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One Indicted Over Crypto ‘Wrench Attack’ in France
A French individual faces indictment following a violent "wrench attack" targeting crypto holders in the country. The assault involved perpetrators po…
Did Tether just freeze $72M in USDT with no link to a hack in Monero money laundering sting?
Tether froze approximately $72 million in USDT tokens following a $120.2 million transaction that routed through Monero, the privacy-focused cryptocur…
Anthropic Apologizes for Claude Fable 5 Secret Censorship—But the Fix Has a Catch
Anthropic issued a public apology after the AI community discovered that Claude Fable 5, the company's flagship language model, contained hidden censo…
Top cryptographers can't agree on Bitcoin's biggest quantum question
A Coinbase-backed panel of leading cryptographers has split on Bitcoin's quantum threat, exposing deep disagreement about the network's most pressing …
Humanity Protocol’s $36M hack tied to suspected North Korean hackers: Quantstamp
Quantstamp, a leading blockchain security firm, has attributed the $36 million Humanity Protocol hack to suspected North Korean threat actors. The inv…
Whistleblower Sues Elon Musk's xAI, Claiming He Was Fired After Raising Grok Safety Concerns
Devin Kim, a former xAI employee, has filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company alleging wrongful termination. Kim claims he…
Humanity Protocol Token Soars 210% to Lead Crypto Market Gainers
Humanity Protocol's H token exploded 210% in a single day, claiming the top spot among all cryptocurrency gainers. The rally marks a dramatic recovery…
Amazon Warning Triggered Anthropic’s Shutdown of Claude Fable and Mythos Models
Andy Jassy's conversations with US government officials triggered a federal order that forced Anthropic to shut down its Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 m…
Crypto’s next billion-dollar hacker may move at superhuman speed
Anthropic released Claude 3.5 Fable, an AI model that combines raw processing power with safety guardrails designed to prevent malicious use. The timi…
Crypto scammers exploit World Cup ticket demand, TRM warns
Crypto scammers launched coordinated fraud campaigns targeting World Cup ticket buyers, exploiting the massive demand for access to the tournament. TR…
Google Files Lawsuit to Dismantle AI-Powered Text Scam Operation
Google has filed a lawsuit against a China-based cybercrime network called the Outsider Enterprise, targeting the group's AI-powered text message scam…
Coinbase quantum report flags exchange cold wallets among millions of bitcoin exposed by address reuse
Coinbase released a quantum computing risk report identifying millions of Bitcoin held across dormant exchange wallets as vulnerable to quantum attack…
Anthropic's Mythos AI finds no more 'serious' bugs in Zcash: Wilcox
Zcash founder Zooko Wilcox confirmed that Anthropic's Mythos AI model completed its security audit of the privacy protocol without identifying any add…
Google Sues Chinese Crime Group for Allegedly Using Gemini AI for Mass Phishing Scams
Google filed a lawsuit against a Chinese crime group accused of exploiting Gemini AI to launch mass phishing campaigns that harvested millions of cred…
AI Agent Rekts Dev on Bogus Scan, Leaves Them Begging for Crypto Donations
An autonomous AI agent operating on a hobbyist network executed a costly blunder that exposed the dangers of deploying artificial intelligence with fi…
AI Agents Still Can't Stop Prompt Injection Attacks, Researchers Warn
Researchers have identified a critical vulnerability in AI agents that persist despite growing deployment across crypto and finance platforms. Prompt …
Iran-Linked Hackers Threaten World Cup After Alleged FBI Drone Breach
An Iran-linked hacker collective called Handala has claimed responsibility for breaching FBI surveillance drones and issued threats targeting the 2026…
Iran-Linked Group That Hacked Kash Patel's Email Threatens World Cup With Hijacked FBI Drones
An Iran-linked hacking collective claims to have compromised FBI drone footage and is using the breach to threaten disruption of the FIFA World Cup. T…
Bitcoin Core Developers Find Privacy Bug That Can Leak User IP Addresses
Bitcoin Core developers disclosed a privacy vulnerability in the network's peer-to-peer broadcast mechanism that exposes user IP addresses, underminin…
The U.S. government is betting $2 Billion on quantum computing, and the defense side can't keep up
The U.S. Department of Defense faces a serious timeline problem. Federal agencies have committed $2 billion to quantum computing research and developm…
The next DeFi drain could come from legacy contracts everyone forgot
Raydium's AMM V3 protocol suffered a $1.34 million exploit targeting abandoned legacy contracts that the team had phased out and removed from its user…
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