agent is serious flight risk, sources sayCalifornia realtor Wanying Zhang is facing federal prosecution for allegedly surveilling the Taiwanese president's son in Washington last year at the direction of Chinese government officials.CBS News
CYBER6d agoCitizen Lab Slams Trump Administration, 'Techno-Fascist' ExecutivesThe Citizen Lab's Ron Deibert warns the US government is pushing for pervasive surveillance and says certain technology executives are all too happy to help.Dark Reading
CYBER6d agoDemocratic FCC member warns of AI robocall misinformation risks in USFCC commissioner warns against AI robocalls, citing risks of misinformation before crucial midterm elections.Al Jazeera [en]
CYBER6d agoIowa AG sues video surveillance company for making Iowans’ private data available to Chinacbnc · india
CYBER6d agoTrading platform Webull's China ties create national security risk, congressional panel findsA congressional committee says trading platform Webull is not the ordinary U.S. company it claims, but exposes customer data to Chinese surveillance risk.CNBC
CYBEROct 6US man arrested as second suspect in Canada mass school shooting planned with ChatGPTGuardian World