In April 2026, police in China's Hubei province started fining ordinary citizens for using a VPN — not companies, not dissidents, just regular people. One person was fined 200 yuan (about $29) for accessing TikTok and X through a VPN. Another was fined 500 yuan for "illegally registering and using V...

The State Department is offering up to $10 million for information on UNC5792 and UNC4221, two Russia-linked hacking groups accused of breaking into Signal and WhatsApp accounts belonging to U.S. officials, military leadership, and allied personnel. The reward comes through the Rewards for Justice p...