The FBI built its own replica small town to simulate real-world cyberattacks
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is pulling back the curtain on a 22,000 square-foot replica town on its Huntsville, Alabama campus that it built to…
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Chinese cybercrime operation that used AI to scam ‘hundreds of thousands of victims’ sued by Google
Google is suing to dismantle the infrastructure behind an alleged massive AI-powered cybercrime operation. On Friday, the tech giant announced a lawsuit against an alleged…
Microsoft’s open source tools were hacked to steal passwords of AI developers
Microsoft has cut off access to dozens of its open source projects hosted on GitHub as it investigates how hackers apparently breached the projects and…
Hacked, leaked, and held for ransom: the worst breaches of 2026 so far
If anything, 2026 has made clear that cybersecurity is no longer a background concern — it’s front and center, woven into almost every major story…
Defense tech, AI, and fundraising take center stage at StrictlyVC Los Angeles
With just two weeks to go, StrictlyVC Los Angeles is quickly approaching. On Thursday, June 18, at The Aerospace Corporation Campus in El Segundo, investors, founders, and tech…
Filtr is a new privacy tool that blocks ads in almost every iPhone and Mac app
Using an ad blocker is good for your security, privacy, and even the FBI recommends them to defend from online harms. But as much as…
Instagram is alerting users who were targeted by hackers during AI chatbot attacks
The widespread hacking campaign that relied on simply asking Meta AI’s chatbot to take over a victim’s Instagram account appears to have continued even after…
The worst hacks and breaches of 2026 (so far)
If we look back at the year of 2026 so far, it might be easy to see cybersecurity falling by the wayside, as much of…
Final 24 hours to save up to $410 on your Disrupt 2026 ticket
This is it. The countdown is almost over. You now have until tonight at 11:59 p.m. PT to lock in Early Bird savings of up to $410…
Disrupt 2026 Early Bird ticket savings end in 3 days
There are only 3 days left to save up to $410 on your ticket to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Early Bird pricing ends May 29 at 11:59…
Ghost hackers: the cybersecurity mystery that nobody has solved
In the long history of hacking, there have been numerous data breaches that, years or even decades later, remain unsolved. Countless hackers and hacking groups behind them have never been unmasked. But…
These special phone and app features can help protect you from spyware
Spyware attacks on journalists, human rights defenders, and political dissidents are no longer rare or exotic. In early 2025, WhatsApp notified roughly 90 users —…