US government says it got hacked — again
A top Democrat on the Senate’s Intelligence Committee warned that the information accessed on a Homeland Security intelligence-sharing network may risk national security.
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Politician who investigated spyware abuses had his phone hacked with Pegasus spyware
A government customer of NSO Group used the company’s Pegasus spyware to hack into the phone of a European politician, who at the time was serving on an EU committee tasked with investigating the spyware industry.
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Alibaba reportedly bans employees from using Claude Code
Alibaba has reportedly classified Claude Code as high-risk software.
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Canadian spy agency says it hacked drug traffickers, extremists, and a ransomware gang last year
The hacking operations disclosed in a Canadian spy agency’s annual report underscores some pressing national security threats facing the country and its top allies.
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The ‘first’ AI-run ransomware attack still needed a human
An AI agent carried out the technical execution of a real-world ransomware attack for the first known time, but new details show a human still chose the victim, set up the infrastructure, and supplied stolen credentials — meaning it wasn’t quite the fully autonomous cybercrime debut that last week’s headlines suggested.
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Savi’s app aims to protect consumers from realistic AI scams like kidnappers demanding ransom
The company just raised $7 million in seed funding, and is launching its app for iPhone and Android on Tuesday.
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Hacktivists call out Trump by hacking and defacing US Army websites
The U.S. Army has fixed two of its websites that were hacked to display messages calling President Trump a “pedophile” and a “thief.”
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Hacked, leaked, and held for ransom: The worst breaches of 2026 so far
From a massive DOGE data breach and the hacking of critical energy and water systems to the hack of an FBI surveillance system, here are the most damaging security incidents and data breaches of 2026.
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Another massive data breach exposed millions of driver’s license numbers
The cyberattack targeting a U.S. insurance giant is the largest known breach of driver’s license numbers so far in 2026.
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Florida ransomware negotiator convicted for helping ransomware gang extort US companies
A third ransomware negotiator has been jailed for helping a notorious ransomware group extort American victim companies into paying the hackers.
