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OpenAI Unveils Its New, More Powerful GPT-5.5 Model

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Federal Courts Slow to Fix Vulnerable System After Repeated Hacking - After a 2020 breach thought to be Russia’s work, the courts told Congress that they would... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/us/politics/federal-courts-computer-hacks.html #judicialconferenceoftheunitedstates #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #computersandtheinternet #cyberwarfareanddefense #cyberattacksandhackers #courtsandthejudiciary #politicsandgovernment #lawandlegislation #federalcourts(us)

What to Know About the Hack at Tea, an App Where Women Share Red Flags About Men - A data breach exposed photos and ID cards of women who signed up for a fast-growing app f... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/us/tea-safety-dating-app-hack.html #thursday(honeypotdatingltd) #datingandrelationships #cyberattacksandhackers #identificationdevices #mobileapplications #teadatingadviceinc #computersecurity #womenandgirls #socialmedia

:( Microsoft’s ‘Blue Screen of Death’ Is Going Away - The blue screen that stressed computer users for more than three decades is giving way to... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/technology/microsoft-blue-screen-death-windows.html #blogsandblogging(internet) #computersandtheinternet #cyberattacksandhackers #computernetworkoutages #vergethe(voxmediallc) #millennialgeneration #crowdstrikeinc #ballmerstevena #microsoftcorp #gatesbill #software

NSO Group Ordered to Pay Meta $167 Million in Damages - Meta had sued the firm, NSO Group, for using its spyware to hack 1,400 WhatsApp accounts ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/technology/nso-meta-damages-whatsapp.html #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #compensationfordamages(law) #computersandtheinternet #cyberwarfareanddefense #cyberattacksandhackers #mobileapplications #computersecurity #metaplatformsinc #instagraminc #socialmedia #facebookinc #whatsappinc #nsogroup

What Is Signal, the App Involved in a War Plans Security Breach? - The app, which was introduced in 2014 and has hundreds of millions of users, is widely vi... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/technology/signal-app-security-leak.html #signal(openwhispersystems) #computersandtheinternet #nationalsecurityagency #cyberattacksandhackers #atlanticthe(magazine) #contenttype:service #mobileapplications #newsandnewsmedia #computersecurity #marlinspikemoxie #hegsethpete

How the Crypto Exchange Bybit Lost $1.5 Billion to North Korean Hackers - The cryptocurrency exchange Bybit lost $1.5 billion to North Korean hackers last month — ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/technology/bybit-crypto-hack-north-korea.html #regulationandderegulationofindustry #bankingandfinancialinstitutions #computersandtheinternet #cyberattacksandhackers #robberiesandthefts #computersecurity #virtualcurrency #bybitfintechltd #lazarusgroup #socialmedia #singapore #benzhou

Cyberattack Disrupts Publication of Lee Newspapers Across the U.S. - The media company Lee Enterprises said a “cybersecurity event” had created havoc at dozen... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/business/media/newspaper-cyberattack-lee-enterprises.html #dailyprogressthe(newspaper) #computersandtheinternet #cyberattacksandhackers #stlouispost-dispatch #pressofatlanticcity #leeenterprisesinc #omahaworld-herald #computersecurity #deliveryservices #buffalonews #newspapers

Cyberattack Disrupts Publication of Lee Newspapers Across the U.S. - The media company Lee Enterprises said a “cybersecurity event” had created havoc at dozen... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/business/media/newspaper-cyberattack-lee-enterprises.html #dailyprogressthe(newspaper) #computersandtheinternet #cyberattacksandhackers #stlouispost-dispatch #pressofatlanticcity #leeenterprisesinc #omahaworld-herald #computersecurity #deliveryservices #buffalonews #newspapers

Cyberattack Disrupts Publication of Lee Newspapers Across the U.S. - The media company Lee Enterprises said a “cybersecurity event” had created havoc at dozen... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/business/media/newspaper-cyberattack-lee-enterprises.html #dailyprogressthe(newspaper) #computersandtheinternet #cyberattacksandhackers #stlouispost-dispatch #pressofatlanticcity #leeenterprisesinc #omahaworld-herald #computersecurity #deliveryservices #buffalonews #newspapers

