A 2025 security breach exposed over 184 million private passwords. How to stay safe while you browse

Cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler discovered an unprotected online database in May 2025, exposing over 184 million ...

BreachForums hacking forum database leaked, exposing 324,000 accounts

The latest incarnation of the notorious BreachForums hacking forum has suffered a data breach, with its user database table ...

Elon Musk's X limits some sexual deepfakes after backlash, but Grok will still make the images

NBC News asked Grok in its standalone app, the Grok X tab and website to transform a series of photos of a clothed person who ...

Elon Musk’s A.I. Is Generating Sexualized Images of Real People, Fueling Outrage

Late Thursday, Mr. Musk’s chatbot, Grok, limited requests for A.I.-generated images on X to paid subscribers of the social ...

Avoid the Ragebait. Phishing Emails Exploit Anger Over ICE to Trick Users

A hacker is impersonating email marketing firm SendGrid with a message that publicly supports Immigration and Customs ...

Illinois man charged with hacking Snapchat accounts to steal nude photos

U.S. prosecutors have charged an Illinois man with orchestrating a phishing operation that allowed him to hack the Snapchat accounts of nearly 600 women to steal private photos and sell them online.
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Databases in 2025: A Year in Review

The world tried to kill Andy off but he had to stay alive to to talk about what happened with databases in 2025.