OpenAI made a mistake setting up what it called a “highly isolated” testing environment and sandbox. According to cybersecurity experts, that human mistake is what made the AI-powered attack on Hugging Face possible.

The long-held understanding among security researchers and network defenders is that it's impossible to negotiate in good faith with an extortion racket because there's no incentive for the other side to actually walk away.

A hacker took names, phone numbers, and physical addresses of millions of customers who used AI music generator Suno.

Edinburgh-based tech firm Craneware said customer data was stolen during a cyberattack. The company makes software that thousands of U.S. hospitals, pharmacies, and clinics rely on for billing patients, potentially exposing health data.

Operational Impact and Response The Coca-Cola Company revealed a cyber incident impacting its Fairlife dairy business on July 16, 2026. The disruption forced an immediate nationwide pause on U.S. processing...

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Hugging Face is urging users to rotate any access tokens stored on the platform and review account activity.

Scattered Spider Hackers Sentenced over Mass-Affecting Transit Attack Two well-known members of the notorious hacking group Scattered Spider were sentenced to prison in the UK on July 16, 2026. Owen...

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The company disconnected its systems on July 13 and is starting to gradually restore operations.

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Coca Cola said dairy production at its Fairlife unit will "remain suspended" in the United States following a hack.

Owen Flowers and Thalha Jubair, two members of the prolific Scattered Spider hacking group, pleaded guilty and were sentenced to five years and six months in jail for hacking London’s metropolitan transit system.

Microsoft now recommends installing Windows 11 quality updates within three days, citing AI-driven cyberattacks that can exploit new vulnerabilities faster than ever.

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Microsoft now recommends installing Windows 11 quality updates within three days, citing AI-driven cyberattacks that can exploit new vulnerabilities faster than ever.

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Microsoft's monthly release of security fixes, dubbed Patch Tuesday, resolved a record 570 security vulnerabilities across the company's product line, thanks to discoveries with AI.

DHS confirmed a breach of the Homeland Security Information Network, an unclassified platform used for security and emergency coordination.

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DHS confirmed a breach of the Homeland Security Information Network, an unclassified platform used for security and emergency coordination.

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The Vulnerability Hackers found a serious zero-day vulnerability in Oracle’s software, which is being listed as CVE-2026-35273, sparking entire waves of attacks. Security researchers have also linked UNC6240 to infrastructure...

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