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Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel looks on during a Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on May 12, 2026 in Washington, DC.
In Brief

Kash Patel’s clothing brand website shut down after reports it was hacked | TechCrunch

The merchandise website of FBI director Kash Patel was taken offline on Friday after reports that it had...

Oracle Corp. signage on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Friday, April 10, 2026.
Security

Oracle warns of security bug that hackers abused to breach 100+ companies | TechCrunch

Oracle warned its corporate customers that there is a critical-rated vulnerability in its PeopleSoft software, which is used...

US multinational computer technology company Oracle's logo is pictured at the Mobile World Congress (MWC), the telecom industry's biggest annual gathering, in Barcelona on February 27, 2024.
In Brief

Cybercriminals claim breach of Oracle PeopleSoft servers at 100-plus organizations | TechCrunch

The notorious cybercrime group ShinyHunters claimed to have hacked Oracle PeopleSoft servers at more than 100 organizations, many...

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...

The Anthropic logo is displayed on the screen of a smartphone with the company's branding in the background.
AI

Hackers are stealing Claude tokens from subscribers | TechCrunch

On August 4, Grant De Swardt, an independent AI consultant in East Sussex, U.K., noticed something strange going...

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...

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Security

Hackers are exploiting recently patched WordPress bugs, putting millions of websites at risk | TechCrunch

Hackers are breaking into websites that run vulnerable versions of the popular blogging software WordPress, according to several...