Special Report: Biden Won't Rule Out Retaliatory Strike Against Colonial Pipeline Attackers
Colonial's payment of $5 million ransom confirmed by multiple outlets, Darkside's dark website goes dark, Popular hacking forum now bans ransomware ads
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US disrupts China-linked operation targeting government and critical infrastructure
FBI and NSA seized domains underpinning the QTFY operation, which allegedly breached NASA, the Federal Reserve, the Energy Department and Senate while concealing its activity through compromised devices and clandestine networks spanning more than 130 countries.
OpenAI disrupted an elaborate Russian influence operation
Russian operators used ChatGPT to promote a fabricated Israel-based institute that laundered pro-Kremlin narratives through stolen academic research and a bogus “sovereignty index.”
Chinese state-linked hackers use DeepSeek to scale attacks
State-affiliated groups are using low-cost, lightly guarded AI models for reconnaissance, exploit development and other routine work—helping them more than double their attack volume, researchers say.
Iran-linked UK power generator attack exposes a cybersecurity blind spot
A suspected Iranian-linked cyberattack took a small UK power generator offline for four days, exposing a potential blind spot: energy assets too small to threaten the grid may also fall below the cybersecurity rules designed to protect it.