Cyberattacks & CyberSecurity in the International System

The FBI Discusses the Potential to Use AI to Hack Targets AI is a “game changer” for what the FBI calls remote access operations, an FBI official said in response to a 404 Media question on Tuesday.

LLMs can unmask pseudonymous users at scale with surprising accuracy Pseudonymity has never been perfect for preserving privacy. Soon it may be pointless.

10 Defining Moments in Cybersecurity and Space in 2025 | January/February 2026 Top space and cyber influencers look back at critical cyber events of 2025, and how these events have implications for the space industry.

Some Epstein file redactions are being undone with hacks | Hacker News

Hackers Unredact Epstein Files — What You Need To Know Hackers have exposed heavily redacted information from the latest 11,034 documents in the Epstein files, released on Monday.

U.S. places $11 million bounty on Ukrainian ransomware mastermind — Tymoshchuk allegedly stole $18 billion from large companies over 3 years Volodymyr Tymoshchuk is accused of masterminding ransomware that disrupted 250 companies in the United States alone.

Google tool misused to scrub tech CEO’s shady past from search Google has fixed the bug, which it says affected only “a tiny fraction of websites.”…

Brits can get around Discord's age verification thanks to Death Stranding's photo mode, bypassing the measure introduced with the UK's Online Safety Act. We tried it and it works—thanks, Kojima The UK's new act blocks access to adult content without identification. Turns out, you only need a copy of Death Stranding and a phone to get around it.

Chinese authorities are using a new tool to hack seized phones and extract data | TechCrunch Researchers warned that Chinese residents, and visitors to China, should be aware of the tool's existence and the risks it poses.

Chinese Electric Cars in Israel Found to Be Transmitting Data to China - Militarnyi The Israeli Ministry of Defense has officially suspended the supply of Chinese electric vehicles from BYD to IDF officers due to concerns over data collection via embedded communication systems and sensors

19-year-old linked to Danbury couple kidnapped in $230M crypto heist is in custody, records show Veer Chetal, linked to the Danbury couple kidnapped in the $230 million crypto heist, is being held by the U.S. Marshals Service in Virginia, records show.

Hackers are turning DNA sequencing into a biosecurity nightmare Explore rising cybersecurity threats facing next-generation DNA sequencing and why urgent interdisciplinary action is needed now.