Tag: Cybersecurity

It’s the Senate’s last chance to pass the PRESS Act

Folks in America: Your senators only have a few weeks left to pass the PRESS Act, a federal “shield” bill that the House...

FBI says hackers are sending fraudulent police data requests to tech giants to steal people’s private information

The FBI is warning that hackers are obtaining private user information — including emails and phone numbers — from U.S.-based tech companies by...

Hacker says they banned ‘thousands’ of Call of Duty gamers by abusing anti-cheat flaw

In October, video game giant Activision said it had fixed a bug in its anti-cheat system that affected “a small number of legitimate...

It’s Election Day, and all the AIs — but one — are acting responsibly

Ahead of the polls closing on Tuesday, most of the major AI chatbots wouldn’t answer questions about U.S. presidential election results. But Grok,...

Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% staff, drops advocacy division

The Mozilla Foundation, the nonprofit arm of the Firefox browser maker Mozilla, has laid off 30% of its employees as the organization says...

Canadian authorities say they arrested hacker linked to Snowflake data breaches

A hacker suspected of involvement in a series of massive Snowflake-related hacks has been arrested in Canada, according to local authorities. Ian McLeod, a...