Summary The Helldivers 2 community faces internal threats from players violating unwritten co-op rules like teamkilling, prompting vigilante justice. GantzTheDemon has become villified for alleged teamkilling in Helldivers 2, sparking community backlash and attempts for retribution. The lack of an official reporting system for griefing has given rise to a culture of naming and shaming, … Read more
For the past four years, the LockBit ransomware group has been on an unrelenting rampage, hacking into thousands of businesses, schools, medical facilities, and governments around the world—and making millions in the process. A children’s hospital, Boeing, the UK’s Royal Mail, and sandwich chain Subway have all been recent victims. But LockBit’s hacking campaign has … Read more
CAIRO — Fighting between Sudan’s military and a notorious paramilitary group forced up to 300,000 people to flee their homes in a province that had been a safe haven for families displaced by the devastating conflict in the northeastern African country, the U.N. said Thursday. The fighting erupted in the city of Wad Medani, the … Read more
Security researchers say they have observed what they believe is a takedown of the notorious Mozi botnet that infiltrated more than a million Internet of Things devices worldwide. In research shared with TechCrunch ahead of publication on Tuesday, researchers at cybersecurity company ESET say that they witnessed the “sudden demise” of Mozi during an investigation … Read more
When Yevgeny Prighozin, the pinnacle of the infamous mercenary military often called the Wagner Group, staged an aborted coup towards the Russian authorities, his transient revolt led to the deaths of 13 Russian fighter pilots and a severe blow to Vladimir Putin’s sense of invulnerability. Now the fallout of that unusual story has additionally apparently … Read more