Cyberattack Disrupts Publication of Lee Newspapers Across the U.S. - The media company Lee Enterprises said a “cybersecurity event” had created havoc at dozen... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/business/media/newspaper-cyberattack-lee-enterprises.html #dailyprogressthe(newspaper) #computersandtheinternet #cyberattacksandhackers #stlouispost-dispatch #pressofatlanticcity #leeenterprisesinc #omahaworld-herald #computersecurity #deliveryservices #buffalonews #newspapers

Cyberattack Disrupts Publication of Lee Newspapers Across the U.S. - The media company Lee Enterprises said a “cybersecurity event” had created havoc at dozen... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/business/media/newspaper-cyberattack-lee-enterprises.html #dailyprogressthe(newspaper) #computersandtheinternet #cyberattacksandhackers #stlouispost-dispatch #pressofatlanticcity #leeenterprisesinc #omahaworld-herald #computersecurity #deliveryservices #buffalonews #newspapers

After CrowdStrike Causes Outage, Are U.S. Networks Safe? - With each cascade of digital disaster, new vulnerabilities emerge. The latest chaos wasn’... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/19/us/politics/crowdstrike-outage.html #cybersecurityandinfrastructuresecurityagency #unitedstatesinternationalrelations #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #espionageandintelligenceservices #cyberwarfareanddefense #cyberattacksandhackers #nationalsecurityagency #crowdstrikeinc #putinvladimirv

Andres Freund, el ingeniero que previno un posible ciberataque global - Un ingeniero de Microsoft notó que algo andaba mal en un software en el que había trabaja... - https://www.nytimes.com/es/2024/04/05/espanol/andres-freund-ciberataque-global.html #computersandtheinternet #engineeringandengineers #linux(operatingsystem) #cyberattacksandhackers #open-sourcesoftware #computersecurity #microsoftcorp #freundandres

China’s Hacker Network: What to Know About the I-Soon Document Leak - Documents leaked on a public website show that China is hiring private hackers to obtain ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/22/business/china-hack-leak-isoon.html #ministryofstatesecurityofthepeoplesrepublicofchina #classifiedinformationandstatesecrets #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #espionageandintelligenceservices #cyberwarfareanddefense #internationalrelations #cyberattacksandhackers #githubinc #china

China’s Hacker Network: What to Know About the I-Soon Document Leak - Documents leaked on a public website show that China is hiring private hackers to obtain ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/22/business/china-hack-leak-isoon.html #ministryofstatesecurityofthepeoplesrepublicofchina #classifiedinformationandstatesecrets #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #espionageandintelligenceservices #cyberwarfareanddefense #internationalrelations #cyberattacksandhackers #githubinc #china

China’s Hacker Network: What to Know About the I-Soon Document Leak - Documents leaked on a public website show that China is hiring private hackers to obtain ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/22/business/china-hack-leak-isoon.html #ministryofstatesecurityofthepeoplesrepublicofchina #classifiedinformationandstatesecrets #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #espionageandintelligenceservices #cyberwarfareanddefense #internationalrelations #cyberattacksandhackers #githubinc #china

China’s Hacker Network: What to Know About the I-Soon Document Leak - Documents leaked on a public website show that China is hiring private hackers to obtain ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/22/business/china-hack-leak-isoon.html #ministryofstatesecurityofthepeoplesrepublicofchina #classifiedinformationandstatesecrets #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #espionageandintelligenceservices #cyberwarfareanddefense #internationalrelations #cyberattacksandhackers #githubinc #china

China’s Hacker Network: What to Know About the I-Soon Document Leak - Documents leaked on a public website show that China is hiring private hackers to obtain ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/22/business/china-hack-leak-isoon.html #ministryofstatesecurityofthepeoplesrepublicofchina #classifiedinformationandstatesecrets #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #espionageandintelligenceservices #cyberwarfareanddefense #internationalrelations #cyberattacksandhackers #githubinc #china

‘Most Wanted’ Man Pleads Guilty in Cyberattack That Upended Vermont Hospital - Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov, 37, of Ukraine, pleaded guilty in federal court for his r... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/18/us/cyberattack-vermont-hospital-guilty.html #bankingandfinancialinstitutions #penchukovvyacheslavigorevich #racketeeringandracketeers #computersandtheinternet #cyberattacksandhackers #universityofvermont #robberiesandthefts #computersecurity #donetsk(ukraine) #hospitals #nebraska

