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https://www.fox5atlanta.com/video/fmc-j4vfei7ygyzc56l6

I was interviewed by Fox 5 Atlanta about Instagram's new safety update that notifies parents when their teen repeatedly searches for suicide or self-harm-related terms. While it sounds like a step forward from Meta, is it really enough? We break down what this feature actually does, what it doesn't, and whether this marks a genuine shift in how Meta approaches teen mental health...or just another PR move.

🤖 Hackers Weaponize Claude AI - Mexico Government Hacked 🤖

Threat actors weaponized Anthropic's Claude Code AI assistant to breach the Mexican government's systems and steal over 150GB of sensitive data, including civil registry files, tax records, and voter data. Roughly 195 million identities were exposed. This represents the first confirmed use of a commercial AI coding tool in a government-level cyberattack.

• https://www.securityweek.com/hackers-weaponize-claude-code-in-mexican-government...

👮 Europol Crackdown on The Com Hackers - 30 Arrests 👮

Europol's Project Compass led to 30 arrests of The Com cybercrime collective members across 28 countries. The group targets children for extortion and CSAM production, linked to major ransomware attacks and organized into subgroups including 764.

• https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/police-crackdown-on-the-com-cybercrime-gang-leads-to-30-arrests/

• https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/

• https://www.securitywe...

Ex-L3Harris Executive Sentenced for Selling Zero-Days to Russian Broker

Peter Williams, former general manager of L3Harris's Trenchant cybersecurity unit, was sentenced to 87 months in prison for stealing and selling 8 zero-day exploits to Russian broker Operation Zero for $1.3M in cryptocurrency. The theft caused $35M in losses and could enable access to millions of devices worldwide.

• https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ex-l3harris-exec-jailed-for-selling-zero-days-to-russian-exp...

🎰 Wynn Resorts Las Vegas Hit by Cybersecurity Breach 🎰

What happens in Vegas... apparently gets stolen by ShinyHunters. Wynn Resorts, one of Las Vegas's biggest casino operators, just confirmed they got hacked. And when I say hacked, I mean eight hundred thousand employee records—complete with Social Security numbers—stolen by ransomware criminals who are now demanding a million and a half dollars to keep quiet. The breach was actually revealed in a lawsuit, which is a fun way to learn your com...

🚨 Conduent Breach Now Largest in US History - 25+ Million Affected

Conduent Business Services confirmed one of the largest data breaches in U.S. history affecting 25+ million individuals. Safepay ransomware group stole 8TB of data including SSNs, medical histories, and health insurance details between October 2024 and January 2025.

Sources:

• https://cybersecuritynews.com/conduent-data-breach/

• https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/24/conduent-data-breach-grows-affecting-at-least-25m-people/

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🚨 Texas Sues TP-Link Over Chinese Hacking Risks 🚨

Texas sued TP-Link Systems alleging the company deceptively marketed routers as secure while firmware vulnerabilities enabled Chinese state-backed hackers to compromise American users' devices and networks.

Sources:

• https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/texas-sues-tp-link-over-chinese-hacking-risks-user-deception/

• https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/releases/texas-files-lawsuit-tp-link-systems-deceptive-security-claims

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🔴 Google Patches First Chrome Zero-Day of 2026 — Actively Exploited 🔴

Google released emergency updates on February 16, 2026 to patch CVE-2026-2441, a high-severity use-after-free vulnerability in Chrome with a CVSS score of 8.8. The flaw is being actively exploited in the wild, allowing remote attackers to potentially execute code by getting victims to visit a crafted webpage. This is Chrome's first actively exploited zero-day of 2026, and users on all platforms should update immediately.

Sou...

🦀Infostealer Steals OpenClaw AI Agent Secrets🦀

Information-stealing malware has been observed for the first time specifically targeting OpenClaw, a popular agentic AI assistant framework, stealing API keys, authentication tokens, and cloud credentials stored in its configuration files. This attack vector is particularly dangerous because compromised AI agent credentials can give attackers access to entire automated pipelines and connected cloud services. Security experts warn that as AI agent a...