Meta Sues Advertisers Over Alleged Celebrity Impersonation Scams
PYMNTS / pymnts - Meta is suing advertisers who have allegedly impersonated celebrities to defraud consumers. The tech giant announced Thursday (Feb. 26) that it had taken “technical enforcement actions” against the accused scammers, such as suspending their payment method…
Back to Top / Thursday, February 26, 2026, 3:20 pm / permalink 19829 / 3 stories in 8 days
Kalshi reveals insider trading case against editor for MrBeast
Bobby Allyn / npr - With prediction markets booming, so have concerns about insider trading. Now, Kalshi has disclosed its first public actions against accounts suspected of trading on confidential information.
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Back to Top / Wednesday, February 25, 2026, 11:21 am / permalink 19730 / 17 stories in 9 days
AI coding assistant Cline compromised to create more OpenClaw chaos
Jessica Lyons / theregister - 4K unintended installs in very odd supply chain attack Someone compromised open source AI coding assistant Cline CLI's npm package earlier this week in an odd supply chain attack that secretly installed OpenClaw on developers' machines without their knowl…
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Back to Top / Friday, February 20, 2026, 9:21 pm / permalink 19493 / 19 stories in 14 days
India Tells University To Leave AI Summit After Presenting Chinese Robot as Its Own
msmash / slashdot - An anonymous reader shares a report: An Indian university has been asked to vacate its stall at the country's flagship AI summit after a staff member was caught presenting a commercially available robotic dog made in China as its own creation, two governm…
Back to Top / Wednesday, February 18, 2026, 11:22 am / permalink 19358 / 5 stories in 16 days
Dutch phone giant Odido says millions of customers affected by data breach
Zack Whittaker / techcrunch - The Dutch phone giant Odido is the latest phone and internet company to be hacked in recent months, as governments and financially motivated hackers continue to steal highly confidential information about phone customers.
Back to Top / Friday, February 13, 2026, 10:20 am / permalink 19126 / 4 stories in 21 days
Paxful crypto platform fined $4 million after prosecutors say it ‘profited from moving money for criminals’
Sarah Wynn / theblock - Paxful Holdings Inc. was sentenced to pay $4 million after prosecutors say it profited from a lack of anti-money laundering controls.
Back to Top / Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 4:21 pm / permalink 19039 / 3 stories in 23 days
Mansions and sports cars: former SafeMoon CEO sentenced to 8 years in prison for crypto scheme
Sarah Wynn / theblock - Former CEO of SafeMoon US LLC, Braden John Karony, was sentenced to just over eight years in prison on Tuesday.
Back to Top / Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 4:23 pm / permalink 18991 / 3 stories in 24 days
Sam Bankman-Fried wants a re-trial for fraud charges
Anna Washenko / engadget - Former cryptocurrency poster boy Sam Bankman-Fried is trying to get another chance in court. He has filed a request that for a new trial on claims that new witness testimony could alter the case made against him by prosecutors, according to Bloomberg. His…
Back to Top / Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 1:21 pm / permalink 18985 / 4 stories in 24 days
Man sentenced to 20 years for role in $74 million crypto investment fraud
Brian Danga / theblock - Daren Li received a 20-year sentence after admitting involvement in a $73.6 million crypto laundering conspiracy but remains a fugitive.
Back to Top / Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 5:22 am / permalink 18970 / 6 stories in 25 days
OpenAI’s supposedly ‘leaked’ Super Bowl ad with ear buds and a shiny orb was a hoax
Richard Lawler / theverge - As if OpenAI didn't have enough drama around the Super Bowl and advertising, as the game wound down, word spread of a "leaked" ad that actually wasn't leaked at all; it was just a fake. Screenshots of a now-deleted Reddit thread told the tale of a frustra…
Back to Top / Sunday, February 8, 2026, 11:20 pm / permalink 18914 / 7 stories in 26 days
Veremark Raises $26M to Stop AI Fakes in Global Hiring
Ekemini / ventureburn - Veremark, a workplace trust company based in London, has raised $26 million in Series B funding. Veremark will use the funding to bolster tools that combat AI-detected false candidate informationThe post Veremark Raises $26M to Stop AI Fakes in Global Hir…
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From Clawdbot to Moltbot: How This AI Agent Went Viral, and Changed Identities, in 72 Hours
Macy Meyer / cnet - An AI tool that can text you and use your apps? It blew up online. What came next involved crypto scammers, IP lawyers and more.
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Back to Top / Wednesday, January 28, 2026, 3:21 pm / permalink 18504 / 16 stories in 5 wks
Zotac reportedly cancels GPU orders and raises MSRP by $200 or more across the board — the company blames 'system error' for cancellations
tomshardware - Zotac is said to have hiked prices on multiple Nvidia RTX GPUs, with one user claiming that the company canceled their order before the MSRP increase.
Back to Top / Saturday, January 24, 2026, 10:20 am / permalink 18366 / 2 stories in 5 wks
$3,000 RTX 5090 delivery brings rocks, a towel, and broken dreams — unboxing nightmare on an expensive GPU bought from Amazon Resale
tomshardware - A customer who ordered an MSI Suprim RTX 5090 worth at least $3,000 was scammed out of their money when they received a box filled with rocks instead. The story shared on Reddit highlights another entrant in the long line of GPU scam-swap cases, but this …
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Utah man sentenced to three years for fraud, $5.4 million cash-to-crypto scheme
Brian Danga / theblock - Brian Garry Sewell sentenced to three years for defrauding investors of $2.9 million and laundering $5.4 million.
Back to Top / Friday, January 16, 2026, 4:21 am / permalink 17997 / 3 stories in 7 wks
Democrats Blast SEC Over Crypto Retreat, Justin Sun’s Alleged China Ties
André Beganski / decrypt - House Democrats have accused the SEC of selectively enforcing laws against crypto firms, while spotlighting Tron founder Justin Sun.
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Former 'bitcoin mayor' Eric Adams faces $3 million rugpull allegation after issuing NYC Token
Shaurya Malwa / coindesk - On-chain data revealed that a wallet linked to the token's deployer removed $2.5 million in liquidity, prompting accusations of a possible rug pull.
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Fintech Firm Betterment Confirms Data Breach After Hackers Send Fake $10,000 Crypto Scam Messages
BeauHD / slashdot - An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: Betterment, a financial app, sent a sketchy-looking notification on Friday asking users to send $10,000 to Bitcoin and Ethereum crypto wallets and promising to "triple your crypto," according to a thread…
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Instagram denies data breach: So whats up with those sketchy change password emails?
mashable - Instagram said there wasn't a data breach, but the company did fix a bug that led to an external actor sending password reset emails.
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Zepo Intelligence secures $15M to safeguard workspaces from AI risks
Tamara Djurickovic / tech - Zepo Intelligence, the company redefining human-centric security, hasclosed a $15 million seed funding round, with participation from Kibo Ventures,eCAPITAL, and TIN Capital.Traditional cybersecurity ...
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