Over 2.5 million student loan borrowers had their personal data — including Social Security numbers — exposed through a breach at Nelnet Servicing. The incident comes at the worst possible timing, coinciding with federal loan forgiveness announcements.
A French court has ruled in favor of a spoofing scam victim who was denied reimbursement by his bank, establishing that deceived customers aren’t negligent just because criminals exploited their bank’s own identity to trick them.
Hungary’s new tech minister Zoltán Tanács plans to scrap criminal penalties for unauthorized crypto services, reversing a July 2025 law that drove platforms like Revolut out of the country. The move could reshape Hungary’s position in Europe’s crypto landscape.
Nearly $26 billion in short liquidation leverage sits above Bitcoin’s $62,000 price level, with shorts already taking $218 million in liquidations in 24 hours. Cycle Bands flashed an oversold signal for the first time since 2023.
Stellar (XLM) is gaining institutional traction through cross-border payments, stablecoin activity, and real-world asset tokenization. Network upgrades and potential CBDC integrations could be long-term catalysts.
A Bordeaux court ordered Caisse d’Épargne to reimburse a spoofing victim, rejecting the bank’s argument that the customer was negligent. The ruling sets a precedent for bank fraud cases across France.
AethexAI raised $3M pre-seed to rebuild voice AI infrastructure from scratch for Africa and the Middle East, where mainstream tools keep failing on accents, connectivity, and real-world telephony conditions.
Nelnet Servicing exposed 2.5M student loan records including SSNs in a breach that went undetected for weeks. Here’s what borrowers need to do now.
Cisco disclosed its 7th actively exploited SD-WAN zero-day in 2026. CVE-2026-20245 allows root command execution with no patch available yet. Here’s what defenders need to know.
A new 269-page House bill would regulate frontier AI with independent audits, open-source security grants, and a $300M NIST center. But the fight over state preemption could tear it apart.