Museum World Hit by Cyberattack on Widely Used Software - Hackers targeted software that many museums use to show their collections online and to m... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/03/arts/design/museum-cyberattack.html #loebfranceslehmanartcenter #museumoffinearts(boston) #cyberattacksandhackers #computernetworkoutages #computersecurity #rubinmuseumofart #crystalbridges #museums #art

When Hackers Descended to Test A.I., They Found Flaws Aplenty - The hackers had the blessing of the White House and leading A.I. companies, which want to... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/16/technology/ai-defcon-hackers.html #computersandtheinternet #rumorsandmisinformation #artificialintelligence #cyberattacksandhackers #contestsandprizes #computersecurity #lasvegas(nev) #openailabs #googleinc

When Hackers Descended to Test A.I., They Found Flaws Aplenty - The hackers had the blessing of the White House and leading A.I. companies, which want to... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/16/technology/when-hackers-descended-to-test-ai-they-found-flaws-aplenty.html #computersandtheinternet #rumorsandmisinformation #artificialintelligence #cyberattacksandhackers #contestsandprizes #computersecurity #lasvegas(nev) #openailabs #googleinc

Russian Ransomware Group Breached Federal Agencies in Cyberattack - The top U.S. cybersecurity agency said it did not have evidence that the group was acting... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/15/us/politics/russian-ransomware-cyberattack-clop-moveit.html #progresssoftwarecorporation #homelandsecuritydepartment #cyberattacksandhackers #energydepartment #computersecurity #bidenjosephrjr #mandiantcorp #russia #china

T-Mobile Says Hacker Got Data From 37 Million Customer Accounts - The breach exposed information like names, addresses and phone numbers and lasted more th... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/19/business/t-mobile-hacked-data-breach.html #cyberattacksandhackers #wirelesscommunications #cellulartelephones #computersecurity #t-mobileusinc

Lawmakers Signal Inquiries Into US Government’s Use of Foreign Spyware - The moves come as Congress passed a measure last week to try to reign in the proliferatio... - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/28/us/politics/spyware-israel-dea-fbi.html #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #espionageandintelligenceservices #drugenforcementadministration #senatecommitteeonintelligence #federalbureauofinvestigation #housecommitteeonintelligence #cyberwarfareanddefense #cyberattacksandhackers #diliantal

The Crypto World Is on Edge After a String of Hacks - More than $2 billion in digital currency has been stolen in hacks this year, shaking fait... - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/28/technology/crypto-hacks-defi.html #computersandtheinternet #cyberwarfareanddefense #cyberattacksandhackers #bitcoin(currency) #sandersonbrandon #virtualcurrency #start-ups #beanstalk

Senior European Parliament Member Targeted as Spyware Abuse Spreads - The attempted hack of a Greek opposition leader is the first aimed at a European Parliame... - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/27/world/europe/eu-spyware-predator-pegasus.html #sanchezperez-castejonpedro(1972-) #espionageandintelligenceservices #legislaturesandparliaments #computersandtheinternet #cyberattacksandhackers #internationalrelations #wirelesscommunications #politicsandgovernment #macronemmanuel(1977-) #greece

Ukrainian Minister Has Turned Digital Tools Into Modern Weapons of War - Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s youngest minister, has turned technology, cryptocurrency and ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/12/technology/ukraine-minister-war-digital.html #russianinvasionofukraine(2022) #defenseandmilitaryforces #computersandtheinternet #cyberattacksandhackers #politicsandgovernment #warandarmedconflicts #enterprisecomputing #zelenskyvolodymyr #metaplatformsinc #virtualcurrency #socialmedia

Justice Dept. Seizes $3.6 Billion in Bitcoin and Arrests Married Couple - The couple were accused of conspiring to launder Bitcoin that had been stolen in 2016 fro... - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/08/us/politics/ilya-lichtenstein-heather-morgan-bitcoin-laundering.html #cyberattacksandhackers #robberiesandthefts #bitcoin(currency) #justicedepartment #virtualcurrency #moneylaundering #monacolisao #currency #bitfinex #hongkong

