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Breaches, exploits, surveillance and the privacy trade-offs buried in the software you already use.
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The Sandbox opens SAND compensation claims for two weeks
In Brief: The Sandbox (official site) has initiated compensation claims for SAND holders affected by the August 22 bridge exploit. Claims are open from September 8 until September…
A whitehat is holding $320M in drained Bitcoin until Liquid proves it patched the flaw
At least 11 of Liquid’s 15 functionaries signed the transaction. That’s the number to sit with, according to blockchain security firm Bitslab, because it means nobody stole a…
Trezor’s ShipMonk breach just grew sixfold on deleted shipping logs
Trezor’s data breach got about six times bigger on Sept. 4, and the reason is one of the least glamorous failures in security: a vendor said it deleted…
The Sandbox post-mortem blames legacy token function for SAND bridge drain; claims open next week
In Brief: An attacker drained 14,742,341.84 SAND, about 0.5% of max supply and roughly $697,000, from The Sandbox (official site)’s Ethereum vault through a bridge configuration flaw on…
Palo Alto Networks paid $500M for Console, a two-year-old startup, sources say
Two people with knowledge of the deal say Palo Alto Networks paid $500 million in cash and stock for Console, a startup that didn’t exist three years ago.…
What a cold wallet is and how it actually keeps your keys safe
Thousands of Bitcoin walked out the door in July 2026 because of a software bug written in 2021. The wallets involved were cold. Offline. Air-gapped in the way…
Australian police arrest 2 alleged TeamPCP hackers behind 1,000-victim worm
Nine months. More than 1,000 compromised organizations. And it ends, allegedly, in two coastal towns outside Perth. The Australian Federal Police said Wednesday it arrested two men and…
Boston Scientific says a cyberattack is causing ‘global disruption’ to its operations
Thousands of Boston Scientific employees at the company’s Cork campus were sent home on Tuesday after network communications were cut across the company, according to local media in…
TikTok pays $400 million to end the DOJ’s child privacy case
Four hundred million dollars is what it costs to make a children’s privacy lawsuit go away when you're TikTok. The Department of Justice announced Friday that the company…
