Bloomberg ·
A look at Binance's efforts to contain the hack, including creating a global war room of ~100 people and coordinating with other crypto companies and the FBI
The biggest crypto hack in history began with a rehearsal.
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Ephrat Livni / New York Times ·
China criticizes the US DHS's DeepSeek ban, vowing "resolute countermeasures" while rejecting allegations from the FBI and AI labs of illicit distillation
The response came after Homeland Security ordered the removal and exclusion of products developed by the Chinese company.
Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security ·
US investigators pursuing ShinyHunters, which stole FBI data, identified executives at two ransomware negotiation firms who had unusually close ties
U.S. federal investigators pursuing the ShinyHunters hacking group that recently stole highly sensitive data from the FBI …
Financial Times ·
Profile of Abdulrahman Alfozan, a Saudi national the FBI arrested after OpenAI found a recording device; he has deep ties to Saudi officials and tech investors
Arrest of computer engineer Abdulrahman Alfozan has shocked tech figures in Saudi Arabia, where he is deeply connected
The Guardian ·
US law enforcement and intel agency docs: since 2021, the FBI, DHS, and NYPD have viewed AI as both a facilitator of violent extremism and a target for attacks
From the FBI to local police departments, US authorities are increasingly warning of would-be terrorists using chatbots to plan attacks and anti-AI extremist threats
Dustin Volz / New York Times ·
The FBI says it worked with CrowdStrike to dismantle 40+ laptop farms across Texas used to help North Koreans get remote US tech jobs under stolen identities
F.B.I. investigators worked with the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike to dismantle so-called laptop farms that steal American identities to earn cash for Pyongyang.
Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security ·
In PA, FBI agents arrested a co-founder of a Canadian cybersecurity firm specializing in ransomware negotiations, as part of the ShinyHunters investigation
Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Thursday arrested the co-founder of a Canadian cybersecurity firm in connection …
Reuters ·
The FBI removes an Accenture contractor over a breach exposing thousands of employees' data; the FBI says a contractor failed to apply a security patch
The Federal Bureau of Investigation removed an Accenture contractor on Monday over their role in a damaging data breach …
Reuters ·
ShinyHunters member Saif al-Din Khader, aka "Rey," was detained in Jordan and is cooperating to identify other hackers involved in the FBI breach
A key member of the ShinyHunters hacking group, which claims to have stolen data on every FBI employee …
New York Times ·
Internal memo: the FBI says it is "operating under the premise" that a threat actor stole PII of all staff; ShinyHunters set a Tuesday deadline tied to demands
In an internal memo, the F.B.I. said it believed the hackers may have stolen sensitive information on all of its employees.
Reuters ·
Google says ShinyHunters has renewed "mass exploitation" of a flaw in Oracle's PeopleSoft; ShinyHunters has said it accessed FBI data using a flaw in PeopleSoft
Google's cybersecurity unit said on Friday that hacking group ShinyHunters has renewed "mass exploitation" …
Reuters ·
A sample of FBI data allegedly stolen by ShinyHunters includes granular detail on officials' job assignments on China, Russia, cartels, cyber, and other issues
FBI data allegedly stolen by the hacking group ShinyHunters carries granular detail about scores of bureau officials' job assignments …
Joseph Cox / 404 Media ·
ShinyHunters claims it used an Oracle PeopleSoft zero-day to hack FBI-related services and steal employee and applicant data; it also defaced the FBI jobs site
A sample of 5,000 alleged agents seen by 404 Media includes names, addresses, phone numbers, and details on FBI employees' spouses.
Reuters ·
The NSA, CISA, and FBI issue a joint advisory warning that Chinese AI companies, including DeepSeek, are conducting "industrial-scale" distillation campaigns
The U.S. government on Tuesday accused Chinese artificial intelligence companies of maliciously copying technology …
Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security ·
The FBI is investigating Nexus, a new ID theft service on the dark web claiming to sell digital scans of 153M+ drivers licenses from people in the US and Canada
A new identity theft service launched on the dark web this week is selling digital scans of more than 153 million drivers licenses …
Sam Sabin / Axios ·
Aslan, which offers AI agents for the FBI and wider intelligence community that can pose as analysts and undercover spies in online forums, raised $20.8M
Aslan, a startup building AI agents that act as operatives in national security missions, is publicly launching today after raising $20.8 million …
Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer ·
The FBI dismantles Outsider Enterprise, an AI-powered Chinese phishing operation, and seizes ~$100K in Tether in a joint effort with Google and Black Lotus Labs
In a coordinated effort, the FBI, working with Google and Black Lotus Labs, has dismantled a massive Chinese phishing …
A.J. Vicens / Reuters ·
The FBI seizes 13 domains allegedly tied to fake consulting firms that sought information from US government and military employees for suspected Chinese agents
Federal authorities announced on Wednesday the seizure of 13 internet domains tied to what the U.S. Justice Department called …
Pierluigi Paganini / Security Affairs ·
The FBI warns of rising cyber cargo theft, where attackers hack freight brokers' accounts and dupe carriers; 2025 cargo theft losses in N. America rose 60% YoY
The FBI warns of rising cyber cargo theft, with hackers targeting brokers and carriers. Experts say digital attacks are replacing traditional cargo theft.
John Sakellariadis / Politico ·
The FBI has declared a recent China-linked hack of a system, which contained pen register and trap and trace surveillance returns, a "major incident"
The determination suggests the hackers successfully compromised swathes of sensitive data stored directly on FBI systems …