What We Learned About Pegasus, the Smartphone Cracker - Israel used the NSO Group’s cyberweapon as a tool of diplomacy. The F.B.I. tested it for ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/28/world/middleeast/israel-pegasus-spyware.html #unitedstatesinternationalrelations #espionageandintelligenceservices #defenseandmilitaryforces #computersandtheinternet #cyberattacksandhackers #politicsandgovernment #netanyahubenjamin #trumpdonaldj #newyorktimes #newjersey #israel #iran

A Rare Win in the Cat-and-Mouse Game of Ransomware - A team of private security sleuths, in their first public detailing of their efforts, dis... - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/24/technology/ransomware-emsisoft-blackmatter.html #cybersecurityandinfrastructuresecurityagency #cyberattacksandhackers #extortionandblackmail #computersecurity #emsisoftltd #blackmatter

Apple Issues Emergency Security Updates to Close a Spyware Flaw - Researchers at Citizen Lab found that NSO Group, an Israeli spyware company, had infected... - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/13/technology/apple-software-update-spyware-nso-group.html #humanrightsandhumanrightsviolations #signal(openwhispersystems) #mohammedbinsalman(1985-) #computersandtheinternet #cyberattacksandhackers #cyberwarfareanddefense #amnestyinternational #universityoftoronto #defectiveproducts #textmessaging

China Breached Dozens of Pipeline Companies in Past Decade, U.S. Says - The disclosure about the breadth of state-sponsored cyberattacks was part of a warning to... - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/20/us/politics/china-hacking-pipelines.html #cybersecurityandinfrastructuresecurityagency #homelandsecuritydepartment #cyberwarfareanddefense #cyberattacksandhackers #colonialpipelineco #mayorkasalejandro #bidenjosephrjr #pipelines

Up to 1,500 businesses could be affected by a cyberattack carried out by a Russian group. - “It totally sucks,” said the chief executive of the software company Kaseya, which was co... - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/06/technology/kaseya-cyberattack-ransomware-revil.html #homelandsecuritydepartment #computersandtheinternet #cyberattacksandhackers #cyberwarfareanddefense #extortionandblackmail #revil(hackinggroup) #computersecurity #putinvladimirv #psakijenniferr #emsisoftltd

Bitcoin Is Actually Traceable, Pipeline Investigation Shows - The F.B.I.’s recovery of Bitcoins paid in the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack showed ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/09/technology/bitcoin-untraceable-pipeline-ransomware.html #bankingandfinancialinstitutions #federalbureauofinvestigation #computersandtheinternet #cyberattacksandhackers #blockchain(technology) #darkside(hackinggroup) #extortionandblackmail #colonialpipelineco #bitcoin(currency) #searchandseizure

Behind Every Hero or Villain, There Is Tech Support - Cutting-edge technology is often used in comics by the able assistants who fall under the... - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/18/arts/comic-book-technology-superhero.html #computersandtheinternet #cyberattacksandhackers #comicbooksandstrips #marvelentertainment #mobileapplications #crimeandcriminals #holography #dccomics

Coinbase Users Say Crypto Start-Up Ignored Their Pleas for Help - As Coinbase prepares to be the first major cryptocurrency company to go public, it is struggling w... - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/24/technology/coinbase-bitcoin-complaints.html #regulationandderegulationofindustry #bankingandfinancialinstitutions #suitsandlitigation(civil) #cyberattacksandhackers #bitcoin(currency) #customerrelations #virtualcurrency #coinbaseinc

Facebook and Twitter Dodge a 2016 Repeat, and Ignite a 2020 Firestorm - The companies have said they would do more to stop misinformation and hacked materials from spread... - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/15/technology/facebook-twitter-nypost-hunter-biden.html #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #freedomofspeechandexpression #presidentialelectionof2020 #computersandtheinternet #rumorsandmisinformation #cyberattacksandhackers #newsandnewsmedia #socialmedia #bidenhunter #newyorkpost

Student Charged in Cyberattacks at Miami-Dade Schools - Virtual classes in the fourth-largest school district in the United States were choked by glitches... - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/03/us/miami-dade-school-cyberattack.html #cyberattacksandhackers #crimeandcriminals #education(k-12) #e-learning #miami(fla)

