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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.

The operation, identified by the Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab), was part of Spamouflage, a long-running influence network linked to Beijing.

A Chinese national accused of being a member of a state-backed hacking group that allegedly broke into systems to steal COVID-19 vaccine information has been extradited to the U.S. from Milan.

Hackers are impersonating Microsoft Teams help desk workers to trick victims into installing data-stealing malware, researchers found.

Officials and experts believe the most likely threat from Iranian hackers is not a digital shock-and-awe campaign, but something quieter: opportunistic intrusions, dressed up to look bigger than they are.

The home security company ADT said cybercriminals breached company systems on Monday and stole a “limited set” of customer and prospective customer information.

Autonomous weapons are becoming an "essential" part of modern war, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine told an audience at Vanderbilt University’s Asness Summit on Modern Conflict and Emerging Threats.

An upcoming proposed bill will include language that holds big tech accountable for using age verification tools to block young users.

Canadian police arrested three men over the use of a mobile “SMS blaster,” a device capable of impersonating a cellular tower to send mass phishing messages and disrupt mobile networks.

The Treasury Department said Cambodian senator Kok An was being sanctioned alongside 28 others involved in his scam center operation.

CISA said the unnamed department was infected with malware called “FIRESTARTER” that allowed the hackers to return to the Cisco device in March without re-exploiting the original vulnerabilities.

The campaigns exploited a weakness in telecom infrastructure to allow the unnamed vendors to secretly pose as real cellular providers and pinpoint victims’ locations.

The group, which researchers at cybersecurity firm ESET named GopherWhisper, has been active since at least November 2023 and was discovered in January 2025 after investigators found a previously unknown backdoor on the network of a Mongolian government institution.

Sean Plankey reportedly told colleagues that he needed to focus on assuaging concerns about his Coast Guard work that had led Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) to block his nomination.

The bill, known as the SECURE Data Act, is backed by top Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce and Financial Services committees.

Researchers said the group stole up to $12 million in cryptocurrency in the first three months of 2026 through malware attacks on personal devices.

Hackers deployed a previously unknown wiper malware against Venezuela’s energy and utilities sector in an attack that appears to have been designed to destroy systems.

French authorities have arrested a suspected hacker believed to be behind dozens of data breaches targeting public institutions, sports federations and private organizations across the country.

Dutch intelligence says the threat from Beijing is now largely going unmet and is so sophisticated its operations are regularly missed by intelligence agencies and cybersecurity defenders.

Britain's cybersecurity chief warned Tuesday that the country is handling four nationally significant cyber incidents every week, with the majority now traced back to hostile foreign governments rather than criminal hackers.