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A 24-hour Yonhapnews TV broadcast at Yongsan Railway Station in Seoul showing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Security

North Korean remote IT staffer worked for US government agency, says FBI | TechCrunch

The FBI is reportedly investigating how a North Korean was hired to work for a U.S. federal government...

The logo of US marketing automation company Klaviyo Inc. is seen displayed on a smartphone in front of an abstract background on a computer screen.
Security

Signed up for Klaviyo? Dozens of advertisers may have seen your password | TechCrunch

Newly revealed security research found that until recently, marketing tech giant Klaviyo was inadvertently sharing the sign-up information...

AI

The AI safety test is becoming a safety risk | TechCrunch

Over the past few months, AI agents undergoing cybersecurity evaluations have escaped their boundaries, accessed the internet, and,...

Security

This ‘adversarial’ pattern can prevent surveillance cameras from detecting you | TechCrunch

Bill Swearingen has spent the past year running largely the same test, over and over again. The goal...

A Google corporate logo stands at the Google Germany offices on August 31, 2021 in Berlin, Germany.
Security

Google’s top hacker hunter explains why hacking groups get code names | TechCrunch

For more than a decade, the cybersecurity industry has been assigning names to different hacking groups. Some of...

Security

Security researchers scanned the Polish web and found courts, hospitals, and airports at risk of hacks | TechCrunch

Two Polish security researchers wanted to find out how vulnerable their country’s internet was to potential cyberattacks and...

In Brief

Computer maker Framework notifies ‘all customers’ of a data breach | TechCrunch

Framework, a company that makes modular repairable computers, said it has notified all of its customers that hackers...

The Kimi K3 app icon on a smartphone arranged in Hong Kong, on Tuesday, July 21, 2026.
In Brief

Chinese AI model Kimi escaped its cybersecurity testing environment, researchers say | TechCrunch

Kimi K3, the latest AI model made by Chinese company Moonshot, escaped an environment set up to test...

Blackstone Digital Infrastructure Trust Inc. signage during the company's initial public offering (IPO) at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Thursday, May 14, 2026.
Security

Google says hackers are calling financial firm employees to hack and extort victims | TechCrunch

Even in the age of AI-poweredautonomouscyberattacks, the crude, tried and tested hacking techniques of tricking victims into doing...

A Apple Lightning port charging cable is seen with with an iPhone.
Security

A new unpatchable flaw in Apple chips opens the door to an iPhone jailbreak  | TechCrunch

A company that sells spyware and hacking tools to government agencies has published details of a vulnerability in...