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Supreme Court signals location data searches should require a warrant

The Supreme Court signaled during oral arguments Monday that it is likely to rule that police sweeps of all cell phones located in an area surrounding a crime scene qualify as a Fourth Amendment ...
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Money launderer for crypto thieves given 5-year sentence

A California man was sentenced to more than five years in prison for his role in supporting a cybercriminal organization that stole about $260 million worth of cryptocurrency from victims. Evan ...
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ADT says customer data stolen in cyber intrusion

The home security company ADT said cybercriminals breached company systems on Monday and stole a “limited set” of customer and prospective customer information. An investigation into the incident ...
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Iran’s cyber threat may be less ‘shock and awe’ than ‘low and slow,’ officials say

NASHVILLE — After the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued an advisory that said Iranian-linked cyber actors were looking to “cause disruptive effects within the United States,” the ...
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Surveillance companies exploiting telecom system to spy on targets’ locations, research shows

Surveillance vendors are using telecommunications infrastructure to suck up targets’ location data, according to a report released by researchers Thursday. The report from Citizen Lab, a research ...
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British hacker tied to Scattered Spider campaign pleads guilty in $8M scheme

A British hacker pleaded guilty Friday in U.S. federal court to participating in a sweeping cybercrime campaign that siphoned at least $8 million in cryptocurrency from companies and individuals, ...
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Teen arrested in Northern Ireland over cyberattack on school network

A 16-year-old boy has been arrested in Northern Ireland after a cyberattack disrupted access to educational systems used by potentially hundreds of thousands of students. The boy, who has not been ...
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Russia appears to block social media platform Bluesky amid wider internet restrictions

Russia’s internet regulator reportedly blocked access to the social media platform Bluesky, the latest move in a widening crackdown on foreign online services. Russian digital rights organization RKS ...
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FBI, Indonesia take down W3LL phishing tool

A widely used phishing tool called W3LL was disrupted by the FBI and law enforcement agencies in Indonesia on Friday. The phishing kit allowed hackers to create fake websites that looked like ...
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Hack at Dutch gym chain Basic-Fit exposes customer data in several EU countries

Unknown hackers breached the systems of European gym chain Basic-Fit and downloaded personal data belonging to members across several countries, the company said in a statement on Monday. The ...
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Cyberattack hits Northern Ireland’s centralized school network, disrupting access for thousands

A cyberattack on a centralized school IT network in Northern Ireland has disrupted access to educational systems for hundreds of thousands of students, with authorities still working to fully restore ...
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FBI: Cyber fraud surges to $17.6 billion in losses as scams, crypto theft soar

Cyber-enabled fraud accounted for the overwhelming majority of all losses reported to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) in 2025, with a staggering $17.6 billion stolen. The center’s ...