A Chinese hacker allegedly belonging to Silk Typhoon, the state-sponsored Chinese hacking group behind the Microsoft Exchange Server attacks of 2021 among other major actions, was picked up in Milan on July 3 on a US arrest warrant.
The McHire AI bot was created by Paradox.ai, which claims that 90% of McDonalds franchisees make use of it in their hiring pipeline. Hacking it apparently did not require any amount of technical knowledge at all, merely trying “123456” as an administrator password.
The stolen API key allows interaction with at least 52 large language AI models (LLMs) that are in development at Musk's xAI, many of these in turn used by the "Grok" AI available through the X social media platform. An errant GitHub update was to blame.
Business-to-business (B2B) tech distributor Ingram Micro has experienced a system outage due to a ransomware attack, which disrupted its online ordering systems.
A recent cyber attack on the Canadian electric utility, Nova Scotia Power, disconnected power meters, preventing the company from reading and sending accurate bills.
After admitting that it stored some EU user data on Chinese servers, TikTok will now be facing a new data transfer investigation headed up by Ireland's Data Protection Commission.
British authorities have slapped the cuffs on four suspects linked to the Marks & Spencer cyber attack that disrupted its Click and Collect services, costing the company over $300 million.
Concerns about reprisal by the Taliban prompted the UK government to secretly grant asylum to thousands of Afghans and allow them to immigrate to the country, in the wake of a 2022 data leak by the Ministry of Defence.
The Salt Typhoon state-sponsored hackers were able to maintain a footing in a state National Guard unit for nine months and use this position to intercept traffic from other national guard networks in all 50 states as well as at least four US territories.
A class action suit brought by Meta shareholders that sought $8 billion from its current and former leaders has been settled. The suit was filed as recompense for the $5 billion in fines and added legal costs the company was hit with over the Cambridge Analytica scandal.”
