AI-powered OSINT tool profiles YouTube commenters, raising privacy concerns

AI-powered OSINT tool profiles YouTube commenters, raising privacy concerns

An OSINT platform, Lolarchiver, offers AI-powered tools that can rapidly profile YouTube commenters based on their activity, raising major privacy and legal concerns. An open-source intelligence (OSINT) service claims it can generate detailed profiles on YouTube users based solely on their comment activity. The tool, part of the “YouTube Tools” suite by pseudonymous developer Lolarchiver,…

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US government sanctions tech company involved in cyber scams

US government sanctions tech company involved in cyber scams

The U.S. government imposed sanctions on Funnull, a company accused of providing infrastructure for cybercriminals running “pig butchering” crypto scams that have led to $200 million in losses for American victims.  On Thursday, the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control announced the sanctions, saying Funnull is “linked to the majority of virtual currency investment scam…

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Cork Protocol hacked for M, smart contracts paused

Cork Protocol hacked for $12M, smart contracts paused

Smart contract hacks and other cybersecurity exploits continue to be a significant issue for crypto and Web3 firms in 2025. Cork Protocol, a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform, was hit by a smart contract exploit on May 28, resulting in the loss of roughly $12 million in digital assets. Cybersecurity firm Cyvers said the hack occurred…

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Mysterious hacking group Careto was run by the Spanish government, sources say

Mysterious hacking group Careto was run by the Spanish government, sources say

More than a decade ago, researchers at antivirus company Kaspersky identified suspicious internet traffic of what they thought was a known government-backed group, based on similar targeting and its phishing techniques. Soon, the researchers realized they had found a much more advanced hacking operation that was targeting the Cuban government, among others. Eventually the researchers…

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Coinbase breach hit almost 70k users — Attorneys

Coinbase breach hit almost 70k users — Attorneys

A complaint filed with the Maine Attorney General’s office also alleges the attack was only discovered six much after it occurred. A recent filing with Maine’s attorney general sheds new light on Coinbase’s data breach, claiming that nearly 70,000 users were impacted and that the incident went unnoticed for nearly six months. According to the…

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