Student Loan Breach Exposed Social Security Numbers for 2.5 Million Borrowers
A breach at Nelnet Servicing exposed names, addresses, and Social Security numbers for 2.5 million student loan borrowers. Here’s what affected people need to know.
Scammed by a Fake Bank Advisor, He Took the Bank to Court — and Won
A French court ordered Caisse d’Épargne to reimburse a customer scammed by a fake bank advisor, rejecting the bank’s claim that the victim was negligent.
Why a UK Startup Thinks Voice AI Is Broken for 1.5 Billion People — and Just Raised $3M to Fix It
AethexAI raised $3M pre-seed to rebuild voice AI from the ground up for Africa and the Middle East, where mainstream tools keep failing on accents, connectivity, and real-world telephony conditions.
Cisco’s SD-Wan Problems Keep Piling Up — Seventh Zero-Day Exploited This Year Alone
Cisco disclosed its seventh exploited SD-WAN zero-day of 2026. CVE-2026-20245 allows root command execution with no patch available yet. Here’s what defenders need to know.
Congress Drops a 269-Page AI Bill That Could Reshape How Frontier Models Are Regulated
A bipartisan House bill proposes sweeping oversight of frontier AI models, including mandatory third-party audits, $300M for NIST’s CAISI, and open-source security grants. It’s already drawing fire over preemption of state AI laws.
OnePlus Is Chasing 240Hz Smartphone Screens, and the Diminishing Returns Are Already Here
Leaks suggest OnePlus plans to push smartphone displays to 240Hz — a gaming monitor spec that raises real questions about battery life, diminishing returns, and whether anyone actually needs it.
AethexAI Just Raised $3M to Fix Voice AI for 1.5 Billion People Big Tech Ignores
UK startup AethexAI raised $3M pre-seed to build voice AI infrastructure purpose-built for Africa and the Middle East. They rebuilt the entire stack for markets where global tools keep failing.
French Court Tells Bank to Pay Up After Customer Gets Scammed by Fake Advisor
A French court ordered Caisse d’Épargne to reimburse a customer who lost €5,900 to a fake advisor scam, rejecting the bank’s claim that the victim was grossly negligent.
PCPJack Hijacked 230 Cloud Servers Into a Secret Email Relay Network
Threat actor PCPJack turned 230 hijacked cloud servers across AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure into a covert SMTP relay network. The operation was exposed after the group left their entire toolkit — including source code and Sliver configs — on an open C2 server.
Dashlane Password Manager Hit by Brute-Force Attack — Fewer Than 20 Vaults Downloaded
Password manager Dashlane disclosed that fewer than 20 encrypted vaults were downloaded after a brute-force attack targeting 2FA protections. The vaults are encrypted, but the incident raises questions about how the attackers bypassed two-factor authentication.