Kenosha student in court after threat to school

TechCrunch FBI says hackers are sending fraudulent police data requests to tech giants to steal people's private information The FBI is warning that hackers are obtaining private user information — including emails and phone numbers — from U.S.-based tech companies by compromising government and police email addresses to submit "emergency" data requests. The FBI's public notice filed this week is a rare admission from the federal government about the threat from fraudulent emergency data requests, a legal process designed to help police and federal authorities obtain information from companies to respond to immediate threats affecting someone's life or property. The abuse of emergency data requests is not new, and has been widely reported in recent years.

Yahoo News Justice Department announces charges in thwarted Iranian plot to kill Donald Trump before election U.S. prosecutors on Friday unsealed charges against three men, including an Iranian citizen who was allegedly tasked by the Iranian government with plotting to assassinate Donald Trump before the 2024 election.

Mistral launches a moderation API AI startup Mistral has launched a new API for content moderation. The API, which is the same API that powers moderation in Mistral's Le Chat chatbot platform, can be tailored to specific applications and safety standards, Mistral says. It's powered by a fine-tuned model (Ministral 8B) trained to classify text in a range of languages, including English, French, and German, into one of nine categories: sexual, hate and discrimination, violence and threats, dangerous and criminal content, self-harm, health, financial, law, and personally identifiable information.

CareYaya is enabling affordable home care by connecting healthcare students with elders CareYaya, a platform that matches people who need caregivers with healthcare students, is working to disrupt the caregiving industry. The startup, which exhibited as part of the Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt, is looking to enhance affordable in-home support, while also helping students prepare for their future healthcare careers. The startup was founded in 2022 by Neal Shah, who came up with the idea for the startup based on his own experience as a caregiver for his wife after she became ill with cancer and various other ailments.

The biggest underestimated security threat of today? Advanced persistent teenagers If you ask some of the top cybersecurity leaders in the field what's on their worry list, you might not expect bored teenagers to be top of mind. The breach was limited, by all accounts, and Gruber said the attack matched tactics used by Scattered Spider.

Yahoo News Your mail-in election ballot could be rejected. How to make sure it gets counted. From mailbox fires to missing signatures, here's a look at what could go wrong with your mail-in ballot this election and how you can fix it.