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US soldier gets 70 months in prison for extorting 10 tech, telecom firms

Sep 28, 2026 // 11:37

A former U.S. Army soldier has been sentenced to 70 months in prison for hacking and extorting at least 10 U.S. technology and telecommunications companies […]

Spain’s data agency gets first report of AI-powered data breach

Sep 16, 2026 // 20:37

The Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) was notified of an attack allegedly carried out with an AI agent powered by a known large language model […]

Homebrew 7.0.0 gets built-in GUI, better security controls

Sep 14, 2026 // 23:43

Homebrew package manager version 7.0.0 has been released with a built-in vulnerability scanner, stronger security controls, and the full release of its native BrewUI graphical […]

Man gets 15 years for extorting women with AI-generated porn videos

Sep 9, 2026 // 15:37

An Ohio man was sentenced to 15 years in prison for multiple cybercrimes, including sextortion and cyberstalking of numerous victims via phone calls, voicemails, text […]

Ransom Cartel Creator Gets 16 Years in Prison for Operating Ransomware-as-a-Service

Aug 6, 2026 // 11:29

A federal judge in Alexandria, Virginia, sentenced Maksim Silnikau to 16 years in prison on August 5 for creating and running Ransom Cartel, the ransomware-as-a-service […]

Ransom Cartel Creator Gets 16 Years in Prison for Operating Ransomware-as-a-Service

Aug 6, 2026 // 11:28

A federal judge in Alexandria, Virginia, sentenced Maksim Silnikau to 16 years in prison on August 5 for creating and running Ransom Cartel, the ransomware-as-a-service […]

Man gets six years for hacking 750 women’s Snapchat accounts

Jul 24, 2026 // 14:37

An Illinois man was sentenced on Tuesday to 76 months in prison and three years of supervised release for hacking the Snapchat accounts of over […]

Windows LegacyHive zero-day flaw gets free, unofficial patches

Jul 21, 2026 // 12:36

Free unofficial patches are available for a recently disclosed Windows zero-day flaw that allows attackers to escalate privileges on up-to-date Windows systems. The vulnerability (dubbed […]

Microsoft Entra ID gets passkeys default authentication starting September

Jul 14, 2026 // 15:56

Microsoft has announced that passkeys will become the default authentication method for the Entra ID enterprise identity service starting September 2026. Passkeys will be enabled […]

Former ransomware negotiator gets 4 years for BlackCat attacks

Jul 10, 2026 // 16:57

A former employee of cybersecurity incident response company DigitalMint was sentenced to 70 months in prison for targeting U.S. companies in BlackCat (ALPHV) ransomware attacks. […]

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