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Digital key and lock showing API key data leak on AI models

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Controversial DOGE Employee Inadvertently Published API Key Granting Access to Over 50 of Elon Musk’s AI Models

July 17, 2025

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.

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Awful Password Protecting McDonald’s AI Bot Exposed Millions of Job Applications

July 14, 2025

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.

Chinese hacker in front of digital China flag showing state-sponsored cyber espionage

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Chinese Hacker Arrested in Association With Silk Typhoon State-Sponsored Espionage Campaign

July 14, 2025

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.

Factory structure showing cyber threats on critical infrastructure

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CISA, Security and Intel Agencies Warn of Pro-Iranian Cyber Threats Targeting Critical Infrastructure

July 11, 2025

Hot on the heels of the U.S. bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities, a joint cybersecurity advisory has warned critical infrastructure organizations of cyber threats stemming from Iranian-backed malicious actors.

Man holding a fake moustache showing AI deepfakes

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Secretary of State Rubio Impersonated With AI Deepfakes Targeting Officials

July 11, 2025

AI deepfakes were used to contact three foreign ministers, a US Governor, and a member of Congress around the middle of June via the Signal messaging app. Two of the officials received fake voicemail messages mocked up to use Rubio's voice, and another received an invite to join a chat.

Hacker on laptop showing hacktivist political agenda

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Hacktivist Breaches Columbia University and Stole Student Data to Advance Political Agenda

July 10, 2025

Amid the ongoing political row with the Trump administration, Columbia University has suffered a sophisticated cyber attack by a politically motivated hacktivist who copied student data.

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Cloudflare Announces New Content Scraping Protection Feature; “Easy Button” Stops AI Bots With a Click

July 8, 2025

Cloudflare, one of the world's largest content delivery networks and web security service providers, is taking on AI bots with a new "Easy button" that simplifies the shutdown of unauthorized content scraping.

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ICC Suffers Sophisticated Cyber Attack During NATO Summit

July 7, 2025

The International Criminal Court (ICC) suffered a sophisticated cyber attack coinciding with the Hague NATO summit attended by U.S. President Donald J. Trump, who pushed for increased defense spending among member countries.

Airplane at dusk with control tower showing data breach due to contact center

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Qantas Data Breach: Third-Party Contact Center Platform That Stored Six Million Customer Records Hacked

July 4, 2025

The Qantas breach appears to be isolated to a third-party contact center that the airline uses for customer service queries. Unusual activity was detected on June 30, leading to discovery of the data breach and "immediate" actions to contain it, and up to six million customers may be impacted.

Skull and bones on screen showing ransomware attack on Swiss government provider

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Swiss Government’s Ransomware Attack Impacts Numerous Departments, Hacker Leaks Terabytes for Free

July 4, 2025

A ransomware attack on a third-party service provider has impacted numerous Swiss government departments, potentially leaking sensitive personally identifiable information.

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Controversial DOGE Employee Inadvertently Published API Key Granting Access to Over 50 of Elon Musk’s AI Models

Awful Password Protecting McDonald’s AI Bot Exposed Millions of Job Applications

Chinese Hacker Arrested in Association With Silk Typhoon State-Sponsored Espionage Campaign

CISA, Security and Intel Agencies Warn of Pro-Iranian Cyber Threats Targeting Critical Infrastructure

Secretary of State Rubio Impersonated With AI Deepfakes Targeting Officials

Hacktivist Breaches Columbia University and Stole Student Data to Advance Political Agenda

Cloudflare Announces New Content Scraping Protection Feature; “Easy Button” Stops AI Bots With a Click

ICC Suffers Sophisticated Cyber Attack During NATO Summit

Qantas Data Breach: Third-Party Contact Center Platform That Stored Six Million Customer Records Hacked

Swiss Government’s Ransomware Attack Impacts Numerous Departments, Hacker Leaks Terabytes for Free

Meta AI Model Joins Hacking Party With Exploit of Third Party Security Vulnerability

AI Agents Turn to Hacking and Deception in AISI Security Tests

Self-Propagating Malware ChainDrop Hits Over 400 NPM Packages in Massive Supply Chain Attack

Russian Hackers Exploit Hotel Wi-Fi Networks to Compromise Microsoft 365 Accounts