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Cameramen TV during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group C match between Brazil and Morocco at New York New Jersey Stadium on June 13, 2026 in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
In Brief

Bug in FIFA World Cup internal system gave anyone ability to modify TV stream | TechCrunch

A security researcher said she was able to access several internal FIFA platforms due to a simple security...

President Donald Trump
Security

The US government’s Anthropic models ban was never about an AI jailbreak | TechCrunch

The U.S. government’s enforcement letter to Anthropic, which effectively forced the company to pull its latest AI models...

a screenshot from the FBI's Kinetic Cyber Range video, showing the FBI's model town cross walk, including a business center, and a light post, inside a large warehouse space.
Security

The FBI built its own replica small town to simulate real-world cyberattacks | TechCrunch

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is pulling back the curtain on a 22,000-square-foot replica town on its Huntsville,...

An illustration of a blue Lockdown Mode icon on a red phone on a blue background featuring Apple logos with padlocks.
In Brief

Apple rolls out first ‘background security’ update for iPhones, iPads, and Macs to fix Safari bug | TechCrunch

Apple has published its first “background security improvement” update to patch a security bug in its Safari web...

A delivery driver for Coupang's Dawn Delivery service
In Brief

South Korea hits Coupang with $400M+ fine for data breach that affected millions | TechCrunch

South Korean authorities have imposed a record-breaking fine of $624 billion won (over $400 million) on retail giant...

North Korean soldiers attend a mass rally to celebrate the North's declaration on November 29 it had achieved full nuclear statehood, on Kim Il-Sung Square in Pyongyang on December 1, 2017. North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Un declared the country had achieved a "historic cause" of becoming a nuclear state, its state media said on November 29, after the country tested an intercontinental ballistic missile earlier in the day.
Security

North Koreans behind nearly half of US tech industry hacks, says CrowdStrike | TechCrunch

A new report by cybersecurity giant CrowdStrike found North Korean hackers posing as remote IT workers and online...

ServiceNow logo at Singapore FinTech Festival in November 2023.
Security

ServiceNow tells customers a bug left some of their data exposed to the internet | TechCrunch

Cloud technology giant ServiceNow has notified some of its enterprise customers that a software bug on its platform...

An illustration of a burned out router or firewall, indicating a breach.
In Brief

CISA gives US federal agencies three days to fix a VPN bug under attack by a ransomware gang | TechCrunch

A ransomware group is actively exploiting an unpatched flaw in security tools used across the U.S. federal government,...

Microsoft logo
Security

Microsoft’s open source tools were hacked to steal passwords of AI developers | TechCrunch

Microsoft has cut off access to dozens of its open source projects hosted on GitHub as it investigates...

The WhatsApp logo is displayed on a mobile phone screen in this photo illustration.
Security

WhatsApp says it caught new spyware attacks linked to NSO Group in violation of court order | TechCrunch

WhatsApp said that it disrupted a new hacking campaign linked to NSO Group, a spyware maker that has...