Hackers defrost fridges at hundreds of French supermarkets, Bloomberg says
Hackers defrost fridges at hundreds of French supermarkets, Bloomberg says

Hackers broke into the refrigeration systems of hundreds of French supermarkets on Sunday night. Stores had to throw out meat, frozen goods and vegetables. About 150 Intermarché stores were hit, a spokesman for owner Groupement Mousquetaires told Bloom…

Why small businesses can’t afford to treat cybersecurity as an afterthought

Bitdefender Ultimate Small Business Security could be the cybersecurity co-worker to help you succeed

Feds Got Warrants to Use Fake Cell Towers to Hunt Down Don Lemon’s Producer

Investigators also sought permission to use an invasive surveillance tool called a cell-site simulators against journalist Georgia Fort and a Minnesota state Senate candidate.

TikTok’s Shou Chew expects an AI science breakthrough within three years
TikTok’s Shou Chew expects an AI science breakthrough within three years

TikTok chief executive Shou Chew expects AI to deliver a major scientific breakthrough within two to three years. He named physics, biotech, chemistry and materials science. Chew spoke on Monday at DBS Bank’s Asia Future Forward Conference in Singapore…

Japan steps up cyber warnings as data leaks hit millions of customers
Japan steps up cyber warnings as data leaks hit millions of customers

Japan’s government has told ministries, local authorities and companies to step up their cyber defences. A wave of attacks has exposed the data of millions of customers. The National Cybersecurity Office sent the instructions on Friday, the Associated …

AI Is Getting Really Good at Messing With Cybercriminals

Anti-cybercrime initiatives are increasingly using AI to scam the scammers by tricking them into talking to lifelike bots that they think are real victims.

Super Micro case ‘fixer’ pleads guilty to sending AI servers to China
Super Micro case ‘fixer’ pleads guilty to sending AI servers to China

A former contractor charged alongside Super Micro Computer’s co-founder has pleaded guilty to helping smuggle AI servers to China, Bob Van Voris reported for Bloomberg. Ting-Wei ‘Willy’ Sun entered his plea in a Manhattan federal court on Thursday, as …

Anthropic signs CrowdStrike, Hitachi and 9 more to defend power and water
Anthropic signs CrowdStrike, Hitachi and 9 more to defend power and water

Anthropic will give its frontier Claude models, engineers and threat research to the companies that guard critical infrastructure. That means power grids, water utilities and transport networks. The Critical Infrastructure Defense Program is the first …

Surveillance company Flock cuts staff as privacy backlash grows

Flock would not say if CEO Garrett Langley would take a pay cut following the reduction in workforce.

Microsoft Teams will soon be able to spot third-party deepfakes on your morning meeting
Microsoft Teams will soon be able to spot third-party deepfakes on your morning meeting

Teams attacks are decreasing, but they’re still a problem, so Microsoft is working on two new features to iron out impersonation.