GPU thieves replaced RTX 5080 cards with RTX 3060s in Chinese esports hotels until a blackout gave them away
Customers apparently never complained about the huge performance downgrade
The US will let private companies hack back at cybercriminals for the first time
Vetted companies will be able to surveil, disrupt, and destroy criminal infrastructure
Cargo thieves are staging car crashes to steal AI data center hardware
Authorities have recovered millions in stolen equipment, including $550,000 in Meta server switches
TL;DR: Cargo thieves are targeting equipment used in AI data centers, from server switches to cooling systems and networking hardware. In two recent California cases, criminals appear to have used car crashes to separate trucks from their security escorts before the shipments vanished. The incidents highlight how organized groups are using carrier-identity fraud, GPS manipulation and, increasingly, aggressive roadside tactics to steal high-value tech moving through the freight network.
FBI warns hackers are breaking into social media accounts to steal and sell users' nude photos
Stolen images are often sold alongside victims' personal information
Online fraud is a $150 billion nightmare for Americans, but most crimes go unreported
Crypto scams still reign supreme, while AI is making criminals' life easier
A missing underscore in a username sent an innocent man to prison for 18 months
Investigators found no evidence linking him to the case, but he was convicted anyway
San Francisco warns Apple and Google to stop profiting from AI nudify apps
Apple and Google were given 28 days to explain how they will address the apps
GTA 6 hacker who was sentenced to life in a secure hospital is moved to prison ahead of retrial
His retrial is scheduled for the same month GTA 6 launches
The US just sanctioned a VPN for the first time, accusing it of helping ransomware gangs
The "no-logs" VPN advertised on cybercrime forums
This ransomware negotiator was paid to fight hackers, he was secretly working with them instead
Angelo Martino was sentenced to 70 months after leaking client data to BlackCat, helping squeeze $75 million from his own clients
Interpol arrests 5,811 people, seizes $293 million in global scammer crackdown
Why it matters: Interpol has wrapped up its biggest anti-fraud sweep of the year, reporting 5,811 arrests and the interception of $293 million in illicit assets across 97 countries and territories. The operation, code-named First Light 2026, ran from January 15 to April 30 and targeted social engineering fraud: the umbrella term for scams that manipulate victims into handing over money or sensitive information voluntarily, covering business email compromise, romance scams, impersonation fraud, investment fraud, and sextortion.
One of Windows' most hated features just helped catch a 19-year-old hacker
Using a VPN couldn't save him
The big picture: People have grumbled about Windows telemetry for years, to the point that an entire cottage industry of tools that clean up the OS now exists just to strip the tracking bits out. While there are privacy concerns with the feature, in this particular case, it led to federal agents dropping a hacker into a Chicago courtroom.
Singapore charges two people over a scheme to smuggle Nvidia chips to China through a $42 million property deal
Singapore accounts for 28% of Nvidia's revenue but only 1% of its GPU shipments
Cargo thieves are now stealing millions in data center hardware, not just GPUs and consoles
Illinois cops just recovered $2.3 million worth of AI data center equipment
Ripple effect: The AI boom may be hurting consumers, white-collar workers, and rural residents living near data centers, but it's opened up "new opportunities" for cargo thieves. Criminals are reportedly cashing in on the data center construction boom by stealing millions of dollars' worth of server hardware, cables, and other high-value tech equipment.
Prosecutors used a man's ChatGPT logs to try to link him to the Pacific Palisades fire, but it didn't work
A juror said using ChatGPT shouldn't be treated as a character flaw
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