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AI Security

OpenAI's Software 'Went Rogue' and Hacked Hugging Face, CEO Says

The head of AI startup Hugging Face told CBS News that technology built by OpenAI broke into his company's systems without authorisation. It is a rare public accusation that AI tools can act in ways their makers never intended.

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AI Security

Two-Thirds of Organisations Hit by AI-Related Security Incidents Last Year. The Weak Link Is the API.

A surge in AI adoption has quietly created a new kind of back door into company systems. Experts say most businesses are focused on the wrong part of the problem.

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Breaches

Madera Community Hospital Breach: 150,000 People's Medical and Financial Data Stolen

A California hospital spent nearly a year reviewing stolen files before telling patients their Social Security numbers, health records, and bank details had been taken. The criminal group that attacked them eventually dropped its ransom demand.

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Breaches

UK Government Investments Agency Exposed Data on 51 Officials for 40 Hours

A security failure at the public body that manages taxpayer stakes in companies like Channel 4 and the Post Office left sensitive management records and personal details of more than 50 civil servants sitting openly accessible online for nearly two days.

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Policy & Regulation

Cyberattack Strikes Liechtenstein's Register of Company and Foundation Owners

Criminals hit a government database designed to fight money laundering, raising fresh questions about how well sensitive ownership records are protected.

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Breaches

UK Police Legal Database Breach Exposes 100,000+ Officers as ICO and NCA Step In

The Police National Legal Database has confirmed contact details of officers and criminal justice staff were stolen, with the ExfilSquad group claiming 135,000 records and demanding a ransom.

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Ransomware

River Bank Paid Hackers to Delete Stolen Data After June Ransomware Attack

Alabama's River Bank & Trust was hit by ransomware in June. The bank appears to have paid the criminals to destroy what they took, but still cannot confirm whether customer data was exposed.

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Breaches

UK Police Legal Database Leaked to Dark Web After July Breach

Names, work emails and organisational details of officers, criminal justice staff and government partners were posted online after intruders hit the Police National Legal Database.

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Breaches

Victorian Parliamentary Committee Exposes Cult Survivors' Email Addresses in Mass Mailing Blunder

A parliamentary committee sent its final report on cult harm to 330 visible recipients, accidentally revealing the contact details of abuse survivors to the very groups they had fled.

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Breaches

Cyber-attack on England's Department for Education exposes 607,000 records

Contact details for individuals and organisations were taken in a breach affecting two government education portals. No bank details were stolen, but the incident lands as UK school and college cyber-attacks hit record frequency.

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Breaches

Amgen Says Attackers Stole Patient Data From Third-Party Cloud Systems

The biotech giant disclosed the breach in an SEC filing after detecting unauthorized activity in July, but has not named the cloud providers involved or how many patients are affected.

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Breaches

OnTrac Hacked, UK Schools Lose 607,000 Records, and AWS Points to North Korea

A parcel delivery company breached, more than half a million children's records exposed, and Amazon's cloud division calling out state-backed hackers. A busy week of stories that almost slipped past.

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Breaches

CareCloud Data Breach Exposes Medical and Financial Records of 350,000 People

A healthcare IT company says hackers spent nearly a week inside its cloud storage system, making off with Social Security numbers, credit card details, and medical records.

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Breaches

Brinks Home Confirms Breach as ShinyHunters Threatens to Leak 4.9 Million Salesforce Records

The residential security company says its alarm systems were not affected, but the extortion group claims to hold customer contacts, employee data and millions of support chat logs.

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Breaches

Analog Devices Discloses Data Breach After Hackers Stole Files in June Attack

The Massachusetts chip-maker told federal regulators that unauthorised intruders accessed its systems on 23 June and took files. A separate extortion group now claims to hold 570,000 records from the company.

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