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They escaped south-east Asia’s scam compounds. Then they realised they were still trapped

The cyber-fraud industry has flourished in Thailand, Cambodia and Myanmar, with thousands of people trafficked into the industry. But even those who have managed to find a way out often cannot return home

The Guardian - UK

Tax hack: What we know about the cyberattacks on French government agencies

French government systems came under attack by hackers who stole information on hundreds of thousands of households and private businesses in June and July, notably from the tax authority. Here's what we know about the latest cyberattacks, and what the government is doing to keep personal information secure.

France 24

Warnings sent to French taxpayers after hackers allegedly sell stolen data

More than 670,000 French taxpayers are being notified that their personal and tax information has been stolen in cyber attacks on the French tax office and allegedly sold online.

Radio France Internationale

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In 2013, Indian-origin teenager Trisha Prabhu developed a platform that detected offensive messages before posting; in 2026, she runs a non-profit that prevents cyberbullying and received a grant from Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's foundation

Trisha Prabhu created ReThink, a mobile keyboard preventing cyberbullying by prompting users to reconsider offensive messages. This initiative grew into a global non-profit organization supporting millions of students worldwide. Prabhu's work earned her significant recognition and substantial funding for her impactful efforts. She continues to lead ReThink Citizens, promoting digital…

The Times of India

Small Business Growth Alliance (SBGA) Explains Why Every Small Business Needs a Business Continuity Plan

Most small businesses will never face losses that high, but even a single cyberattack, supplier issue, or natural disaster can cause days or weeks of downtime that few can afford.

International Business Times

Trump Administration Announces New "Hacking Back" Program

But does it legalize hacking under the CFAA?

Reason

Geekom admits to shipping malware-laced network drivers for AMD mini PCs — company responds with guidance, removes malicious package

Geekom admits to shipping malware-laced network drivers for AMD mini-PCs — maker requests takedown of report on the situation

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Judge clears Nine PBS to retrieve 70 years of archival TV data — court rules station owns 50TB of data in Iron Mountain servers after host went under

There’s light at the end of the tunnel for Nine PBS after a judge has cleared the way for it to retrieve archival data and programming from Iron Mountain.

Tom’s Hardware

Critical macOS Screen Sharing flaw gives attackers remote root access — CISA bumps bug to 9.8 severity following active Monero cryptojacking attacks

The Dutch National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-NL) says that attackers are actively exploiting CVE-2026-65400, an authentication bypass in macOS Screen Sharing.

Tom’s Hardware

France probes unprecedented cyberattack after tax data of 678,000 users stolen

French prosecutors have opened an investigation into a major cyberattack on the country’s tax administration that affected nearly 700,000 individuals and businesses, authorities said on Saturday.

Radio France Internationale

White House authorizes private companies to launch 'hack-back' cyberattacks that destroy data and systems, targeting foreign cybercrime organizations — vetted organizations can now conduct offensive cyber operations

President Trump signed a memorandum on August 12 establishing the first U.S. program that lets vetted private companies conduct offensive cyber operations.

Tom’s Hardware

Sixth Circuit Reverses Pretrial Release for Antifa Member Accused of ICE-Related Threats

Some excerpts from the long (>16K word) opinions in Wednesday's U.S. v. Wagner, written by Sixth Circuit Judge Whitney Hermandorfer,… The post Sixth Circuit Reverses Pretrial Release for Antifa Member Accused of ICE-Related Threats appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason

Just one instruction on AMD's 2015-era CPUs cracks open secret memory areas and gives full hardware-level control — exploit for 15h and 16h chip families gets you access to Platform Security Processor, microcode, and System Management Interface

Just one instruction on AMD CPUs gets you access to Platform Security Processor, microcode, and System Management Interface — exploit for 15h and 16h chip families cracks open secret memory areas

Tom’s Hardware

Donald Trump empowers US private companies to conduct cyber-attacks

President signed memorandum giving private sector a role in fighting ‘transnational criminal organizations’

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International Business Times UK

Trump Authorises Private Cyber Firms To Hack Foreign Scammers After Americans Lost $20.8bn to Fraud

President Trump authorises vetted private companies to conduct offensive cyber operations against foreign criminal networks, marking a significant shift in US cyber policy and sparking industry debate.

Kiplinger

Hackers Are Looking for Easy Access to Your Retirement Savings: Your Email and Cellphone Could Give It to Them

Hackers are targeting your retirement savings — and they need little more than your email account or cellphone number to gain access. Here's how to stay safe.

Bangkok Post

Government-wide password resets ordered after data leak

The government has ordered staff of more than 300 departments to reset passwords immediately and inspect 30,000 systems to prevent further state data leaks.

International Business Times UK

'Delete It or Face Three Years': Inno Morolong's Case Tests South Africa's Non-Consensual Image Laws

Inno Morolong says private content was circulated without permission. What South Africa's Cybercrimes Act means for those who repost it.

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Evening Standard

Fact check: Government sought injunction over Afghan data breach

Additions by the judge were credited with upgrading the injunction request to a superinjunction.

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Passenger returning from DEF CON 34 spoofs Delta Wi-Fi network while in flight using pentest tool — pilots tell ground crew to alert corporate security after attendee from hacking conference brings the party to the sky

A flight carrying passengers who attended a cybersecurity convention reportedly had its Wi-Fi network victimized by deauthentication attacks while an 'evil twin' hotspot rerouted potential victims to a phishing website. While flight safety was never affected, it's unclear if any of the other passengers had their credentials stolen while in…

AAP

Elon Musk lands court win over frequent eSafety foe

Allowing users to slide into each other's DMs does not make X a messaging platform, the Elon Musk-owned platform has successfully argued.

International Business Times

Suspected Iranian Hackers Targeted U.S. Water Utilities. Experts Say the Systems Are 'Low-Hanging Fruit'

At least a dozen states have been affected by the recent campaign, including Minnesota, where at least 30 water systems were targeted.

The Independent UK

The FBI and NCAA join forces against student-athlete sextortion

The FBI is teaming with the NCAA to start a program to combat sexual exploitation of college athletes

Bangkok Post

State services to adopt stricter login system

The government is set to implement a multi-factor authentication (MFA) login method for all government services, an approach that will be tabled for cabinet approval today in order to combat a massive data leak that has compromised over 200 million login credentials nationwide, including vulnerabilities in 30,000 state systems.

Evening Standard

Co-op Group chairwoman Debbie White to step down

It is the latest in a string of high-profile departures from the company, which runs more than 2,300 food stores and 800 funeral homes.

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