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Grok ‘white genocide’ rant due to unauthorized prompt change: xAI 2025-05-16 at 08:08 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence firm xAI has blamed an “unauthorized modification” to the Grok chatbot’s response, causing it to generate responses mentioning political and racial tensions in South Africa.  On May 16, xAI provided an update on […]

Update on Marks & Spencer Cyberattack 2025-05-16 at 08:08 By Marks & Spencer (M&S) has provided an update on the cyberattack it recently experienced.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Almost Half of Healthcare Breaches Involved Microsoft 365 2025-05-16 at 07:18 By Healthcare sector suffers a rise in ransomware attacks. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Credential Harvesting Becomes Top Retail Data Threat 2025-05-16 at 07:18 By Cybercriminals target retail credentials. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Brazil fintech gets approval to become a Bitcoin treasury company 2025-05-16 at 06:03 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Méliuz’s executive chairman says his fintech firm has become Brazil’s first publicly-traded Bitcoin treasury company following shareholder approval, with the firm also announcing it bought $28.4 million worth of Bitcoin to add to its existing stack. “Historic

AI scammers are now impersonating US government bigwigs, says FBI 2025-05-16 at 06:03 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Deepfake-assisted hackers are now targeting US federal and state officials by masquerading as senior US officials in the latest brazen phishing campaign to steal sensitive data.  The bad actors have been operating since April, using deepfake voice

Trump says he has a problem if Apple builds iThings in India 2025-05-16 at 05:48 By Simon Sharwood Cupertino’s plan to spend $500bn stateside wasn’t enough to placate the tycoon of tariffs US president Donald Trump has told Apple CEO Tim Cook he has a problem with his plan to manufacture iThings in India.… This

Tornado Cash dev Roman Storm trial goes ahead with slight trim 2025-05-16 at 05:03 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan US federal prosecutors are pressing ahead with their case against Tornado Cash founder Roman Storm, but will drop a small part of their indictment after the Department of Justice rolled back its crypto enforcement last month.

Scammers are deepfaking voices of senior US government officials, warns FBI 2025-05-16 at 04:33 By Iain Thomson They’re smishing, they’re vishing The FBI has warned that fraudsters are impersonating “senior US officials” using deepfakes as part of a major fraud campaign.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

DoorDash scam used fake drivers, phantom deliveries to bilk $2.59M 2025-05-16 at 04:33 By Jessica Lyons Entire process took less than five minutes, prosecutors say A former DoorDash driver has pleaded guilty to participating in a $2.59 million scheme that used fake accounts, insider access to reassign orders, and bogus delivery reports to trigger payouts

NASA keeps ancient Voyager 1 spacecraft alive with Hail Mary thruster fix 2025-05-16 at 04:33 By Brandon Vigliarolo Failure could’ve triggered a small explosion NASA has revived a set of thrusters on the nearly 50-year-old Voyager 1 spacecraft after declaring them inoperable over two decades ago. … This article is an excerpt from The Register View

Wisconsin Investment Board sold off its Bitcoin ETF stash 2025-05-16 at 04:01 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea The State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB), which oversees the state’s retirement funds, unloaded its shares in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) during the first quarter, filings show. The Wisconsin Investment Board reported no spot Bitcoin ETF

Meta delays release of flagship ‘Behemoth’ AI model as engineers struggle: report 2025-05-16 at 02:17 By Reuters Meta had called the Llama 4 Behemoth “one of the smartest LLMs in the world and our most powerful yet to serve as a teacher for our new models.” This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News

Trump strikes ‘historic’ deal with UAE to build biggest AI campus outside US 2025-05-16 at 02:07 By Reuters The UAE, a major oil producer, has been spending billions of dollars in a push to become a global AI player. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View

Legacy forex, payments platforms ‘hate’ stablecoin adoption — Kevin O’Leary 2025-05-16 at 02:06 By Cointelegraph by Alex O’Donnell Global foreign exchange and payments platforms are lobbying hard against stablecoins, which stand to significantly disrupt their business models, investor Kevin O’Leary said during a keynote address at Consensus 2025. Legacy forex and payments platforms often extract

Trump’s crypto ties ‘add a certain level of challenge’ to passing bills — Coinbase exec 2025-05-16 at 02:06 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright Coinbase chief legal officer Paul Grewal addressed some of the concerns raised by US lawmakers and industry leaders around President Donald Trump’s crypto ventures, and how they may affect related legislation. Speaking