Cybersecurity

North Korean agents pretending to be IT guys have funneled up to $1 billion into Kim Jong Un’s nuclear program

North Korean agents pretending to be IT guys have funneled up to $1 billion into Kim Jong Un’s nuclear program

Using AI to create fake identities, they get remote jobs, then hide in plain sight—in Slack, on Zooms, and in corporate infrastructure.

By Amanda Gerut

October 4, 2025

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COPENHAGEN, DENMARK – SEPTEMBER 30: Danish frigate HDMS Esbern Snare (F342) patrols the water and the airspace at Copenhagen Airport on September 30, 2025 in Copenhagen, Denmark. As Copenhagen hosts the European Political Community summit this week, Denmark has beefed up security measures and imposed a nationwide ban on civilian drone flights, following recent incidents in which drone activity disrupted flights at multiple airports. Its government said the flights were the work of a ‘professional actor’ but there was no evidence of Russian involvement. (Photo by Martin Sylvest Andersen/Getty Images)

NATO ally warns of ‘hybrid war’ threat from Russia as drones plague European military bases and airports

A large lithium battery energy storage system operated by Key Capture Energy that can power 15,000 homes for two hours during outages or high demand sits surrounded by a fence in Blasdell, N.Y., Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)

‘We’re not guinea pigs’ — Cities fight plans for large battery energy storage systems over fears they will go up in flames

By Michael Hill and The Associated Press

FILE – A haul truck is seen after being loaded with coal by a mechanized shovel at the Spring Creek mine, in this Nov. 15, 2016 photo, near Decker, Mont. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)

The U.S. is about to hold the government’s biggest coal sales in over a decade even as demand wanes. ‘Eventually coal will get pushed out of the market’

By Matthew Brown, Mead Gruver, and others

Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s former economic security minister, speaks during the Liberal Democratic Party’s leadership election at the party’s headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025. Japan’s ruling party chose right-leaning Takaichi and political scion Shinjiro Koizumi to proceed to the runoff vote in its leadership race, in a poll that is also likely to determine who will become Japan’s next prime minister. Photographer: Toru Hanai/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Japan braces for shift to right under ‘Iron Lady’ fan Takaichi

By Sakura Murakami and Bloomberg

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McDonald’s is bringing back Monopoly for the first time since the ‘McMillions’ scammer was exposed for stealing $24 million in prizes

By Nick Lichtenberg

September 29, 2025

Lisa Monaco speaks during her time as deputy attorney general

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Investors are betting big on ‘prediction markets’ Kalshi and Polymarket—will the gamble pay off?

Investors are betting big on ‘prediction markets’ Kalshi and Polymarket—will the gamble pay off?

By Jeff John Roberts

September 29, 2025

Larry Ellison once predicted ‘citizens will be on their best behavior’ amid constant recording. Now his company will pay a key role in social media

Larry Ellison once predicted ‘citizens will be on their best behavior’ amid constant recording. Now his company will pay a key role in social media

September 28, 2025

The mug shot of Jeffrey Epstein in 2019.

Musk, Thiel, and Bannon appear in newly released Epstein records, years after sex-offender plea

By Eva Roytburg

September 26, 2025

US President Donald Trump shows an executive order about Tiktok he signed in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on September 25, 2025.

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By Eva Roytburg

September 25, 2025

Why Amazon actually got off easy despite ‘historic’ $2.5 billion Prime deceptive practices settlement

Why Amazon actually got off easy despite ‘historic’ $2.5 billion Prime deceptive practices settlement

By Jason Del Rey

September 25, 2025

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in Abilene, Texas.

I met Sam Altman in Texas. He’s turning the race for AI into a gigawatt arms race

By Sharon Goldman

September 25, 2025

LexisNexis exec says it’s ‘a matter of time’ before attorneys lose their licenses over using open-source AI pilots in court

LexisNexis exec says it’s ‘a matter of time’ before attorneys lose their licenses over using open-source AI pilots in court

September 24, 2025

U.S. Secret Service Special Agent in Charge Matt McCool, center, looks at live video surveillance feeds in the agency's New York Field Office, in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Monday, Sept. 22, 2025.

