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Jake Peterson Jake Peterson Senior Technology Editor Experience Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Tech Editor, and has been covering tech news and how-tos for nearly a decade. His team covers all things technology, including AI, smartphones, computers, game consoles, and subscriptions. Read Full Bio May 8, 2026 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Credit: Primakov/Shutterstock Key Takeaways After quietly announcing the change in March, Instagram officially removed end-to-end encryption from DMs. Starting today, May 8, 2026, your DMs will no longer be protected by end-to-end encryption on Instagram. Instagram could access your messages if it wanted to, and could share them if requested by law enforcement or other organizations. Don't use Instagram DMs for anything sensitive going forward. Instead, choose a chat app with end-to-end encryption. Table of Contents Before you send your next Instagram DM, be warned: Whatever you share with that friend, influencer, or business could potentially be seen by anyone—including but not limited to hackers, law enforcement, or even Meta itself. As of today, May 8, 2026, Instagram DMs are no longer end-to-end encrypted (E2EE). Your messages are vulnerable, whether you're discussing a reel you saw, or sharing your Social

Canvas was reportedly down for thousands of users on Thursday and a message from hacking group ShinyHunters was allegedly displayed on the screen. ShinyHunters is being linked to attacks on Canvas, Vimeo and more. (Pexel) The cyberattack is the latest incident linked to ShinyHunters, a hacking and extortion group that has recently been tied to attacks involving Canvas, Vimeo and Pornhub as part of what experts describe as a broader “pay or leak” strategy. Who is ShinyHunters? ShinyHunters is a cybercriminal group that has been active since around 2019-2020. Their method is straightforward: break into a company's systems, steal customer data and then demand a ransom payment. If the company refuses, the hackers publish the stolen data online. This approach has often called "pay or leak" has made them one of the more feared hacking groups operating today. Over the years, the group has been tied to breaches at Ticketmaster, Rockstar Games, Salesforce, Qantas and several other major companies, according to Newsweek. In 2024, the US Department of Justice sentenced a member connected to the group, who had put stolen data from more than 60 companies up for sale on dark web forums. Also Read: Inside the UFO files released

Follow the Fader According to FADER's rap critic Vivian Medithi, Rolling Loud has never been a better place to catch all of rap’s next big stars. And if you somehow can't make it down to Orlando this weekend, don't worry, the full festival will be available to stream from your couch. This year, the festival is partnering again exclusively with Amazon to broadcast all of the weekend's performances online. Streams will be running on Twitch, Prime Video, and Amazon's Music App. This year's Rolling Loud Orlando lineup — the only festival the festival franchise will be producing in the U.S. this year — is packed with headline performances from Don Toliver, Playboi Carti, and NBA YoungBoy. FADER faves like xaviersobased, skaiwater, Sahbabii, Feng, Molly Santana, OsamaSon, Sexyy Red, and Fakemink are also on the bill. Ahead, see all the details of streaming Rolling Loud Orlando from home. Where can I watch Rolling Loud Orlando? Stream the festival on Twitch, Prime Video, or through Amazon Music's app. Channel 1 will stream the Under Armour stage. While Channel 2 will stream the Verizon stage. For now, there doesn't appear to be a stream for the Zig Zag stage. All stream times are

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The news: LinkedIn and Amazon Ads will let marketers purchase CTV ads geared toward LinkedIn’s professional user base via Amazon’s DSP. Amazon DSP users will be able to target audiences via LinkedIn’s data, including factors like industry, seniority, and job title. LinkedIn’s CTV ads let marketers extend campaigns to TV partners like Roku, Samsung, and Paramount. Why it matters: The partnership gives B2B marketers a more direct way to apply LinkedIn’s professional targeting to CTV, helping bridge the gap between TV’s brand impact and digital advertising’s more precise audience capabilities. That combination is especially valuable for B2B brands trying to build authority and awareness among business decision-makers in premium, highly engaged viewing environments. LinkedIn said that its CTV ads were 2.2 times more effective than other CTV platforms and 4.3 times more effective than linear TV, according to its research . The partnership also positions LinkedIn as a broader B2B advertising partner, not just a social platform for professional audiences. It gives LinkedIn a clearer path to monetize its professional audience data beyond its own platform as ad dollars move into streaming TV.

Threat hunters have flagged a previously undocumented Brazilian banking trojan dubbed TCLBANKER that's capable of targeting 59 banking, fintech, and cryptocurrency platforms. The activity is being tracked by Elastic Security Labs under the moniker REF3076. The malware family is assessed to be a major update of the Maverick, which is known to leverage a worm called SORVEPOTEL to spread via WhatsApp Web to a victim's contacts. The Maverick campaign is attributed to a threat cluster that Trend Micro calls Water Saci. At the core of the attack chain is a loader with robust anti-analysis capabilities that deploys two embedded modules: a full-featured banking trojan and a worm component that uses WhatsApp and Microsoft Outlook for propagation. "The observed infection chain bundles a malicious MSI installer inside a ZIP file," security researchers Jia Yu Chan, Daniel Stepanic, Seth Goodwin, and Terrance DeJesus said. "These MSI installer packages are abusing a signed Logitech program called Logi AI Prompt Builder." The malware leverages DLL side-loading against the application to launch a malicious DLL ("screen_retriever_plugin.dll"), which functions as a loader with a "comprehensive watchdog subsystem" that continuously keeps an eye out for analysis tools, sandboxes, debuggers, disassemblers, instrumentation tools, and antivirus software to sidestep

A Portland firefighter arrested May 6 at a Northeast fire station is accused of sending sexually explicit photos to a minor girl and attempting to lure her. Prosecutors allege in court documents that Lt. Vincent Alvarez sent photos of his penis to a minor girl in Deschutes County in 2025, prompting an investigation by the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office. Law enforcement traced some of the messages to Fire Station 28 in the Rose City Park neighborhood, and subsequently traced them to Alvarez. Alvarez was arrested and booked on three charges—two counts of luring a minor and one count of official misconduct in the first degree—on May 6. According to an official charging document filed by a deputy district attorney, he’s also accused of a fourth crime: attempting to use a child in display of sexually explicit conduct, a Class B Felony. Portland Fire and Rescue says Alvarez, 59, is currently on administrative leave. A probable cause affidavit alleges that Alvarez contacted a 14-year old girl on TikTok and then added her on Snapchat, where he used the name “funfiremanjim.” On that platform, the two began chatting and he made sexually suggestive remarks to her, she told the Deschutes County Sheriff’s

Updated May 8, 2026, 12:18 p.m. MT The Denver Broncos agreed to sign general manager George Paton to a new, five-year contract on Friday, ending speculation that he could be a candidate for the Minnesota Vikings' opening at GM. Here's a sampling of how fans and pundits reacted to the Paton extension on Twitter/X: With the NFL draft behind them and Paton now signed through the 2030 season, the Broncos' front office will now turn its attention toward attempting to make a Super Bowl run in 2026 — and beyond. Social: Follow Broncos Wire on Facebook and Twitter/X! Did you know: These 25 celebrities are Broncos fans.

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