Security
Hacks, breaches, scams and privacy, and what to do about them.
Grok's coding agent left 35,000 apps wide open
Researchers say Grok Build's link design exposed more than 35,000 apps, including 24 built by SpaceXSI
Binance's CFO exits a week after a $6.3B hack
Binance CFO Kaiser Ng is leaving the exchange a little over a week after a reported $6.3 billion hack; the company says a transition plan has been in place for half a year
1.3M Android TV boxes shipped with a backdoor, Google says
Google says TV box maker Videostrong built a backdoor into its devices, creating the 1.3M-device XCPE botnet; Google and partners have disrupted it and banned the company
Hackers hit Europe's supermarket freezers again
Second wave of suspected cyberattacks hits supermarket refrigeration across Europe, with chains in Sweden, Belgium and Luxembourg reporting temperature changes
FBI: North Korea behind $6.3B Binance heist
FBI attributes $6.3B Binance theft to North Korea; Binance resumes phased withdrawals and says backing is restored for about 90% of affected assets
DOJ: AI 'ghost students' stole millions in student loans
DOJ charges five in 'Operation Ghostbusters' crackdown on AI-assisted 'ghost student' federal loan fraud using stolen identities
AO3 is offline after an intrusion, possibly for weeks
AO3, which hosts more than 18 million works, is offline after a security incident; its operators say restoration could take up to four weeks
Binance confirms $6.3 billion stolen, via one engineer's laptop
Binance discloses $6.3B crypto theft and says it will cover losses; tracing firms link it to North Korea's TraderTraitor, which is unconfirmed
U.S. reportedly tracked a Chinese spy plot near Nvidia's CEO
NYT reports U.S. intelligence surveilled a Megaspeed executive over suspected Chinese intelligence ties to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang; Nvidia disputes it
40,000 DHS workers' data leaked online
Data on more than 40,000 Homeland Security personnel, including CBP and ICE staff, leaked online, TechCrunch and Wired report