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Australian police arrest two over TeamPCP hacks targeting Mercor, OpenAI, and others | TechCrunch

Australian police have arrested two people in Perth accused of being members of TeamPCP, a prolific hacking group...

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Here’s all the times AI has gone rogue and hacked other companies | TechCrunch

In July, OpenAI admitted that one of its agents tasked with completing a cybersecurity experiment broke out of...

Dr. Leslie Saxon holds implantable cardioverter-defibrillators by three leading manufacturers, St. Jude Medical, left, Boston Scientific and Medtronic, at the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine Keck School of Medicine at University of Southern California in Los Angeles, May 20, 2010. The smart defibrillators monitor and transmit information about heart activity daily to hospital personnel. (Photo by Ann Johansson/Corbis via Getty Images)
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Medical device maker Boston Scientific says a cyberattack is causing a ‘global disruption’ to its operations | TechCrunch

A cyberattack on U.S. medical device maker Boston Scientific is causing an ongoing “global disruption” to its operations,...

In an aerial view, pools of water are visible at Central Marin Sanitation Agency wastewater treatment plant in San Rafael, California.
Security

CISA confirms hackers targeted over 100 US water systems during July | TechCrunch

U.S. cybersecurity agency CISA said it has observed cyberattacks targeting over 100 internet-exposed systems across the U.S. water...

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Alabama launches investigation into OpenAI’s hack of Hugging Face | TechCrunch

Alabama’s attorney general announced Monday that it sent a subpoena to OpenAI as part of an investigation into...

Apollo Global Management signage in New York, US, on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. Apollo's CEO said it's getting harder for active managers to beat indexes in public markets and that it is easier for investors to find alpha in private markets. Photographer: Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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Private equity firm Apollo confirms data breach amid hacking wave targeting financial giants | TechCrunch

Private equity giant Apollo Global Management has confirmed a data breach in which hackers stole reams of personal...

Senator Ron Wyden, a Democrat from Oregon, during a news conference at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, June 17, 2026.
Security

Senator asks US government watchdog to review how feds use hacking tools | TechCrunch

Democratic senator Ron Wyden is asking the U.S. government to review how federal law enforcement agencies use hacking...

The Google Docs application is seen on a portable device in this photo illustration on December 6, 2017.
Security

Someone targeted security researchers using a fake crypto conference as a lure | TechCrunch

If you are a malicious hacker, cybersecurity professionals may very well be the worst people in the world...

The OpenAI logo is displayed on a smartphone screen held in one hand, with the Daybreak visual in the background.
Security

Researchers say OpenAI revoked their access to limited cyber program | TechCrunch

Several security researchers say OpenAI suddenly revoked their access to a limited-access program that removes some restrictions on...

a t-mobile store in NYC in Times Square with bright pink lights on a billboard with T-Mobile's logo
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T-Mobile ‘chopped a cable’ to expel Chinese hackers from its network | TechCrunch

New reporting from Bloomberg revealed how cybersecurity staff at U.S. phone provider T-Mobile identified and expelled Chinese hackers...