Let me see some ID: age verification is spreading across the internet

Apple is bringing age verification to the UK, as the latest iOS 26.4 beta prompts users to verify that they’re over 18 following installation. As shown in screenshots posted to Reddit, Apple says ...

Data Broker Breaches Fueled Nearly $21 Billion in Identity-Theft Losses

A report copublished by WIRED sparked a probe into opt-out pages hidden by data brokers. Now congressional Democrats say breaches tied to the industry have cost people tens of billions of dollars.

Hacker used Anthropic’s Claude AI to steal Mexican government data

A hacker exploited Anthropic PBC’s artificial intelligence chatbot to carry out a series of attacks against Mexican government agencies, resulting in the theft of a huge trove of sensitive tax and ...

Hacking group begins leaking customer data in Dutch telecom Odido hack

The criminal group behind a hack at Dutch telecom Odido, one of the largest carried out in the Netherlands, has begun ...

Hacker used Anthropic’s Claude to steal sensitive Mexican data

The unknown Claude user wrote Spanish-language prompts for the chatbot to act as an elite hacker, finding vulnerabilities in government networks, writing computer scripts to exploit them and ...
Men's Journal

Use This Hack to Break An Ice Dam Fast

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SlashGear

Discord's Going To Censor Your Account Unless You Provide ID Or Face Scan

Discord is one of the most widely used VoIP platforms that was first adopted by gamers before it expanded into a mainstream communications client, now used by millions of users worldwide. Getting used ...
9to5google

Discord will restrict your account next month unless you scan ID or face

In a controversial move, Discord today announced that it will restrict all user accounts globally unless users verify their age either by way of face or ID scan. Discord’s updated privacy approach is ...
MyNorthwest.com

‘A living nightmare’: WA man gets 10 years for hacking Snapchat accounts, soliciting child abuse

A 32-year-old man from La Center was sentenced to 10 years in prison Friday for a scheme to access private photos by posing as tech support to hack accounts on Snapchat, a social media app. Dylan Rex ...
Bleeping Computer

Man pleads guilty to hacking nearly 600 women’s Snapchat accounts

An Illinois man pleaded guilty to hacking nearly 600 women's Snapchat accounts to steal nude photos that he kept, sold, or traded online, including accounts he compromised at the request of a former ...
Austin American-Statesman

Flying without a REAL ID? TSA now charges a $45 fee — here’s what to know

The REAL ID Act, passed by Congress in 2005 following the 9/11 attacks, set federal security standards for state-issued IDs such as driver’s licenses. In Texas, REAL ID–compliant cards are marked with ...