Joe Kent, President Trump's former top counter-terrorism official, is under investigation by the FBI's Criminal Division for allegedly improperly sharing classified information. The investigation began months before Kent's recent resignation, according to four individuals with direct knowledge of the probe who spoke to Semafor.
The theft of McSweeney's work phone means his WhatsApp messages and texts to Mandelson cannot be examined, raising concerns about the sensitivity of the information.
I believe a conviction without evidence is not justice, it could be part of a cover-up and even a crime. I am willing to share evidence with national and international regulators.
A portion of a memo that Barry's sent to instructors last year about how to handle ICE is being shared across Reddit and social media. The snippet lists seven instructions, including remaining calm, stopping the class and staying at the podium. "Do not take responsibility for anybody other than yourself," it directs. The document goes on to say the studio leader will handle communication with ICE and clients.
An unidentified foreign hacker broke into the FBI's field office in New York in 2023 and compromised files related to the bureau's investigation into the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to Reuters. The hack took advantage of a server at the Child Exploitation Forensic Lab in the FBI's New York Field Office that was left inadvertently vulnerable by an FBI special agent working on the case.
I'm among those who believes Hillary Clinton's use of a privately run email server is an abuse of power. Doing so appears to have skirted laws ensuring good governance and it may well have exposed her communications to adversaries (including some who would have reason to use the contents of her email to help Republicans win the White House), even if her email would have been just as targeted at State, per reports about persistent hacking of it.
The emails published by the US government last month suggest the 72-year-old peer gave Epstein advance notice of an imminent 500bn (438bn) bailout to save the ailing euro in 2010. The European Commission spokeswoman told the BBC that, as a member of the Commission, Lord Mandelson had been subject to obligations under a code of conduct.
According to the justice department, Aurelio Luis Perez-Lugones illegally provided sensitive and secret information related to national defense to a reporter who it says then wrote and published at least five articles using it. The indictment was not immediately available, and a press release announcing five charges against Perez-Lugones of mishandling classified information did not identify the journalist or their employer.
The Compensatii platform enables residents to register and apply for compensation for energy bills, including heating, natural gas, and electricity, during the colder months. To register, applicants need to provide: The name, surname, and IDNP of all persons residing in the declared household; Data from energy consumption invoices; Mortgage loan amount and cadastral number (if applicable); The monthly income of each member for the months of April-September; Personal IBAN account for transferring the compensation.
As the standoff between the United States government and Minnesota continues this week over immigration enforcement operations that have essentially occupied the Twin Cities and other parts of the state, a federal judge delayed a decision this week and ordered a new briefing on whether the Department of Homeland Security is using armed raids to pressure Minnesota into abandoning its sanctuary policies for immigrants.
Why hack the DHS? I can think of a couple Pretti Good reasons! I'm releasing this because the DHS is killing us and people deserve to know which companies support them and what they're working on.
Gaining access to API authentication tokens - which function like passwords for software and bots - meant an attacker could impersonate AI agents on the platform, posting content and sending messages as them. Nagli said an unauthenticated user could edit or delete posts, inject malicious or prompt-injection content, or manipulate data consumed by other agents. Nagli said the incident highlights the risk of vibe coding. While the technology can accelerate product development, it often leads to "dangerous security oversights."
Moore accessed those systems using stolen credentials of users who were authorized to access them. Once he gained access to those victims' accounts, Moore accessed and stole their personal data and posted some online to his Instagram account: @ihackthegovernment. In the case of the Supreme Court victim, identified as GS, Moore posted their name and "current and past electronic filing records."
The trove appears to be the largest known breach of Department of Homeland Security staff data. It follows the killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis. "It is a sign that people aren't happy within the U.S. government, clearly," ICE List founder Dominick Skinner told the Daily Beast. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and other officials have condemned the "doxing" of agents and threatened to prosecute offenders.