A popular ex-Premier Leaguer, Jesse Lingard, faces a possible police investigation in South Korea. Jesse Lingard | Newsis Lingard, an attacking midfielder known for his tenure with Manchester United in the English Premier League before his recent move to FC Seoul, shared a photo of himself operating an electric scooter on the streets of Seoul […]
OpenAI shuts down election influence operation using ChatGPT
OpenAI has banned a cluster of ChatGPT accounts linked to an Iranian influence operation that was generating content about the U.S. presidential election, according to a blog post on Friday. The company says the operation created AI-generated articles and social media posts, though it doesn’t seem that it reached much of an audience. This is […]
US disrupts China-backed hacking operation amid warning of threat to American infrastructure
FBI director says China’s hackers are preparing to ‘wreak havoc’ on critical US systems Carly Page 9 hours The U.S. government announced Wednesday it had disrupted a China-backed hacking operation targeting U.S. critical infrastructure, amid warnings that Beijing is preparing to cause “real-world harm” to Americans in the event of a future conflict. Speaking during […]
Microsoft disrupts cybercrime operation selling fraudulent accounts to notorious hacking gang
Microsoft says it has successfully dismantled the infrastructure of a cybercrime operation that sold access to fraudulent Outlook accounts to other hackers, including the notorious Scattered Spider gang. The group, tracked by Microsoft as “Storm-1152”, is described as a major player in the cybercrime as a service (CaaS) ecosystem, whereby criminals provide hacking and cybercrime […]
Beeper Mini is back in operation after Apple’s attempt to shut it down
Beeper Mini, the app bringing blue bubble iMessage texts to Android users, is back in operation on Monday after a long weekend that saw Apple putting an end to Beeper’s services, claiming it was a security risk. Now, the startup behind the new app says it has resumed functioning, but hasn’t disclosed how that’s been […]