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Binance says $6.3bn Stolen in Biggest Crypto Heist in History
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has said that about $6.3bn in funds have been stolen in a “security incident” that looks to be the biggest crypto heist in history. The world’s largest crypto exchange said on Thursday that it had suspended all deposits and withdrawals and that about $3bn in funds had been frozen following the apparent hacking.…
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TechSocietal’s 2026 Leadership Fellowship Now Open: Become More Than a Certified Data Protection Officer
Data protection in Nigeria has moved far beyond checkbox compliance. Organisations of every size now confront complex questions involving children’s privacy, artificial intelligence systems, digital identity, cybersecurity threats, financial inclusion data, health information, workplace monitoring, online safety, and responsible innovation.Yet a clear shortage of skilled, ethical, and practical Data Protection Officers persists especially among small…
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Meta Ordered to Pay $25 Billion over Data Privacy Violations
Facebook slammed $25 Billion in Penalties for making misleading statements about the privacy of consumers in the state. Photo Credit: HackerNews
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How A Cyber Hacker used Autonomous AI Agents to Target Over 1,200 Websites and Compromise More Than 100 of them
Cybersecurity researcher Snorre Fagerland of the Norwegian firm NorForge discovered the campaign after scanning the internet for exposed instances of Cairn, an open-source multi-agent AI platform. Starting around October 2, he identified roughly two dozen malicious control panels. Photo Credit: HackerNews
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Meta Removes 3.7m Accounts in Crackdown on West African Scam Networks
Meta says it has removed more than 3.7 million accounts, pages and groups from Facebook and Instagram, in a joint operation targeting scam networks operating in West Africa. Photo Credit: Representative Picture of a Cyber Hacker
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Eight US States Sue OpenAI, Claiming ChatGPT Harms children
Eight US states have filed coordinated lawsuits against OpenAI, accusing the company of endangering children and misleading the public about ChatGPT’s safety. Picture showing A finger poised to tap the ChatGPT app icon displayed on a smartphone screen in Creteil, France, on Oct. 1, 2026, as OpenAI begins rolling out Dots in ChatGPT, its new…
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How Terrorists are Deploying AI, Crypto to Evade Security Agencies – Ribadu
Nigeria’s National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, and the African Union Counter-Terrorism Centre have issued a stark warning: terrorist groups operating across West Africa and the Sahel are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence, cryptocurrencies, drones, and other digital tools to recruit fighters, conceal funding, spread propaganda, and coordinate attacks while staying ahead of security agencies. Photo…
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Samsung Set to Launch SuperLight AI Smart Glasses in November 2026
Samsung is set to launch its first SuperLight AI Smart Glasses Officially known as Galaxy Glasses next month November 2026. Photo Credit: SAMSUNG
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Mastercard Report Warns of Rising Cyber Threats as Africa’s Digital Economy Expands
Mastercard Cyber Insights recorded 69,236 observed cyber events targeting African organisations in 2025, equivalent to approximately one event every eight minutes. The whitepaper also found that cyberattacks across the continent increased by more than 421% between 2016 and 2025, compared with 307% globally. Photo Credit: MasterCard
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Man Uses Robot Vacuum to Catch Wife’s Affair, Wins NT$500,000 Compensation – Then Gets 5-Month Prison Sentence for Illegal Recording
The Taiwan man cleverly used a camera-equipped robot vacuum cleaner to gather evidence of his wife’s extramarital affair found himself both victorious and defeated in the eyes of the law. Photo Credit: Technology Innovation
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Sam Altman Says The World Must Accept Some Bad Things from AI to Unlock Its Benefits and Give People Agency
Altman argued that society should be willing to tolerate certain negative consequences of AI in exchange for the technology’s broader benefits and the ability of ordinary people to access and use it freely. Photo Credit: Jesse Whitelaw/AFP
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McKinsey Report: AI Automation to Reshape Demand for 36 Million U.S. Jobs by 2035—These 10 Occupations Face the Biggest Impact
A new McKinsey Global Institute report paints a nuanced picture of the American labor market over the next decade. It forecasts that AI and other automation technologies could reduce labor demand by the equivalent of about 36 million jobs, that’s roughly 21% of current work hours by 2035. Representative Photo of Artificial Intelligence. Credit: I-Stock…
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California Officials Pull Plug on Human-versus-Robot Cage Matches after Unsanctioned Bout that went Viral (Video)
California officials have ordered a San Francisco startup to stop staging human-versus-robot cage matches after an unsanctioned bout that went viral. Photo Credit: Robot Entertainment Kombat
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Countries Banning Meta’s ‘Pervert AI Glasses’
Governments, courts and companies are placing executive bans on Meta’s AI glasses while others are considering restrictions and examining existing rules on smart glasses amid worries that the technology, brought to mainstream by Meta’s Ray-Bans, could be used to photograph, film or audio-record confidential materials or people without their knowledge. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg wears…
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Foundation for Digital Justice Sues as TikTok Restricts Access to Kano, Kebbi and Sokoto State
The suit, brought under the Fundamental Rights Enforcement Procedure Rules, 2009, seeks an order directing TikTok to restore access to users in the affected states and stop imposing what the organisation described as arbitrary restrictions on them. Photo Credit: TikTok
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INEC To Deploy Artificial Intelligence for Result Verification and Cyberattack Detection Ahead of 2027 Elections
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced plans to integrate artificial intelligence into its electoral processes for Nigeria’s 2027 general elections. The move focuses on verifying election results, detecting anomalies, and strengthening cybersecurity defences against potential intrusions and unauthorised alterations. Photo Credit: I-Stock Photos
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NITDA Warns Against Sharing Sensitive Data With Public AI Tools
The warning was contained in an advisory issued by NITDA’s Computer Emergency Readiness and Response Team (CERRT.NG), following the increasing use of public AI tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Copilot for drafting, research and other work-related activities. NITDA
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Google Blocks Access to its New AI Model Over Safety Concerns
Google has released its most powerful new model Gemini 4 Argon while deliberately limiting public access. Photo Credit: Gemini
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NITDA Launches National Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2026: “Together for a Safer Cyberspace”
The month-long campaign marks a deliberate national push to move cybersecurity from a specialised technical concern into a shared responsibility for every Nigerian citizen, business, and public institution. Photo Credit: (Representative Picture of Cyber Security)
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Linkedin Releases New Feature where you can Add your Chess.com Stats to your Profile
Built in collaboration with LinkedIn, the new feature makes Chess.com available as a LinkedIn connected app. Members can link their Chess.com and LinkedIn profiles and showcase selected chess stats as part of their professional identity. Photo Credit: Chess.com
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