Prominent crypto critic says someone offered bribes to take down a blog post | TechCrunch
In August, the crypto news website Web3 Is Going Just Great published a post about the arrest of Roman Ziemian, the founder of crypto trading platf…
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Chinese Hackers Target Trump Campaign via Verizon Breach
The Chinese spy operation adds to the growing sense of a melee of foreign digital interference in the election, which has already included Iranian h…
ICE's $2 Million Contract With a Spyware Vendor Is Under White House Review
A $2 million contract that United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement signed with Israeli commercial spyware vendor Paragon Solutions has …
Turn Your Device Off And On Again, NSA’s Advice To Smartphone Users Gains Traction
Turning your phone off and then on again to reboot is not new advice, by any means. We heard the National Security Agency issue a warning in 2020, …
Meta tests facial recognition for spotting 'celeb-bait' ads scams and easier account recovery | TechCrunch
Meta is expanding tests of facial recognition as an anti-scam measure to combat celebrity scam ads and more broadly, the Facebook owner announced Mo…
The Disinformation Warning Coming From the Edge of Europe
A TikTok video of actor Brian Baumgartner, from the American version of The Office , calling for the overthrow of the president of a small European…
Millions of People Are Using Abusive AI ‘Nudify’ Bots on Telegram
In early 2020, deepfake expert Henry Ajder uncovered one of the first Telegram bots built to “undress” photos of women using artificial intelligen…
It Seemed Like an AI Crime-Fighting Super Tool. Then Defense Attorneys Started Asking Questions
Just after 9 pm on an August night in 2020, Kimberly Thompson and Brian James pulled the car into a driveway in Akron, Ohio, and stepped out into a…
Meet the Chinese 'Typhoon' hackers preparing for war | TechCrunch
Of the cybersecurity risks facing the United States today, few loom larger than the potential sabotage capabilities posed by China-backed hackers, w…