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‘Help! I need money. It’s an emergency’: your child’s voicemail that could be a scam
3+ hour, 38+ min ago Steps to help combat fraud in which criminals use AI-generated replica of a person's voice to deceive victims The voicemail from your son is alarming. He has just been in a car accident and is highly stressed. He needs money…...
US plan for $1.6m hepatitis B vaccine study in Africa called ‘highly unethical’
1+ day, 13+ hour ago The Trump administration has indicated that it will fund a $1.6m study on hepatitis B vaccination of newborns in the west African country of Guinea-Bissau, where nearly one in five adults live with the virus " a move that researchers call "highly…...
The Com: the growing cybercrime network behind recent Pornhub hack
1+ day, 16+ hour ago Criminal ecosystem made up of mostly male native English language speakers aged from 16 to 25 Ransomware hacks, data theft, crypto scams and sextortion cover a broad range of cybercrimes carried out by an equally varied list of assailants. But there is…...
‘Not clear’ who was behind FCDO hack, says minister, amid reports of China link – UK politics live
1+ day, 16+ hour ago Chris Bryant confirms October cyber-attack as the Sun names Storm 1849, a Chinese hacker group, as being responsible The BBC's editing guidelines do not need to be altered in the wake of controversy surrounding the edit of a Donald Trump speech,…...
UK Foreign Office victim of cyber-attack in October, says Chris Bryant
1+ day, 21+ hour ago Minister says "any individual" at low risk from hack, while Sun reports Chinese cyber gang responsible for breach The UK"s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office was hacked in October, the minister Chris Bryant has said. Bryant, a trade minister…...
Fake Minns, altered images and psyop theories: Bondi attack misinformation shows AI’s power to confuse
2+ day, 22+ hour ago For now many fakes are easy to spot. But audiences could find it increasingly difficult to tell fact from fiction as tech improves Full report: Bondi terror attack Victims of Bondi beach shooting Misinformation, turbocharged by AI, was hard to…...
Hackers access Pornhub’s premium users’ viewing habits and search history
3+ day, 16+ hour ago ShinyHunters group reportedly behind the hack affecting data of 200m users thought to be from before 2021 Hackers have accessed the search history and viewing habits of premium users of Pornhub, one of the world's most popular pornography websites. A gang has…...
UK MPs facing rising number of phishing attacks
1+ week, 2+ day ago MPs are facing rising numbers of phishing attacks and Russia-based actors are actively targeting the WhatsApp and Signal accounts of politicians and officials, the UK parliamentary authorities have warned. MPs, peers and officials are being asked to step up their…...
UK fraud prevention ‘still lacking’ after Covid-related scams and errors cost £11bn
1+ week, 4+ day ago Most of losses from bounceback loan, furlough pay and eat out to help out fraud not recovered, report finds Ministers have been warned that fraud prevention efforts are falling short across government, as a major Covid report found that fraud…...
Scores of UK parliamentarians join call to regulate most powerful AI systems
1+ week, 6+ day ago Exclusive: Campaign urges PM to show independence from US and push to rein in development of superintelligence More than 100 UK parliamentarians are calling on the government to introduce binding regulations on the most powerful AI systems as concern grows that…...