Child sexual exploitation lawsuits against Roblox centralized in San Francisco

Nearly 80 lawsuits accusing videogame platform Roblox of knowingly facilitating child sexual exploitation will be centralized ...
CNN

Lawsuits claim Roblox endangers kids. New AI age verification aims to block them from chatting with adults

If Roblox users want to chat on the online gaming platform, they’ll soon have to verify their age by providing a government ID or by letting an artificial intelligence age estimation tool photograph ...
The New York Times

Roblox, Where Kids Game and Chat, Will Analyze Users’ Faces to Verify Age

The popular gaming platform said the tool was designed to stop children from chatting with older users they didn’t know. By Jenny Gross The online gaming platform Roblox this week rolled out a new ...
cbs12.com

Roblox to scan gamers' faces to verify age to protect children

Stuart sting nabs Florida man sending explicit images to '13-year-old girl' A 22-year-old man is in custody after Stuart police say he tried to message a “13-year-old girl” who was really ...
TechCrunch

Roblox will require all users to perform age checks to access chat starting in January

Following a spate of lawsuits and investigations over its child safety systems, Roblox is going to implement mandatory facial verification for all users who want to access communication features, ...
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How attackers exploit malicious, vulnerable software libraries to launch stealth attacks

Andrzej Jarmolowicz, Operations Director at Cybershure. Modern cyber attacks seldom begin with loud, disruptive breaches. Instead, attackers increasingly rely on malicious or vulnerable software ...
The New York Times

Jakarta Shoots to No. 1 in World Population Ranking From No. 33. How?

The capital of Indonesia surpassed Tokyo as the world’s most populous city after the United Nations overhauled how it measures urban populations. By John Yoon Jakarta, Indonesia’s vibrant, overcrowded ...
Los Angeles Magazine

Federal Indictment Targets Alleged Child Sex Abuse Network Operating on Gaming Platforms Like Roblox

A federal indictment accuses five men of using Roblox and Discord to coerce minors into abuse, self-harm, and extortion.
ZDNet

Use AI browsers? Be careful. This exploit turns trusted sites into weapons - here's how

Researchers disclosed a HashJack attack that manipulates AI browsers. Cato CTRL examined Comet, Copilot for Edge, and Gemini for Chrome. Could lead to data theft, phishing, and malware downloads.
PC Gamer

Roblox to make facial age checks mandatory to access any chat features, and will put 'common-sense limits' on the age ranges users can chat within

Roblox is to become the first major gaming platform where facial age verification will be mandatory to access any chat features. In 2024, the platform averaged over 80 million players a day, ...
Mashable

Want to chat on Roblox? You'll need to verify your age.

Roblox chat will only be available to users whose age is estimated. Credit: Ian Moore / Mashable Composite; Dima Berlin / iStock / Getty / Roblox The gaming platform Roblox will begin using age ...
CNN

Wall Street banks scramble to assess fallout from hack of real-estate data firm

Hackers stole a trove of data from a company used by major Wall Street banks for real-estate loans and mortgages, setting off a scramble to determine what was taken and which banks were affected, ...