Hacking group ShinyHunters claims it breached the FBI, stole agents’ and applicants’ data

TechCrunch - Sep 22, 2026

The theft of agents' personal information could present a major counterintelligence threat, where agents and their families are extorted into cooperating with a foreign government.

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French government scales up targeted fuel price relief

Sep 22, 2026

French government scales up targeted fuel price relief

Under pressure to help businesses and workers cope with soaring fuel prices, the French government has announced it will expand targeted energy relief for those most affected.  The new measures will cost €450 million, bringing the total so far to €1.4 billion. Meanwhile, as French president Emmanuel Macron calls for allowing more biofuels to be added to diesel, we speak with an expert on the potential environmental impact of a rapid ramp-up in biofuel use.

The A.I. Party House Where Networking Has a Dark Side

Sep 22, 2026

The A.I. Party House Where Networking Has a Dark Side

Group tech houses have proliferated across the San Francisco Bay Area in the artificial intelligence boom. One of the most prominent has also racked up an extensive police record.

Microsoft to give DARPA hands-on access to quantum system at new Maryland site

Sep 22, 2026

Microsoft to give DARPA hands-on access to quantum system at new Maryland site

MICROSOFT-QUANTUM/ (PIX):Microsoft to give DARPA hands-on access to quantum system at new Maryland site

I Gave My Life Over to Meta’s A.I. Agent and Was Blown Away

Sep 22, 2026

I Gave My Life Over to Meta’s A.I. Agent and Was Blown Away

Muse, Meta’s A.I. agent, helped handle my dental insurance, booked dinner reservations and created a podcast for me. It also required my most personal data, and trust.

Texas Halts Data Center Permits, Expanding Environmental Scrutiny

Sep 22, 2026

Texas Halts Data Center Permits, Expanding Environmental Scrutiny

Less than a year ago, Gov. Greg Abbott welcomed data centers. Now he is confronting concerns about the projects even among fellow Republicans.

An Army of Paid Creators Is Carpeting the Web With Political Content

Sep 22, 2026

An Army of Paid Creators Is Carpeting the Web With Political Content

Unlike celebrity influencers with large followings, these creators produce a blizzard of videos for a fraction of the cost of traditional online campaigns and, in the process, shift public conversation.

An A.I. Image of Trump Kissing a Woman Was Fake. It Spread Anyway.

Sep 22, 2026

An A.I. Image of Trump Kissing a Woman Was Fake. It Spread Anyway.

Advances in artificial intelligence and the myriad ways content is shared online have made establishing authenticity even more difficult for users of social media.

Check Point Warns of Management Server Zero-Day Exploited in Targeted Attacks

Sep 22, 2026

Check Point Warns of Management Server Zero-Day Exploited in Targeted Attacks

Attackers exploited a previously unknown flaw in Check Point's Security Management Server in a handful of targeted attacks on July 23, the company said. The flaw, CVE-2026-93616, allows an attacker who can access the server's web service to run scripts on it without logging in. Check Point released a fix on September 22 for the server that controls firewall policies for the Check Point

$345 Million Verdict Against Greenpeace Should Be Overturned, Lawyers Say

Sep 22, 2026

$345 Million Verdict Against Greenpeace Should Be Overturned, Lawyers Say

A group of civil-rights and free-speech lawyers accused the judge of bias and “general incompetence.”

Anthropic Releases a New A.I. Model, Opus 5.5, Amid Safety Debate

Sep 22, 2026

Anthropic Releases a New A.I. Model, Opus 5.5, Amid Safety Debate

The company released a cheaper, faster model that it said was the strongest performer on its most rigorous internal safety tests to date.

WordPress Issues Patch for Critical Flaw That Can Enable Code Execution on Some Servers

Sep 22, 2026

WordPress Issues Patch for Critical Flaw That Can Enable Code Execution on Some Servers

WordPress has fixed a critical flaw in its core software that lets an attacker with no account make a site load a PHP file from outside its theme folders. On some servers, that can go further, allowing the attacker to run their own code. The fix shipped on September 22 in WordPress 7.1.2, with fixes for every branch the project still supports, back to 4.7, and WordPress is telling site owners

Malicious npm Package Poses as Twilio Bug-Bounty Probe, Can Exfiltrate Credentials

Sep 22, 2026

Malicious npm Package Poses as Twilio Bug-Bounty Probe, Can Exfiltrate Credentials

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a malicious npm package named "tw-pkgprobe-7731" that masquerades as a security tool targeting developers integrating Twilio into their applications, while stealthily attempting to harvest sensitive data. The package, named "tw-pkgprobe-7731," was first uploaded to the npm registry in mid-August 2026 by an npm account named "twdepprobe7731."

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