Lawyers began opening arguments in the trial brought by four state attorneys general against social media giant Meta, arguing that it designed its platforms to hook kids. Transcript MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: A federal judge heard opening arguments today in the lawsuit brought by four state attorneys general against Meta….
NEW YORK: US authorities expanded its prosecution of a sprawling Iranian hacking network Tuesday, bringing to 17 the number of indicted suspects for an alleged campaign against universities, companies, and government agencies.The Department of Justice unveiled a new indictment targeting eight additional individuals, with nine of the 17 defendants having…
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Opening statements are set to kick off Tuesday in a pivotal trial for Meta Platforms in a California federal court, where states are seeking billions of dollars in damages for social media harms to children. Attorneys general from California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey are seeking…
Posted By Steve Alder on Aug 18, 2026 Hacking incidents have been announced by American Addiction Centers in Tennessee and Oculus Pathology in Texas. Regional Center of Orange County in California has discovered the improper disposal of paper records. American Addiction Centers, Tennessee American Addiction Centers, a Brentwood, Tennessee-based provider…
Philips and General Electric (GE) are investigating incidents after the Clop ransomware group claimed to have stolen data from both companies. The companies are among 43 organizations recently listed on Clop’s data leak site. These incidents may be connected to attacks targeting internet-exposed PTC Windchill and PTC FlexPLM systems through…
Officials within the British government said Prime Minister Andy Burnham exchanged texts with a person impersonating President Donald Trump’s chief of staff, Susie Wiles. Politico first reported the impersonation on Monday, citing four officials familiar with the incident. They said Burnham had sent a few messages before becoming suspicious and…
Dragos recorded 1,140 ransomware incidents affecting industrial organisations worldwide in Q2 2026, up from 1,020 in Q1, according to its Q2 2026 industrial ransomware analysis. Manufacturing remained the hardest-hit sector, with 747 incidents – 65% of the total. Firms supporting industrial control system environments, such as engineering companies and equipment…
By the Hudson Rock Threat Intelligence Team Following our initial report detailing the largest AI supply chain breach of the year, Hudson Rock’s threat intelligence team has continued to analyze the catastrophic fallout of the LiteLLM and Trivy supply chain campaign. As part of our global ethical disclosure efforts, we…
Years into Australia’s quest to get teens off social media, the Albanese government is suddenly in a hurry. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese last month declared it was “outrageous” that the Coalition and the Greens had voted to scrutinise proposed reforms to social media minimum age law at an inquiry. It…
An advisory issued jointly this week by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center, National Security Agency, U.S. Secret Service, and the Republic of Korea’s National Police Agency alerted organizations about an emerging threat from the Gunra ransomware group and provided…
