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Security

Canadian spy agency says it hacked drug traffickers, extremists, and a ransomware gang last year | TechCrunch

Offering a rare glimpse at the priorities of a top spy organization, Canada’s Communications Security Establishment (CSE) said...

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Security

US government says it got hacked — again | TechCrunch

The Department of Homeland Security is investigating a breach of its platform, which federal, state, and local governments...

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In Brief

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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Hacked Klue says criminals are deleting stolen customer data, but now other hackers are making threats | TechCrunch

Market research provider Klue, which was hacked earlier this month in a breach that allowed cybercriminals to steal...

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Klue says hackers stole credential from 2022 that led to customer data breaches | TechCrunch

Market research company Klue has confirmed that a credential dating back to 2022, which was part of a...

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CareCloud begins to notify hundreds of thousands after hackers stole medical records | TechCrunch

Hundreds of thousands of people are receiving letters notifying them that their medical records were stolen in a...

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Security

In the Hugging Face breach, OpenAI’s hacker was noisy and fast — but not unstoppable | TechCrunch

Earlier this month, AI dataset platform Hugging Face shocked the world when it revealed that it had fallen...

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How OpenAI’s human mistake led to the AI-powered hack on Hugging Face | TechCrunch

On Tuesday, OpenAI revealed that one of its models went rogue during a test and hacked the systems...

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If you pay a hacker’s ransom, chances are that they’ll come back for more | TechCrunch

Governments have long warned not to pay a hacker’s ransom demands, arguing that doing so only lets criminals...

Mikey Shulman, co-founder of Suno.
In Brief

AI music generator Suno breach affects 55M users, per Have I Been Pwned | TechCrunch

A cyberattack at AI music generator Suno last year allowed a hacker to steal the personal information of...