How I stopped a massive WordPress spam attack with 4,700 lines of code in two days - thanks to Codex and Claude

Spam accounts overwhelmed my database. Claude found the weaknesses, Codex wrote the fixes, and I deployed a new defense.
The Hill

Facebook privacy settlement checks start going out (again). How to know if you’ll get a bonus payment

(NEXSTAR) – Check your bank account, Venmo, PayPal and email: A surprise second round of payments is starting in the $725 million class action settlement over Facebook users’ privacy issues. A judge ...
USA Today

Second payment to be sent out in Facebook settlement. Who's eligible

A Facebook class-action settlement will send some users a bonus second payout after an initial wave of checks went out last year. In May, a California court approved a second round of payments in a ...
CBS News

Second Facebook privacy settlement payment is coming soon. Here's what to know.

Aimee Picchi is the associate managing editor for CBS MoneyWatch, where she covers business and personal finance. She previously worked at Bloomberg News and has written for national news outlets ...
Bleeping Computer

Credit card theft campaign abuses Stripe to host stolen payment info

A new Magecart campaign is using Stripe's API infrastructure to host the credit card-stealing payload and the data exfiltrated from checkout pages. The entire malicious activity relies on Google Tag ...
CNBC

What is the average mortgage payment and how to lower yours

Americans are putting more toward their mortgage payments, new data shows. The average mortgage payment was $2,005 in the third quarter of 2025, the latest period for which data is available, ...