Breaches
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Hundreds of agents went rogue in lead up to Hugging Face breach
OpenAI released a technical breakdown of the historic incident and plans changes to prevent such an occurrence from happening again.
By David Jones • Aug. 27, 2026 -
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Boston Scientific says cyberattack disrupted order processing, shipping
The medical device-maker says it cannot yet determine any financial impact from the attack it suffered this week.
By David Jones • Aug. 26, 2026 -
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TrendlineManaging and securing identity sprawl
Cyber threat actors know the simplest way to hack into an enterprise and remain under the radar is with stolen, legitimate user credentials -- and AI is making managing and securing digital identities more challenging than ever.
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CISA orders agencies to fix exploited Zimbra vulnerability
The collaboration software’s developer took almost a full month to patch the flaw after disclosing it.
By Eric Geller • Aug. 25, 2026 -
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Ransomware disproportionately targets medium-sized firms, straining customer relationships
These companies often have the hardest time balancing their roles as suppliers and customers, according to the risk management firm Black Kite.
By Eric Geller • Aug. 19, 2026 -
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Major genetic-testing firm says hack compromised sensitive patient data
The June breach, which also exposed employees’ information, underscored the supply-chain risks facing the healthcare sector.
By Eric Geller • Aug. 17, 2026 -
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Researchers confirm breach claims by data-extortion group
The exfiltrated data may be related to misconfiguration of Microsoft Power Page portals, according to a new report.
By David Jones • Aug. 14, 2026 -
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Former BlackFile affiliates linked to extortion campaign targeting private equity
Researchers warned that hackers are using voice-phishing attacks to pressure company employees under the guise of providing IT help desk services.
By David Jones • Aug. 11, 2026 -
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Experts say healthcare faces cybersecurity crisis: ‘These are patient safety issues’
Regulatory failures, funding constraints and industry consolidation have created serious hacking risks.
By Eric Geller • Aug. 7, 2026 -
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OpenAI warns autonomous hacks are ‘watershed moment for computer security’
Company employees said their industry should rethink how it balances capabilities and safeguards.
By Eric Geller • Aug. 5, 2026 -
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Tech industry alliance proposes AI agent safety reporting program
The information-sharing exchange is designed to widely share lessons learned from agentic AI security incidents.
By Eric Geller • Aug. 4, 2026 -
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AI makes costly spearphishing attacks easier, cyber insurer says
Impersonation campaigns led to more than 85% of the losses that Resilience dealt with in the first half of the year, a dramatic increase from two years ago.
By Eric Geller • Aug. 4, 2026 -
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Anthropic says human error let Claude AI models escape test environment and hack third parties
The company said its discovery, which followed OpenAI’s similar admission, proved the need for better testing guardrails.
By Eric Geller • July 31, 2026 -
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Hackers abuse Microsoft Teams in ransomware campaign through fake IT support
Researchers said dozens of US and Canadian firms have been targeted, however, the motivation appears to be financial rather than espionage.
By David Jones • July 30, 2026 -
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As data breaches grow costlier, ungoverned AI creates new risks
Meanwhile, many companies still aren’t doing the basics to protect on-premises data, IBM found.
By Eric Geller • July 29, 2026 -
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Coca-Cola restores most production capacity at dairy unit after ransomware attack
The company said it does not expect the Fairlife disruption to have a material impact on financial performance or operations.
By David Jones • July 27, 2026 -
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Threat group claims credit for ransomware attack on Coca-Cola’s dairy unit
The attackers previously exploited vulnerabilities or used stolen credentials for initial access.
By David Jones • July 22, 2026 -
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OpenAI models escaped containment, hacked major AI application library
The attack is the first known instance of frontier models autonomously breaking out of a testing environment and into another company’s servers.
By Eric Geller • July 22, 2026 -
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Hackers steal customer data from major hospital software vendor
The breach is another reminder of how vulnerable the healthcare industry is to supply-chain attacks.
By Eric Geller • July 20, 2026 -
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Abbott discloses cyberattack on cancer diagnostics business
The cyberattack follows Abbott’s recent $21 billion purchase of Exact Sciences. Abbott did not disclose what kind of information was accessed.
By Ricky Zipp • July 17, 2026 -
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Data breach hits car insurance provider
Hackers gained access to more than 6.9 million records at AssuranceAmerica by targeting a company employee.
By David Jones • July 9, 2026 -
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Ransomware ecosystem grows, but ‘four-headed monster’ dominates
AI is helping hackers, a new report finds, but mostly by automating very human behaviors.
By Eric Geller • July 9, 2026 -
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Accenture faces massive data breach that could put clients at risk
The threat actor claiming responsibility says they stole source code, encryption keys and more.
By Eric Geller • July 8, 2026 -
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Alleged member of Scattered Spider extradited to US
A man with dual U.S.-Estonian citizenship was charged in connection to the hack of a luxury jewelry retailer.
By David Jones • July 6, 2026 -
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Most cybersecurity workers have been told to conceal a breach, report finds
Security firm Bitdefender also found that U.S. companies were simultaneously more confident and more strained on cyber defense than foreign peers.
By Eric Geller • July 2, 2026 -
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Insurance body confirms hackers posted Oracle PeopleSoft breach data
NAIC warned that some ratings agencies have suspended data feeds as a precaution.
By David Jones • Updated June 29, 2026
