Cybersecurity

A woman walks through an empty supermarket freezer aisle.

Hackers pushed freezers at hundreds of French supermarkets to 122 degrees. Now the Pentagon is asking whether the same thing hit U.S. military bases

More than half a dozen U.S. military commissaries experienced refrigeration failure in August, and cybersecurity experts suspect a possible connection.

By Sasha RogelbergNovember 1, 2026

The Pentagon and Britain are bracing for the power to go out. The ultrawealthy got there first, with backup generators, escape homes, and stockpiles

The Pentagon and Britain are bracing for the power to go out. The ultrawealthy got there first, with backup generators, escape homes, and stockpiles

By Sydney LakeOctober 30, 2026

The $6.3 billion Binance hack: What we know so far about the biggest crypto heist in history [Updated]

The $6.3 billion Binance hack: What we know so far about the biggest crypto heist in history [Updated]

By Jeff John RobertsOctober 30, 2026

Soccer superstar Kylian Mbappé is the latest global name to find himself on the wrong side of Chinese patriotism

Soccer superstar Kylian Mbappé is the latest global name to find himself on the wrong side of Chinese patriotism

By Jay GanglaniOctober 28, 2026

‘The assertion that the AI is an autonomous being is insane’: Cyber expert says companies should face criminal charges when their AI hacks

‘The assertion that the AI is an autonomous being is insane’: Cyber expert says companies should face criminal charges when their AI hacks

By Shae LakeOctober 29, 2026

$Anthropic spent $2.75 million guarding Dario Amodei last year—more than 4 times his salary, but a fraction of Mark Zuckerberg’s security bill$

Anthropic spent $2.75 million guarding Dario Amodei last year—more than 4 times his salary, but a fraction of Mark Zuckerberg’s security bill

By Bilin LinOctober 29, 2026

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Hunter Biden, son of US President Joe Biden, exits the J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building on June 10, 2024 in Wilmington, Delaware.

DOJ’s Hunter Biden laptop prosecution hits a snag after a federal judge questions department’s unorthodox filing

By The Associated Press, Eric Tucker, Alanna Durkin Richer and Michael KunzelmanOctober 28, 2026

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By Wyatte Grantham-Philips and The Associated PressOctober 19, 2026

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By Jeff John RobertsOctober 28, 2026

‘As New York’s mom Governor, I’m taking action’: Kathy Hochul bans bots from cozying up to kids, cracks down on baby monitors

‘As New York’s mom Governor, I’m taking action’: Kathy Hochul bans bots from cozying up to kids, cracks down on baby monitors

By Catherina GioinoOctober 28, 2026

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Newsom agrees smart glasses need privacy rules—just not the ones California lawmakers wrote

By Tatiana SatauaOctober 27, 2026

Pentagon orders bases to plan for 90 days without the grid as Britain urges families to stockpile food and water

Pentagon orders bases to plan for 90 days without the grid as Britain urges families to stockpile food and water

By Bilin LinOctober 26, 2026

A man walks inside the The High Museum of Art voting center on the first day for early voting in Georgia, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, in Atlanta.

Democrats train tens of thousands of poll watchers as the Justice Department plans its largest-ever Election Day monitoring

By Steve Peoples and The Associated PressOctober 26, 2026

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By Jeff John RobertsOctober 19, 2026

A wolf is photographed in a forest near the Russian border, in Hukkajarvi, eastern Finland.

‘We had wolves coming into the village’: Google’s destruction of a 1,300-acre forest unleashed the wolfpack in Finland

By Joshua HongOctober 26, 2026

A person with a bicycle walks past advertisement for Meta Muse.

AI agents are shopping like never before—and tools like Mastercard’s ‘Pay for Machines’ could turbocharge the trend

By Jeff John RobertsOctober 26, 2026

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By Indrani SenOctober 25, 2026

Scammers used AI to clone her daughter’s voice and fake a kidnapping. A voice expert says every family now needs a safe word

Scammers used AI to clone her daughter’s voice and fake a kidnapping. A voice expert says every family now needs a safe word

By Muskaan ArshadOctober 24, 2026

A person wearing all black throws a chair at a glass window in the midst of a riot.

Looters hit 3,000 French businesses. Within hours, the haul was trending on Vinted under the riot’s date

By Sasha RogelbergOctober 23, 2026

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Zoom and big financial firms add ‘Proof of Human’ badges from Sam Altman’s World to stop fraud and deepfakes
By Jeff John RobertsOctober 18, 2026

How an OpenAI model exposed a flaw in 70% of the internet’s websites

By Doug Jacobson and The ConversationOctober 23, 2026

An aerial view shows the site where Google's data centre is set to be built in Muhos, Finland.

