Leading developers of the most powerful artificial intelligence tools are warning that their technology may soon be used to carry out sophisticated cyberattacks against companies and institutions, ranging from hospitals to technology firms. In an open letter published Thursday, the leaders of OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Microsoft and dozens of other signatories said there is a…
A U.S. military judge on Wednesday set a summer 2028 trial date for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and three others accused of plotting the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The trial is scheduled to begin June 5, 2028, 18 months later than the January 2027 start that prosecutors had requested. The additional time is needed to…
The purpose of CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s visit to Moscow this week was to warn Russia not to attack NATO member states, according to multiple people familiar with the matter, amid U.S. intelligence assessments that Russia could try to test NATO. Ratcliffe also brought up Iran, warning of additional sanctions if the Strait of Hormuz…
Medical device maker Boston Scientific said on Wednesday that a cyberattack disrupted its global operations, including systems it relies on to process and ship customer orders. The incident, which Boston Scientific said it uncovered on Tuesday, continues to affect the company’s business as it works to restore operations. In a securities filing on Wednesday, the global manufacturer…
Washington — The U.S. military attacked a boat suspected of being used to smuggle drugs in the Caribbean Sea on Tuesday, killing four people, as the Trump administration continues its monthslong campaign against alleged traffickers in Latin America. The latest attack brings the number of people who have been killed in boat strikes by the…
Israel announced on Monday it had recovered the wreckage of the Altalena, an arms-smuggling boat whose sinking by the Israeli military just after the state’s founding in 1948 exposed divisions that persist today. The Altalena had set sail from France loaded with weapons packed for the Irgun, the militant Zionist force that conducted attacks against…
Kyiv — Russia’s former Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Fedorov warned Monday that factories in Britain producing drones for Ukraine could be targeted by “semi-military” or “unknown” forces in response to the U.K.’s expanding military support for Kyiv. Fedorov told the BBC’s Newsnight show on Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin was under pressure from public opinion…
London – Iranian-affiliated hackers successfully but temporarily took a power plant offline in the United Kingdom, according to multiple British media outlets. The Telegraph and Financial Times reported the attack, which they say happened in July but is only now being reported, is believed to be the first time Iranian-linked hackers managed to shut down…
At least two people were killed in Russian strikes on Ukraine, local authorities said, a day after a deadly attack on a busy shopping center. Kyiv City Military Administration said one person was killed and several were injured at a warehouse in the capital’s Darnytskyi district. The authorities had issued an alert for a ballistic…
Twenty-four years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, firefighter Bill Spade still remembers every detail of being the last firefighter to escape the collapsing North Tower of the World Trade Center. “I started getting buried and I said goodbye to my wife and I said goodbye to my two boys. And, almost 6-year-old at the…
