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Young hackers jailed for devastating £39million TfL cyber attack
9+ hour, 31+ min ago (583+ words) Two “talented” hackers who cost Transport for London £39million after carrying out a cyber attack on its systems have been jailed. Thalha Jubair, 20, and Owen Flowers, 18, conducted an “extremely serious hack” on TfL’s online network which could have done “catastrophic damage…...
Australian patients’ medical records could be sold on dark web after clinics’ data breach
10+ hour, 59+ min ago (600+ words) Australians’ medical records and patient information could be sold on the hidden market, an expert has warned, after a cyber-attack at one of the nation’s biggest healthcare providers. Partnered Health revealed 21 clinics across several cities including Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra…...
Hackers who livestreamed £29 million Transport for London cyber attack jailed
9+ hour, 11+ min ago (666+ words) Two young members of a criminal hacking group who livestreamed themselves carrying out a cyber attack on Transport for London (TfL), which forced them to “pull the plug” on their own systems, have been jailed. Thalha Jubair, 20, and Owen Flowers,…...
Microsoft Admits Deleting 25-Year-Old Account Despite…
12+ hour, 54+ min ago (521+ words) Dutch Twitch streamer Joshua Khane shared screenshots of Microsoft's response on X, claiming the company acknowledged that his account had been compromised but ultimately decided it could not be recovered because the hacker had changed the account's security information. According…...
Moroccan intelligence insider reveals widespread use of Pegasus hacking software
15+ hour, 31+ min ago (927+ words) A former member of Morocco’s domestic intelligence service has helped to provide an unprecedented insight into how the north African state used hacking software – including Pegasus spyware – to target journalists, human rights defenders, French politicians and Spanish cabinet ministers and…...
Sam Altman Says Demand For ChatGPT's New Sol Model is Surging. It May Be Causing Some Issues
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (662+ words) OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has warned that users of the company's newly released GPT-5.6 Sol model may encounter problems as demand for the flagship system puts pressure on OpenAI's infrastructure. The warning came less than a week after OpenAI made…...
Patient details exposed in medical centres cyberattack
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (321+ words) Thousands of medical records and patient information stored with a giant healthcare provider have been breached in a cyberattack. Partnered Health, owned by private equity firm Quadrant, said 21 clinics across several cities including Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra have been affected…...
Banking Outages Put Big Tech in the Spotlight: UK Targets Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Oracle
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (408+ words) inkl Banking Outages Put Big Tech in the Spotlight: UK Targets Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Oracle Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Oracle fall under direct supervision by Britain's financial watchdogs from today, the first companies ever brought inside the UK's new…...
Diarrhoea Outbreak From Cyclospora Parasite Surges A Year After CDC Downgraded Parasite Tracking
5+ day, 6+ hour ago (453+ words) A parasite that causes explosive, watery diarrhoea has sickened thousands of Americans this summer, as public health officials investigate one of the country's largest cyclosporiasis outbreaks in recent years, striking just a year after the federal government stopped requiring health…...
Meta's Muse AI Sparks Privacy Concerns After Public Instagram Photos Are Opted In Automatically
5+ day, 11+ hour ago (301+ words) The entertainment industry has been one of the loudest critics of the rollout. SAG-AFTRA urged its members to disable the feature as soon as possible, warning that it could make it easier for people to create fake images of actors…...