All of New York City was close to losing cell service until Secret Service thwarted hackers targeting UN General Assembly

By The Associated Press

September 23, 2025

TikTok’s CEO used to work for Mark Zuckerberg as a Facebook intern. Just one decade later, he’s become one of Meta’s fiercest competitors

TikTok’s CEO used to work for Mark Zuckerberg as a Facebook intern. Just one decade later, he’s become one of Meta’s fiercest competitors

By Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

September 23, 2025

Trump ramps up retribution campaign with push for attorney general to speed up pursuit of ‘justice’ against his foes

Trump ramps up retribution campaign with push for attorney general to speed up pursuit of ‘justice’ against his foes

By Meg Kinnard and The Associated Press

September 21, 2025

U.S. would control TikTok’s board and algorithm under emerging deal with China, White House says

U.S. would control TikTok’s board and algorithm under emerging deal with China, White House says

By Aamer Madhani and The Associated Press

September 20, 2025

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London teenager orchestrated ‘help desk’ extortion scheme against 47 U.S. companies that netted $115 million, says DOJ

By Amanda Gerut

September 20, 2025

Big Tech’s standard for fighting AI fakes puts privacy on the line

Big Tech’s standard for fighting AI fakes puts privacy on the line

By Sharon Goldman

September 18, 2025

Ali Nasrati sitting next to a reflective glass pane window, in glasses and a black shirt.

A Muslim Walmart worker says he was impersonated as celebrating Charlie Kirk’s killing, then suspended—and now fears for his family’s safety

By Eva Roytburg

September 16, 2025

Charlie Kirk, surrounded by a crowd, speaks at Utah Valley University on September 10. He is sitting on the same chair where he was shot later.

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By Makiya Seminera, Jocelyn Gecker and The Associated Press

September 15, 2025

North Korean hackers used ChatGPT to help forge deepfake ID

North Korean hackers used ChatGPT to help forge deepfake ID

By Jane Lanhee Lee and Bloomberg

September 14, 2025

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New round of China trade talks to cover tariffs and TikTok’s fate after Beijing launches probes on U.S. chip sector

By AFP

September 14, 2025

Illustration of a women holding a phone with a chatbot on.

AI chatbots are harming young people. Regulators are scrambling to keep up.

By Beatrice Nolan

September 14, 2025

Poland scrambles jets, shuts key airport amid drone threat

Poland scrambles jets, shuts key airport amid drone threat

By Maciej Martewicz and Bloomberg

September 13, 2025

Digital identity

America needs a digital identity strategy

By Will Wilkinson

September 13, 2025

Student

ChatGPT bans evolve into ‘AI literacy’ as colleges scramble to answer the question: ‘what is cheating?’

By Jocelyn Gecker and The Associated Press

September 12, 2025

U.S. flag on tech chip

Amazon, IBM, and Dell helped build China’s surveillance state brick by brick, investigation finds

By Dake Kang and The Associated Press

September 9, 2025

Ōura CEO insists they’ll never sell your data as customers publicly ditch rings over privacy fears tied to Defense Department and Palantir

Ōura CEO insists they’ll never sell your data as customers publicly ditch rings over privacy fears tied to Defense Department and Palantir

By Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

September 9, 2025

Red Sea cable cuts disrupt internet in Asia, Middle East; Houthis deny involvement as Microsoft warns of disruption

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Mark Zuckerberg could use a favor from Donald Trump

Mark Zuckerberg could use a favor from Donald Trump

By Andrew Nusca

August 29, 2025

Brett Leatherman, Deputy Assistant Director for Cyber Operations at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, giving an address in August 2025. (Courtesy FBI)

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By Andrew Nusca

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Exclusive: CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz on $290 million acquisition of startup Onum and security in the AI age

Exclusive: CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz on $290 million acquisition of startup Onum and security in the AI age

By Allie Garfinkle

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By The Associated Press

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