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More than 2.5 billion Gmail users could be at risk following a massive cyberattack that compromised a Google database managed through Salesforce’s cloud platform. The incident, linked to hacker group ShinyHunters, is being described by security experts as one of the largest breaches in Google’s history. How the Breach Happened The attack, which began in June 2025, relied on social …

FBI warns seniors about billion-dollar scam draining retirement funds, expert says AI driving it  MSNView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

If you have a smartphone, you’re a target. That’s the thinking behind the latest scam going viral, where hackers use malicious text messages and packages you didn’t order in a bid to steal your personal information and wipe out your financial accounts. The Federal Bureau of Investigation issued a warning this week about a new type of “brushing” scam. “In …

Meet Rodney Raclette. Indiana native. 62 years old. Big golfer. A huge fan of the LPGA. On Aug. 4, Rodney opened an Instagram account with the handle @lpgafanatic6512, and he quickly followed some verified accounts for female golfers and a few other accounts that looked official. Within 20 minutes of creating his account and with zero posts to his name, …

Good morning, or good afternoon, or good whenever you are reading this. Kotaku’s Morning Checkpoint is back once more to share some news and other stuff with you. Today, that includes a wild story about a gaming convention gone wrong, more information on maps in Battlefield 6, a new union at Blizzard, a look behind the scenes on Superman, and …

WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a Notice urging financial institutions to be vigilant in identifying and reporting suspicious activity involving convertible virtual currency (CVC) kiosks. While CVC kiosks can be a simple and convenient way for consumers to access CVC, they are also exploited by illicit actors, including scammers. The risk of illicit …

Facebook Tweet Email Link President Donald Trump claimed without evidence that the massive revisions to the latest jobs report constituted a “scam,” accusing one of the top overseers of government statistics of cooking the books in a vendetta against his presidency. “In my opinion, today’s Jobs Numbers were RIGGED in order to make the Republicans, and ME, look bad,” Trump …

Carys Nally BBC News, Bristol Submitted Hamish Douglas spotted an issue with the airport’s Silver Zone reward code A frequent flyer at Bristol Airport said reward code users seeking a discount on parking were being “deliberately misled”. Hamish Douglas, from Clevedon in North Somerset, spotted an issue with the airport’s Silver Zone rewards scheme while booking parking for five days …

In a plea agreement, United States attorneys detail how Olof Kyros Gustafsson and Escobar, Inc. took orders for the phones and other products branded with the likeness of the drug lord Pablo Escobar, seeded products with tech reviewers and social media influencers “in order to attempt to increase demand,” did not deliver the products to customers, and transferred and laundered …

Amazon warns customers about a devious new scam  TheStreet Amazon warns all Prime customers of impersonation scams, according to report  KOMO Amazon warns 200 million Prime customers that scammers are after their login info  Malwarebytes Amazon warns 200 million Prime customers of recent login info scam  AL.com ‘Scamazon’ – how fake emails are targeting Prime subscribers  The Guardian Source link