First came the dodgy lawyer, then the explosively angry HR person, leaving a whistleblower techie to save his career On Call  Welcome once again to On Call, The Register’s Friday column that shares your stories of tech support terror and triumph.… READ MORE HERE…

‘He’s useless with computers and can’t even install an application’ says lawyer A Russian professional basketball player is cooling his heels in a French detention center after being arrested and accused of acting as a negotiator for a ransomware gang.… READ MORE HERE…

Oh my sweet secret informant lover, what happened in that NATO meeting today? A lovestruck US Air Force employee has pleaded guilty to conspiring to transmit confidential national defense information after sharing military secrets information about the Russia-Ukraine war with a woman he met on a dating app.… READ MORE HERE…

Crimefighting agency cagey on details, probes into intrusions at M&S, Harrods, and Co-op continue The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) arrested four individuals suspected of being involved with the big three cyberattacks on UK retail businesses in recent weeks.… READ MORE HERE…

No, really, those are the magic words A clever AI bug hunter found a way to trick ChatGPT into disclosing Windows product keys, including at least one owned by Wells Fargo bank, by inviting the AI model to play a guessing game.… READ MORE HERE…