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Hasbro, one of the world’s largest toy and game companies, has disclosed that attackers have accessed the personal and financial information of an undisclosed number of employees. Founded in 1923, Hasbro is a publicly traded American multinational entertainment conglomerate on the NASDAQ and owns many brands, including Monopoly, Clue, Nerf, Transformers, Play-Doh, Peppa Pig, Scrabble, Magic: The Gathering, Dungeons & Dragons, and many others. The company has filed data breach notification letters with the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office, but didn’t disclose the total number of affected individuals or when the incident was detected. “The information involved varied by individual but…

In brief Schwab plans to add Solana, Avalanche, and Chainlink trading “in the coming months.” Schwab Crypto began rolling out with Bitcoin and Ethereum in May. Eligible clients pay a 0.75% fee on each crypto trade. Financial services giant Charles Schwab said Thursday that it plans to add Solana, Avalanche, and Chainlink to its crypto trading platform “in the coming months,” expanding beyond Bitcoin and Ethereum, though it did not give a launch date.The additions come about three months after Schwab began rolling out direct Bitcoin and Ethereum trading to select retail clients. Before then, customers could get crypto exposure…

If Iceland votes on Saturday to restart talks to join the European Union, it will join a long list of hopefuls.Ukraine sees membership as a security guarantee against Russia. Moldova wants in, as do Montenegro, Albania, Serbia and North Macedonia, among others. European officials even joke about adding Canada — which is, of course, not in Europe — to the mix.Despite Britain’s not-so-silent exit in 2020, interest in boring, bureaucratic Brussels is strong thanks to Russian aggression, Chinese competition and Washington’s unpredictability.“When the U.K. left the union, there was this moment where people were holding their breath: Would there be…

The growing backlash against surveillance companies like Flock may have reached a tipping point. A new survey has found that more Americans oppose these surveillance cameras than support them. According to a new YouGov survey of 20,000 people across the U.S. that was shared exclusively with The Washington Post, 46% of respondents opposed the company’s surveillance cameras in their communities, while 38% supported them. This is a reversal from last year, when the majority of survey respondents said they were in favor. Flock is one of the more visible surveillance companies, operating more than 120,000 license plate readers across the…

An Identity Fabric knits fragmented identity systems into a coherent layer that observes how identities behave across applications, APIs, and infrastructure. As enterprise access spans more cloud services and automated workloads, identity security depends less on static configuration and more on runtime visibility. This article covers the architecture, the risks of unmanaged identities, and practical steps to close the gap between access intent and actual execution. The guidance here focuses on enterprise hybrid and multi-cloud environments; smaller single-directory deployments may not require the full scope described. Understanding Identity Fabric Architecture and How It Works An Identity Fabric is not a…

Bitcoin’s time has come in Asia — especially with a changing regulatory landscape — and its people and companies should take advantage.  That was the message Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich gave at this year’s Bitcoin Asia conference, where on Friday he spoke of how his company went from failing to the third biggest bitcoin treasury in the world.  Bitcoin Asia kicked off on Thursday in Hong Kong, bringing the biggest names in the space to Hong Kong to talk about everything from treasury companies to building apps from scratch.  JUST IN: 🇯🇵 Japanese public company Metaplanet CEO says the bottom…

This week, three newborns died in an NICU (neonatal intensive care unit) fire at a government hospital in Amravati, in the western Indian state of Maharashtra. Two days later, 14 newborns were killed in a fire that broke out in the maternity ward at one of Pakistan’s most prominent state hospitals. The reported causes of the fire were different – a faulty ventilator in Amravati and an exploding air conditioner in Islamabad – but the harrowing stories of the parents on both sides of the border are identical.On both sides, parents stand outside a government hospital, trying to make sense…

If the name Motorola isn’t already in your smartphone lexicon, then you’ve been missing out on terrific Android devices from one of the most legendary tech brands. In fact, it practically invented the industry, having unveiled the world’s first cell phone in the 1970s (respect!). From ethe DynaTAC in the 1980s, to the StarTAC of the nineties, and the Razr in the early aughts, Motorola’s phones have been the epitome of what’s cutting-edge and fashionable. And let’s not forget that iconic “Hello, Moto” jingle. More than 50 years later, Motorola (now part of Lenovo) is still producing some of the…

Ravie LakshmananAug 28, 2026Web Security / Supply Chain Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a cluster of 18 Google Chrome and one Microsoft Edge extensions that were published over the last six months and harbored wallet secret stealing and cryptocurrency draining capabilities. The extensions, per Socket security researcher Karlo Zanki, share similarities in code and tradecraft, with evidence indicating that the campaign may have been active since February 2024. Socket is tracking the activity under the name Superior. The modus operandi is relatively straightforward: the threat actor either acquires legitimate extensions with proper functionality or pushes a clean version that’s devoid of…

US-listed spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) ended a nine-day inflow streak as Bitcoin fell below $78,000, while several altcoin ETF categories continued to see inflows.Bitcoin ETFs recorded $201.8 million in net outflows on Friday, ending nine consecutive trading sessions of inflows, according to SoSoValue data.The reversal followed more than $3 billion of net inflows during the nine-session run, while August flows remained positive at $3.3 billion with one US trading session left in the month. Total net assets fell to $97.6 billion after topping $100 billion on Thursday.Daily flows into US spot Bitcoin ETFs since Aug. 14, in USD. Source:…