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Mount Pleasant resident extorted after hiring 'ethical hacker' to recover Roblox account

A Mount Pleasant resident is being extorted and threatened with "swatting" after hiring and quickly firing an "ethical hacker ...
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Security Hack: Family says Nest camera taken over by hacker

Home security systems are meant to protect and make families feel safe, but an Action News Investigation finds hackers are infiltrating them. Trisha Lockwood tells Action News, on Super Bowl Sunday, ...
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Couple says hacker took over Nest devices, talked to them

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin -- A couple in Milwaukee believes someone has outsmarted their smart-home system. The couple says hackers took control of the thermostat and an indoor camera on their Google Nest ...
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DOJ disrupts Chinese hacker effort to use malware to hijack US-based routers

The Justice Department announced Wednesday it has successfully disrupted an effort by Chinese government-sponsored hackers to target U.S. critical infrastructure networks using a malware that had ...

A hacker used AI to automate an 'unprecedented' cybercrime spree, Anthropic says

The company behind the Claude chatbot said it caught a hacker using its chatbot to identify, hack and extort at least 17 ...
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Couple says hacker took over Nest devices, talked to them

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin -- A couple in Milwaukee believes someone has outsmarted their smart-home system. The couple says hackers took control of the thermostat and an indoor camera on their Google Nest ...