Dossier
hacktivists
Coverage of hacktivists in the Nexus archive.
- When the Caller Knows Your Name: Cyber Fraud, Banks, and What America Can Do About It
Cyber fraudsters use AI and stolen data to trick victims into authorizing fund transfers, with organized groups like nation-state actors and criminal gangs driving the rise in scams. The Federal Trade Commission reports Americans lost $16 billion to fraud in 2025, including $3.5 billion from imposter scams targeting bank customers.
- Ubuntu services hit by outages after DDoS attack
A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, claimed by hacktivists, has disrupted Ubuntu and Canonical websites, blocking users from updating the Linux-based operating system.