Old-school crime: man gets suspended jail sentence for burning and selling pirated CDs
Streaming may have replaced discs, but selling pirated CDs can still carry serious consequences
Justice Department seizes websites that published deepfake nudes of famous women
The sites allegedly targeted celebrities, politicians, journalists, athletes, and other public figures
A thief used a Waymo as a getaway car. Six months later, police still have no suspect
Blurred faces and unavailable interior footage limited what investigators could learn
California passes bill requiring gun-blocking software in 3D printers
Manufacturers would need to certify compliant models before selling them in California
Google engineer arrested for using internal search data to win $1.2 million on Polymarket
He had access to Google's most-searched list before anyone else. He placed $2.7 million in bets. The blockchain remembered everything.
A VPN built for criminals just got shut down by Europol and Eurojust
First VPN was marketed on underground forums and is linked to ransomware, fraud, and data theft
Two brothers deleted 96 federal databases after being fired – one googled how to hide the evidence afterward
Government contractor unknowingly hired felons who hacked the government in 2015
A student halted multiple Taiwan bullet trains by spoofing the rail network's emergency radio signals
Police say the 23-year-old decoded rail radio parameters and used handheld devices to trigger an emergency alarm
OpenAI faces criminal investigation after murder suspect asked ChatGPT: "What happens if a human is put in a garbage bag?"
Florida's AG expanded the probe after prosecutors alleged a double-murder suspect used ChatGPT before the killings
Stolen Apple Mac mini resurfaces on Facebook Marketplace as thief posts serial number and license plate
A criminal mastermind at work
Popular WordPress plugins backdoored after ownership change, putting thousands of websites at risk
The backdoor was dormant for months
Man who vandalized Sam Altman's home claimed AI would end humanity, charged with attempted murder
His manifesto listed names and addresses of AI CEOs and investors
Sam Altman's San Francisco home targeted by Molotov cocktail and gunfire in two separate attacks
Altman published a response acknowledging that "fear and anxiety about AI is justified"
Hackers are turning home routers into tools to spy on Microsoft 365 users
Russian cyber-spies are back with a vengeance
13 shots fired at Indianapolis councilman's home after backing $500 million data center
A letter reading "No Data Centers" was left on the doorstep after the targeted shooting
Operation Alice: The dark web isn't as hidden as it seems, as global crackdown shows
A single operator ran hundreds of thousands of dark websites – now he's wanted
Man who used 1,000 bots to stream AI songs pleads guilty in $8 million fraud case
He faces up to five years in prison
Man says wife stole $172 million in Bitcoin after hidden CCTV cameras captured wallet password
Court filings allege the seed phrase was used to transfer 2,323 Bitcoin
Grandmother spent six months in jail after AI facial recognition misidentified her
She lost her home, car, and dog after police trusted facial recognition over basic evidence
Downloaded a malware-infected Steam game? The FBI wants to hear from you
The investigation covers compromised Steam games downloaded between 2024 and 2026
DOJ seizes LeakBase, one of the world's biggest hacker forums
Investigators claim they preserved private messages and IP logs
Those cheap Windows and Office keys might come from a federal crime
Florida woman sentenced to 22 months in prison and fined $50,000 in Microsoft product key trafficking case
US arrests OnlyFake operator accused of selling over 10,000 AI-generated digital fake IDs
The Ukrainian national could face up to 15 years behind bars
Colorado bill could criminalize possessing 3D gun files, not just printing them
The crackdown shifts from hardware to files, intent, and distribution
How a 16-year-old intern helped Netgear shut down a global scam network
When fake support sites drained customers, the router maker turned to an unexpected ally