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Levi Strauss & Co. says hackers stole corporate data in cyberattack Real emails, hijacked payments: Two H1 2026 attack chains North Carolina Ports confirms cyberattack disrupting operations OpenAI rolls out a major ChatGPT upgrade, even if you don’t pay for it ClickFix attack pushes macOS infostealer for crypto theft attacks Hedge fund cyberattacks tied to BlackFile-linked UNC6671 extortion group Swiss government SharePoint breach compromised 200 accounts New TONTOU CPU attack bypasses Spectre v2 fixes, leaks Linux password hashes Meta AI model hacked a company during misconfigured cyber test How AI Exposed a Browser Security Gap that Enterprises Cannot Ignore Ransom Cartel ransomware creator sentenced to 16 years in prison Canadian pleads guilty to Snowflake cloud data-theft attacks Hackers run khunt post-exploitation toolkit from Oracle database COLDCARD security audit phishing attack installs remote access tool CISA warns of hackers exploiting Langflow, N-central, Apache Tomcat flawsArs Technica
AI chatbots have failed people in crisis. Can that be fixed? Trump is losing his war on wind power X wants to keep suing advertisers, asks 5th Circuit to overrule district judge Trump FCC kills TV ownership cap, claiming authority over limit set by Congress SpaceX claims Starlink Mobile will be better than AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon Senators demand crackdown on wildfire "prediction market" bets Trump killed the Digital Equity Act but US was forced to bring part of it back Tom DeLay helped create TV ownership cap—he says Trump FCC has no authority to repeal it OpenAI says Apple's trade secrets lawsuit is "aggressive and oddly personal" Trump wants the power to stop the public from suing polluters After noise complaints, judge orders Waymo to stop overnight charging in Santa Monica Reddit keeps its strange DMCA fight over Google search results alive High school defends staying silent while boys made AI nudes of 59 classmates Man invested $45M in a Nicolas Cage movie. It got stolen off Netflix’s desk. How a Yale AI-cheating dispute became a 13-count federal lawsuitSlashdot
Trump Orders New 15% Tariff On Key Material For Solar Panels, Microchips Court Orders Meta To Establish $567 Million Fund To Abate Harms To Youth 'Tower Dump' Warrants Ruled Unconstitutional OpenAI's Models Shared Hacking Tips On a Secret Messaging Board Before Hugging Face Breach The US Government's Mario, Pokemon and Naruto Meme Posting Could Damage These Franchises, Japanese Officials Warn FCC Kills TV Ownership Cap, Claiming Authority Over Limit Set By Congress Broadcaster Wins Broad US Blocking Injunction Covering Pirate Sites That Don't Exist Yet Anthropic's AI Used Fake Identities, Malware In Rogue Attack On GitHub Project Apple's 'Private Relay' Is Exposing Users' Real IP Addresses Senators Demand Crackdown On Wildfire 'Prediction Markets' Trump Begins Selling $100,000 Monthly Subscription Service to Wall Street Trump Administration Drafting Ban On Chinese Data Center Devices Apple Says More Ex-Employees May Have Taken Confidential Data to OpenAI Apple Launches Legal Challenge Against UK Demand To Access Encrypted User Data Russia-Linked 'Midnight Blizzard' Group Hijacks Hotel Wi-Fi With CaptiveCrunchEvents
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Rogue AI agents created fake online identities in another hacking attempt Ring upgraded its peephole doorbell camera to 2K Anthropic says Claude accidentally hacked real companies too Google is working on Chrome updates that don’t require restarts Ariana Grande is suing the hackers who’ve been leaking her songs and videos for years Google now lets you sign in to your account using a selfie video OpenAI says it accidentally hacked Hugging Face with a new AI system Google launches a cheaper alternative to large AI security models like Mythos Microsoft’s biggest ever patch Tuesday lets you hold off updating for longer Microsoft’s patch Tuesdays are about to get biggerCipher Brief
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