Google told to halt work on Finnish data centers after clearing an estimated 250,000 trees before environmental review was done

By Joshua HongOctober 23, 2026

ChatGPT now lets you lock private chats with a PIN—but forgetting it could erase them for good

ChatGPT now lets you lock private chats with a PIN—but forgetting it could erase them for good

By Fernanda TroncoOctober 23, 2026

Europe wants more than promises from American tech

By Margot Edelman and Camilo Lascano TribinOctober 23, 2026

Elon Musk, wearing a suit, frowns and looks to his right.

Judge: Federal government lawyers ‘barely defend’ giving Elon Musk’s DOGE illegal access to government data

By Sasha RogelbergOctober 22, 2026

The PHP bug marks a dangerous new era for the internet. OpenAI’s poised to cash in

By Emily ForliniOctober 22, 2026

‘Disconcerting’: Researchers found a ‘pain’ signal inside AI models. Turning it up made them delete a user’s family photos

‘Disconcerting’: Researchers found a ‘pain’ signal inside AI models. Turning it up made them delete a user’s family photos

By Shae LakeOctober 22, 2026

AI tools discovered the PHP vulnerability that could take down 70% of the internet. Now, the race is on to patch it before AI-powered hackers attack

AI tools discovered the PHP vulnerability that could take down 70% of the internet. Now, the race is on to patch it before AI-powered hackers attack

By Emily ForliniOctober 21, 2026

Attorney General of New Mexico Raúl Torrez speaks during a rally organized by Accountable Tech and Design It For Us to hold tech and social media companies accountable for taking steps to protect kids and teens online on January 31, 2024 in Washington, DC.

New Mexico took on Meta alone and won a $25 billion judgment over Facebook’s privacy violations

By Mikella Schuettler and The Associated PressOctober 21, 2026

Collectors sent rare Pokémon and sports cards to get graded. Then thieves stole nearly $1 million worth of them from the FedEx truck taking them home

Collectors sent rare Pokémon and sports cards to get graded. Then thieves stole nearly $1 million worth of them from the FedEx truck taking them home

By Catherina GioinoOctober 21, 2026

The then Hungarian Finance Minister and President of the EU rotating Council Gyorgy Matolcsy, addresses the media during an EU finance ministers meeting at the European Council building in Brussels.

Hungary’s former central bank chief is arrested on suspicion of fraud as the new government cracks down on alleged corruption

By Justin Spike and The Associated PressOctober 21, 2026

Conceptual image of a continuous row of identical humanoid robots featuring glossy black reflective helmets and white-silver body panels seated at a pale pink desk operating multiple open laptops filled with programming code lines, set against a solid vibrant orange gradient backdrop with soft warm lighting.

Powerful new AI models are fueling a growing wave of cyberattacks, experts say

By Emily ForliniOctober 21, 2026

The reporter who exposed Theranos loved the new Elizabeth Holmes documentary but says its ‘artistry’ shouldn’t obscure the fraud

The reporter who exposed Theranos loved the new Elizabeth Holmes documentary but says its ‘artistry’ shouldn’t obscure the fraud

By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezOctober 20, 2026

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By Jeremy KahnOctober 20, 2026

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Don’t vilify data centers for the wrong reasons — just demand better ones

By Adhum Carter Wolde-LuleOctober 20, 2026

Ex–OpenAI engineer accused of bugging office stays in jail as prosecutors allege Saudi ties: ‘Once he leaves, there’s no getting him back’

Ex–OpenAI engineer accused of bugging office stays in jail as prosecutors allege Saudi ties: ‘Once he leaves, there’s no getting him back’

By Emily Forlini and Wen ShaoOctober 19, 2026

Ukraine’s drones lose their Starlink link above 100 mph. Musk, Rubio, and Trump all say it wasn’t them

Ukraine’s drones lose their Starlink link above 100 mph. Musk, Rubio, and Trump all say it wasn’t them

By Steven JohnOctober 19, 2026

Homeland Security Investigations task force officers arrest a suspect accused of illegally registering to vote during a federal operation in Commerce.

Feds arrest more than two dozen green card holders in California for allegedly voting, weeks before the midterms

By The Associated Press and Safiyah RiddleOctober 19, 2026

A thick haze obscures the skyline behind the Central Business District area in Singapore.

‘They may think that they can escape scrutiny’: Singapore cracks down on Indonesian companies spreading ‘entirely preventable’ smog across the border

By The Associated PressOctober 19, 2026

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