Genetic testing giant 23andMe is reportedly turning the blame back on its customers for its recent data breach

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A 23andme DNA test kit.
Genetic testing giant 23andMe has reportedly turned the responsibility for its latest data breach back on its customers.

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Researchers Uncover the ‘Most Sophisticated’ iPhone Exploit Ever

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What happens when you hack a cybersecurity researcher? Kaspersky, a Moscow-based security firm, presented new details regarding zero-day vulnerabilities in Apple products on Wednesday. Kaspersky researchers are calling this the most sophisticated attack they’ve ever seen, exposing a previously unknown hardware…

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A judge sentenced the teen hacker who leaked GTA 6 footage to a secure hospital until doctors say he can leave

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A poster promoting Grand Theft Auto V is attached to a wall at the 8 Bit & Up video games shop in Manhattan's East Village on September 18, 2013 in New York City.
Police arrested a teenage hacker who leaked Grand Theft Auto 6 clips.

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China has stolen more personal and corporate information than every other country in the world combined, FBI director says

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Christopher Wray (left) and China soldiers raising the flag (right).
"We welcome business with China, visitors from China, academic exchange. What we don't welcome is cheating, and theft, and repression," Christopher Wray told 60 Minutes' Scott Pelley.

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Signal Says It Has No Evidence Supporting Reports of a Zero-Day Bug

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Over the weekend, rumors circulated that Signal, one of the most trusted encrypted chat apps on the web, had a pretty bad zero-day vulnerability. The claims, which have now been all but debunked, swiftly caused a panic in the infosec community.

FTX reportedly transferred $500 million of crypto onto a USB stick to stop it from being stolen by hackers

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FTX cofounder Sam Bankman-Fried faces charges of fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

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The Legal Case Against the Journalist Who Exposed Kanye West’s Weird Fox News Interview

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An opaque legal case against a Florida journalist is alarming press advocates, who see it as a troubling example of draconian government overreach.

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MGM Resorts is still suffering from a massive outage after a notorious group of young hackers apparently tricked workers into handing over access to the company's network

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Caesars Palace MGM Resorts side-by-side
A hacking group with members as young as 19 breached MGM's digital systems, weeks after apparently forcing Caesars Entertainment to pay millions of dollars in ransom.

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You should update your iPhone. Apple just fixed some iOS security vulnerabilities that had researchers worried.

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Apple recently released an important iPhone update to target a security hole and prevent hacking.

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Biden launches AI competition to tackle cybersecurity challenges — and hackers are being offered $20 million in prize money to compete

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US President Joe Biden discusses his Administration's commitment to seizing the opportunities and managing the risks of Artificial Intelligence, in San Francisco, California, June 20, 2023.
President Joe Biden.

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