Belgian authorities arrest suspected leader of $572K phishing gang

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Belgian authorities say a European phishing gang stole over $572,000 from victims before laundering the proceeds through cryptocurrency.

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The recovery highlights the need for stronger cybersecurity measures and investor vigilance to prevent future financial market manipulations. The post DOJ recovers $19.5M from pump-and-dump schemes that exploited compromised advisor credentials appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

The US government has reversed export restrictions on Anthropic’s frontier AI models Fable 5 and Mythos 5, allowing the company to resume global access after nearly three weeks of disruption triggered by concerns over the models’ cybersecurity capabilities. “As of today, June 30, the export controls on Fable 5 and Mythos 5 have been lifted,” Anthropic said in a blog post. The company said Fable 5 will begin rolling out globally on July 1 across Claude Platform, Claude.ai, Claude Code and Claude Cowork, while access on Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Foundry will be restored “as quickly as possible.” Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said the administration had worked with Anthropic before reversing the restrictions. “Over the past two weeks, we have worked closely with Anthropic to analyze and approve Fable 5 to ensure alignment across the US Government and strengthen America’s leadership in AI,” Lutnick wrote in a post on X. Anthropic had launched Fable 5 and Mythos 5