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Russia, China, Iran and North Korea have sharply increased their use of artificial intelligence to deceive people online and mount cyberattacks against the United States, according to new research from Microsoft.

In July 2025, Audrey Crews, paralyzed for two decades, wrote her name using only her thoughts. A Neuralink chip with thousands of microelectrodes decoded the electrical signals in her motor cortex, translating intention into digital text. “Just a normal day using telepathy,” she posted on X.

Nobitex, Iran’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, suffered a major hack this morning. Elliptic has so far identified over $90 million sent from Nobitex hot wallets to hacker addresses. It comes after anti-Iranian hacking group Gonjeshke Darande (“Predatory Shadow”) issued a warning claiming that they had conducted cyberattacks against Nobitex and pledged to publish its source code on 18 June. Nobitex’s website remains inaccessible at the time of writing.

Social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, suffered multiple outages on Monday due to what Elon Musk described as a "massive cyberattack." The disruption led to widespread inaccessibility, sparking concerns over its origin. A hacker group named Dark Storm Team claimed responsibility, but Musk later suggested Ukraine-based IP addresses were involved. Cybersecurity experts, however, warned against jumping to conclusions. The attack sheds light on the increasing vulnerabilities of major digital platforms.

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