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May 28, 2026

Hackers are trying to steal Signal users’ backups in new wave of phishing attacks

https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/signal-app-icon-phone.jpg?resize=1200,800 Hackers are targeting Signal users in an attempt to steal their chat backups as part of a new hacking campaign, TechCrunch has learned.  On Wednesday, […]
May 28, 2026

A security lapse at prison pay phone service Pay Tel publicly exposed over 300K callers’ driver’s licenses

https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/prison-2023.jpg?resize=1200,675 Prison calling service Pay Tel has secured a publicly exposed cloud server storing hundreds of thousands of driver’s licenses and other sensitive information about people […]
May 28, 2026

U.S. says troops were targeted with location data, as senator warns ad industry is a ‘national security threat’

https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Location-data.jpg?resize=1200,633 The U.S. Department of Defense has confirmed that adversaries have targeted and surveilled serving military personnel on the battlefield using commercial location data, the latest […]
May 28, 2026

Oura unveils its Ring 5 with a thinner, lighter design starting at $399

https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Oura_Ring_5_Product-1_Collection.png?resize=1200,800 Oura on Thursday unveiled the fifth generation of its popular smart ring, starting at $399. The Ring 5, which Oura describes as the world’s smallest […]
May 28, 2026

Vertu wants CEOs to run companies from an AI foldable starting at $6,880

https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/vertu-alphafold-foldable.jpg?resize=1200,800 Luxury smartphone brand Vertu on Thursday unveiled a foldable phone powered by an AI agent that connects with enterprise software and coordinates workflows. The company […]
May 27, 2026

UK Visa Portal exposed thousands of applicants’ passports and selfies — then called the lawyers on us

https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/uk-visa-2186517355.jpg?resize=1200,800 A website called UK Visa Portal publicly exposed thousands of passports and selfie photos of applicants who paid the site to obtain a U.K. immigration […]
May 27, 2026

CrowdStrike and Google take down botnet used by hackers to target software developers in supply chain attacks

https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/source-code-on-screen.jpg?resize=1200,704 CrowdStrike, working with Google and Shadowserver, a nonprofit organization that scans and monitors the internet for cyberattacks, took down a botnet that cybercriminals used to […]
May 27, 2026

Startup Battlefield 200 applications close today

https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/54105085427_2cae9d0502_o.jpg?resize=1200,800 Today is the final day to apply or nominate a startup for Startup Battlefield 200. Once the clock strikes 11:59 p.m. PT, the window closes on […]
May 27, 2026

Disrupt 2026 Early Bird ticket savings end in 3 days

https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/TCD26_3Days-16X9-Dark.png?resize=1200,675 There are only 3 days left to save up to $410 on your ticket to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Early Bird pricing ends May 29 at 11:59 […]