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Inmates hack prison: sentences reduced, funds transferred, and unauthorized visits
The Romanian penitentiary system has found itself at the center of a major digital scandal: inmates in Târgu Jiu hacked the PNA’s internal platform and, for several months, managed data on priso...
WiFi: From Marconi’s Origins to the Wireless Network We Know Today
Today, we live in a world where WiFi is a fundamental necessity, but how did this technology, now taken for granted, come about? How did it then develop into the network we now use every day? In this ...
Operation SIMCARTEL: 1,200 SIM boxes and 40,000 SIM cards stopped by Europol
On October 10, 2025, Latvian authorities conducted a day of action that resulted in the arrest of five Latvian citizens suspected of running a large-scale cyber fraud network. The operation, dubbed SI...
Nvidia loses 95% of the Chinese AI market! Export restrictions cause its share to plummet
Jen-Hsun Huang, founder and CEO of Nvidia, revealed that recent export restrictions have drastically reduced the presence of the company’s AI chips in China , from 95% to virtually nothing. “Four year...
Cyberdrones, radar evasion, and autonomous swarms: Rome, the invisible challenge of Jubilee 2025
Jubilee 2025 in Rome presents a challenge not only for managing millions of pilgrims and tourists, but also for protecting urban airspace. Drones, increasingly widespread and accessible, bring with th...
Bus becomes travelling museum of retro computers in UK
In the UK, father and son Jason and Luke Stoner have transformed an old school bus into a traveling museum dedicated to retro computers and game consoles. The inspiration came when Luke visited the fa...
100 years of Italian Intelligence! Mattarella celebrates the SIM’s centenary at the Quirinale Palace
October 15, 2025 marks an anniversary of exceptional importance in the history of Italian national security: one hundred years since the birth of the Military Information Service (SIM) , the country&#...
But what kind of Sovereign AI is running on the servers and algorithms of a US company!
This year, OpenAI announced a series of projects with foreign governments to create “sovereign AI” systems. According to the company, some of these agreements are currently being negotiate...
Flirt, eroticism, and the end of censorship! OpenAI will change the rules of ChatGPT.
OpenAI is preparing a major change to ChatGPT’s rules: starting in December, age-verified users will be able to interact with adult content, including erotica. The company’s CEO, Sam Altma...
“Double Bind” Leads to GPT-5 Jailbreak: The AI That Was Convinced It Was Schizophrenic
A new and unusual jailbreaking method, the art of circumventing the limitations imposed on artificial intelligence, has reached our editorial office. It was developed by computer security researcher A...
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The Romanian penitentiary system has found itself at the center of a major digital scandal: inmates in Târgu Jiu hacked the PNA’s internal platform and, for several months, managed data on pris...

Today, we live in a world where WiFi is a fundamental necessity, but how did this technology, now taken for granted, come about? How did it then develop into the network we now use every day? In this ...

On October 10, 2025, Latvian authorities conducted a day of action that resulted in the arrest of five Latvian citizens suspected of running a large-scale cyber fraud network. The operation, dubbed SI...

Jen-Hsun Huang, founder and CEO of Nvidia, revealed that recent export restrictions have drastically reduced the presence of the company’s AI chips in China , from 95% to virtually nothing. “Four ...

Jubilee 2025 in Rome presents a challenge not only for managing millions of pilgrims and tourists, but also for protecting urban airspace. Drones, increasingly widespread and accessible, bring with th...
Interview with Luca Cadonici: computer and mobile forensics towards a proactive approach against cybercrime
Potential Compromise of a U.S. Military Database
Hellcat Claims an Alleged Breach Against Schneider Electric
Herm1t Interview – From VX Heaven to the war gates!
Israeli Air Force Data Sale: A Suspected Leak Puts Sensitive Information at Risk
IBM Hacked? Threat Actor ‘888’ Reveals Thousands of Employees’ Data Leak!

Interview with Luca Cadonici: computer and mobile forensics towards a proactive approach against cybercrime
Olivia Terragni - November 11th, 2024
Nowadays, the Digital Forensics is not just a weapon to fight crime but a scientific discipline that "is no longer limited to reactive post-incident analysis but has evolved towards a...

Potential Compromise of a U.S. Military Database
Pietro Melillo - November 6th, 2024
A high-ranking user of BreachForums, known as "GOD," is reportedly selling an alleged database belonging to the U.S. Military, which purportedly contains data on over 385,000 personnel and contractors. This...

Hellcat Claims an Alleged Breach Against Schneider Electric
Pietro Melillo - November 4th, 2024
In recent hours, the ransomware group known as Hellcat has claimed responsibility for an alleged attack against Schneider Electric, a global leader in energy management and automation. This supposed breach...

Herm1t Interview – From VX Heaven to the war gates!
Alessio Stefan - November 4th, 2024
This is the story of Herm1t, founder of VX-Heaven, hacker - currently active in protecting Ukraine from 2014 - and founder of RUH8 in fall 2015, told by means of...

Israeli Air Force Data Sale: A Suspected Leak Puts Sensitive Information at Risk
Pietro Melillo - November 2nd, 2024
Recently, a cyber threat actor known as EagleStrike posted an announcement on a dark web forum, claiming to possess confidential data concerning the Israeli Air Force (IAF). According to the...

IBM Hacked? Threat Actor ‘888’ Reveals Thousands of Employees’ Data Leak!
Luca Galuppi - October 31st, 2024
Recently, the notorious Threat Actor, identified by the nickname 888 , claimed to have breached IBM systems and stolen personal data belonging to the company's employees. The leak, dated October 2024, allegedly resulted in the compromise...
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