PayPal to pay $2 million settlement over 2022 data breach
New York State has announced a $2,000,000 settlement with PayPal over charges it failed to comply with the state’s cybersecurity regulations, leading to a 2022 data breach.
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The State of Ransomware 2025
Explore the causes and consequences of ransomware in 2025 based on findings from a vendor-agnostic survey of 3,400 organizations hit by ransomware in the last year.
Buying a $250 Residency Card From a Tropical Island Let Me Bypass U.S. Crypto Laws
The first envelope looked innocuous enough. A sticker on the white cardboard sleeve said it came from Hangzhou City in the east of China. Opening it up revealed something more ostentatious: a second blue envelope with a regal gold stamp. “Welcome to the Metaverse on Earth!” the letter inside read. Attached was my new identity…
404 Media Is Making a Zine
404 Media is making a print zine about the surveillance tactics used by ICE, and the ways people are resisting this technology. It will be 16 pages and printed on a risograph printer by a printshop in Los Angeles. It contains both reworked versions of our best reporting on ICE and some new articles for…
ChatGPT Told a Violent Stalker to Embrace the ‘Haters,’ Indictment Says
This article was produced in collaboration with Court Watch, an independent outlet that unearths overlooked court records. Subscribe to them here. A Pittsburgh man who allegedly made 11 women’s lives hell across more than five states used ChatGPT as his “therapist” and “best friend” that encouraged him to continue running his misogynistic and threat-filled podcast…
OpenAI Catches Up to AI Market Reality: People Are Horny
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman appeared on Cleo Abram’s podcast in August where he said the company was “tempted” to add sexual content in the past, but resisted, saying that a “sex bot avatar” in ChatGPT would be a move to “juice growth.” In light of his announcement last week that ChatGPT would soon offer erotica,…
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD): From Struggling to Semiconductor Leader with AI Expansion
We recently compiled a list of the 35 Most Important AI Stocks for 2025 According to JPMorgan. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) stands against the other AI stocks. Investors have become increasingly concerned about the rising capital expenditures on artificial intelligence, with many…
UPDATE: Millions in child support delayed in Pa. due to ‘cyber security incident,’ DHS says
Child support disbursements totaling millions of dollars faltered last week in Pennsylvania due to a third-party contractor’s “cyber security incident,” the state Department of Human Services confirmed Wednesday.
Kodak Is Selling Its Own Film Again for the First Time in a Decade
Kodak announced two new stocks of color film on Wednesday, in a move that has excited the photography world and which indicates that the photography giant is directly distributing still photography film again. “To help meet the growing demand for film, Kodak is excited to announce the launch of two color-negative films, KODACOLOR 100 and…
Shifting political winds are adding a new twist as businesses plan for cyber threats
The firing of the Cyber Safety Review Board members brings questions and uncertainty at a time of increasingly brazen cyber attacks on private networks.