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June 8, 2026

Massachusetts votes to pass new privacy rights bill that bans sale of precise location data

https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/GettyImages-1392356345.jpg?resize=1200,800 Massachusetts lawmakers have voted to pass privacy protections that grant the state’s residents new rights over accessing and deleting their data held by big tech […]
June 7, 2026

Hacked, leaked, and held for ransom: the worst breaches of 2026 so far

https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/water-dam-spill-2263108794.jpg?resize=1200,801 If anything, 2026 has made clear that cybersecurity is no longer a background concern — it’s front and center, woven into almost every major story […]
June 6, 2026

OpenAI unveils Lockdown Mode to protect sensitive data from prompt injection attacks

https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/GettyImages-2201630077.jpg?resize=1200,798 OpenAI announced a new feature that it says will provide additional protection from prompt injection attacks, where malicious chatbot instructions are hidden in webpages and […]
June 5, 2026

Former cyber executive turned whistleblower accuses IBM of covering up several data breaches

https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/ibm-logo-office.jpg?resize=1200,830 A former IBM cybersecurity executive accused the company of getting hacked three times in the previous decade by foreign governments and then covering up the […]
June 5, 2026

Google and FBI warn of ransomware group that sends fake IT workers to hack victims in person

https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/usb-drive-laptop.jpg?resize=1200,800 A ransomware gang has escalated its attacks on law firms by sometimes sending fake IT workers in person to the victims’ offices, where the imposters […]
June 5, 2026

NSA said to be readying Anthropic’s Mythos for use in cyber operations

https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/nsa-surveillance-525618310.jpg?resize=1200,800 Anthropic has deployed around half-a-dozen engineers to the National Security Agency to help its spies use the company’s frontier cybersecurity AI model, Mythos, The Financial […]
June 4, 2026

Defense tech, AI, and fundraising take center stage at StrictlyVC Los Angeles

https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/StrictlyVC-NYC-2024.jpg?resize=1200,800 With just two weeks to go, StrictlyVC Los Angeles is quickly approaching. On Thursday, June 18, at The Aerospace Corporation Campus in El Segundo, investors, founders, and tech […]
June 4, 2026

Filtr is a new privacy tool that blocks ads in almost every iPhone and Mac app

https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/ad-blocker-1609310276.jpg?resize=1200,766 Using an ad blocker is good for your security, privacy, and even the FBI recommends them to defend from online harms. But as much as […]
June 4, 2026

Oura Ring 5 review: Thinner, lighter, better

https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/oura-ring-5.jpg?resize=1200,900 When I opened the box the Oura Ring 5 comes in, my first thought was, “Wow, that’s tiny.” My second thought was that this is […]