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OpenAI unveils Lockdown Mode to protect sensitive data from prompt injection attacks | TechCrunch

OpenAI announced a new feature that it says will provide additional protection from prompt injection attacks, where malicious...

Fairlife ultra-filtered fat free, whole, and chocolate milk and Coca-Cola bottles arranged in Germantown, New York, US, on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. Fairlife, which uses a specialized filtering process to boost protein and cut sugar and lactose in its milk products, helped spark the modern protein craze that's unfolded alongside the rise of Ozempic and other GLP-1 drugs. Photographer: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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Coca-Cola suspended production at its Fairlife dairy after a ransomware attack | TechCrunch

U.S. beverage maker Coca-Cola said one of its dairy subsidiaries was hacked and that it’s shutting down its...

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Microsoft patches bug in video game Age of Empires II | TechCrunch

On Tuesday, Microsoft patched a historic record number of security bugs across its product lines, in large part...

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Hack suggests AI music generator Suno scraped YouTube for training data | TechCrunch

The AI music generator Suno was hacked, according to a report from 404 Media.The hacker told the publication...

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Microsoft patches record number of security vulnerabilities, citing its use of AI | TechCrunch

Microsoft released a record number of security patches for Windows, Office, and other tech product lines this week,...

Security and civil defense workers stand outside the damaged Crown Plaza hotel, following an Iranian military strike, in Manama on March 1, 2026.
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Iran abused mobile networks’ vulnerabilities to locate US military in the Middle East, report says | TechCrunch

The Iranian government abused well-known vulnerabilities in the global telecoms infrastructure to locate U.S. military personnel in the...

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Alibaba reportedly bans employees from using Claude Code | TechCrunch

China’s Alibaba will ban employees from using Anthropic’s programming tool Claude Code, starting on July 10, according to...

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Russian hackers were behind $2.5B hack of Jaguar Land Rover: Report | TechCrunch

Last year, hackers attacked car giant Jaguar Land Rover (JPL), one of the U.K.’s biggest employers. The hack...

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Polymarket says hackers stole users’ funds | TechCrunch

Prediction market giant Polymarket confirmed that hackers stole funds from an unspecified number of users after a third-party...

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New website names and shames companies that still don’t offer passkeys to users | TechCrunch

When it comes to securing accounts against hackers, passkeys are now widely considered the gold standard.And yet they...