If you are watching the crypto world, you are probably already aware of what happened. For the rest of you, this will catch you up. Binance is a global cryptocurrency exchange that was compromised out of $6 billion. Interestingly, this was Binance’s money and not their customers’ wallets directly. The FBI has attributed this to […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Let me give you the answer up front. Maybe, but it is going to be damn tough. Yes, the major players – Meta, OpenAI, Anthropic, Twitter – agreed to a totally voluntary set of principles. There are no consequences for bending or even breaking these rules. It is purely a handshake agreement. But here is […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]It is old news (as in 3 days old) that Anthropic, maker of Claude, accidentally included hundreds of thousands of source code when they included an internal file in a public release. That file was only meant for internal use. That, by itself, is embarrassing but not catastrophic. It certainly helps hackers look for bugs, […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]It seems like this is becoming too frequent. A lone hacker used Claude and ChatGPT to breach Mexico’s government. 1 person. Two AI subscriptions. Nine agencies compromised. 150 gigabytes of data stolen. The breached agencies include Mexico’s federal tax authority and the national electoral institute, also state level systems in the Mexican states of Jalisco, […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Five of eight Ivy League schools have been hacked in the last six months. Add the most effective technique is definitely not high tech – it is plain old social engineering on the phone. Harvard discovered that its Alumni Affairs and Development systems were compromised last month. The hack exposed the personal information of the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]You may have heard of the Chinese cyberattack on American telecommunications giants like AT&T, Verizon and Lumen (AKA Qwest or US West). Between 2019 and AT LEAST 2024, they had free reign to listen in to conversations like Trump, Kamala Harris and millions of ordinary people, but the scope is getting much bigger. While the […]
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