Twitter Hack May Have Had Another Mastermind: A 16-Year-Old - On Tuesday, federal agents served a Massachusetts teenager with a search warrant. He appears to ha... - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/01/technology/twitter-hack.html #computersandtheinternet #phishing(computerfraud) #cyberattacksandhackers #fraudsandswindling #bitcoin(currency) #computersecurity #searchandseizure #clarkgrahamivan #massachusetts #socialmedia #twitter

From Minecraft Tricks to Twitter Hack: A Florida Teen’s Troubled Online Path - The teenage “mastermind” of the recent Twitter breach, who had a difficult family life, poured his... - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/02/technology/florida-teenager-twitter-hack.html #videorecordingsdownloadsandstreaming #computersandtheinternet #cyberattacksandhackers #computerandvideogames #robberiesandthefts #fraudsandswindling #bitcoin(currency) #clarkgrahamivan #socialmedia #twitter

Why a Data Breach at a Genealogy Site Has Privacy Experts Worried - Nearly two-thirds of GEDmatch’s users opt out of helping law enforcement. For a brief window this ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/01/technology/gedmatch-breach-privacy.html #murdersattemptedmurdersandhomicides #dna(deoxyribonucleicacid) #computersandtheinternet #cyberattacksandhackers #geneticsandheredity #computersecurity #forensicscience #gedmatchinc #genealogy #gedmatch

‘Pure Hell for Victims’ as Stimulus Programs Draw a Flood of Scammers - Trillions of dollars in stimulus funds have created a rush among criminals to take the money from ... more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/22/technology/stimulus-checks-hackers-coronavirus.html #coronavirusaidreliefandeconomicsecurityact(2020) #shutdowns(institutional) #computersandtheinternet #coronavirus(2019-ncov) #internalrevenueservice #cyberattacksandhackers #robberiesandthefts #computersecurity #identitytheft

Your Doorbell Camera Spied on You. Now What? - Amazon’s popular Ring security cameras have gaping security holes. Here’s how to protect yourself.... more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/19/technology/personaltech/ring-doorbell-camera-spying.html #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #data-mininganddatabasemarketing #computersandtheinternet #cyberattacksandhackers #computersecurity #amazon.cominc #privacy #cameras #ringinc

Bitcoin Has Lost Steam. But Criminals Still Love It. - The police hoped that taking down online black markets would chase away criminals. But the amount ... more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/28/technology/bitcoin-black-market.html?emc=rss&partner=rss #prices(faresfeesandrates) #cyberattacksandhackers #bitcoin(currency) #virtualcurrency #blackmarkets

The Catastrophist’s 2019 Tech Gift Guide - Because nothing is just a gadget anymore. more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/18/style/gift-guide-tech.html?emc=rss&partner=rss #securityandwarningsystems #cyberattacksandhackers #your-feed-wirecutter #amazon.cominc #appleinc #ringinc #gifts

Accused Capital One Hacker Had Stolen Data From Other Targets, Officials Say - Prosecutors said they found the stolen material from 30 organizations on servers in the bedroom of... more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/14/technology/capital-one-hacking.html?emc=rss&partner=rss #capitalonefinancialcorporation #computersandtheinternet #cyberattacksandhackers #robberiesandthefts #thompsonpaigeadele #computersecurity #cloudcomputing

Behind the Scenes, 8chan Scrambles to Get Back Online - In a digital chain effect, tech providers pulled support for 8chan, illustrating a complex network... more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/05/technology/8chan-website-online.html?emc=rss&partner=rss #computersandtheinternet #computernetworkoutages #cyberattacksandhackers #cloudcomputing #massshootings #cloudflareinc #dailystormer #hatecrimes #tucows #8chan #epik

The Week in Tech: Facebook Romance Scams and Banking Hacks - For years, impostors have been posing as members of the military to bilk people out of money. Why ... more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/02/technology/facebook-romance-scams-military.html?emc=rss&partner=rss #bankingandfinancialinstitutions #capitalonefinancialcorporation #computersandtheinternet #cyberattacksandhackers #impostors(criminal) #fraudsandswindling #computersecurity #companyreports #socialmedia #facebookinc