Storage Wars alum Darrell Sheets confronted alleged cyberbullies in the weeks before his death at 67. “I have been hacked by a very evil person,” Sheets wrote via Facebook on March 9. “The clown. [The posts] are not done by me, they are being done by … very evil people….
Even a decade ago, the horror stories behind some of the 13 children’s online protection bills Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Thursday seemed the stuff of fiction. An AI chatbot coaching a teenager to isolate himself from friends and family and ultimately take his own life. Children’s AI-enabled plush…
TALLAHASSEE, FL — After reports of a data breach, the state agency that handles driver licenses, admits it’s been hacked. The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles said in a Friday news release that it learned of a data breach by an “international cybercriminal ring” a week earlier,…
Nate Soares has been worried about artificial intelligence longer than almost anyone. He’s the president of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute and co-author of the subtly named book, “If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All.” He’s watched with a sort of grim vindication, as…
The gap between future quantum risk and today’s cybersecurity planning has narrowed considerably over the past year. Policy-makers worldwide have already begun to move on quantum-safe cybersecurity and the private sector will follow. Organizations should not wait for legislation and instead look to integrating quantum readiness into cybersecurity now. The…
The network is suspected of facilitating banking fraud, fraudulent ATM withdrawals and online betting Dibrugarh: Tinsukia police arrested 11 youths for their alleged involvement in a cybercrime network suspected of facilitating banking fraud, fraudulent ATM withdrawals and online betting.The arrests came on Friday following coordinated raids at several locations based…
Hackers leak documents from Greenberg Traurig on darknet. On September 10, the law firm Greenberg Traurig confirmed a document leak in a statement to Reuters. Company representatives stated that a hacker accessed some files and published them on the darknet. The leaked information includes Social Security numbers. Affected clients have…
Independent candidate for Governor says protecting children, parents and classrooms must come before Big Tech profits NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla., Sept. 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Non-party affiliated candidate for Florida Governor Frank Russo today announced that, if elected, he will support and sign legislation restricting addictive social media design features…
A Texas judge ruled on Thursday that TikTok violated the state’s consumer protection law by misleading users about how the platform filtered content for minors and the effectiveness of its Restricted Mode feature. Texas sued TikTok in January 2025, accusing the company of marketing its platform as safe for children…
The Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) plans to release a broad statewide procurement for cybersecurity products and services Wednesday, with resulting contracts to be made available to eligible public-sector customers through the agency’s Cooperative Contracts Program. DIR said the forthcoming Request for Offers (RFO) is expected to cover a…
