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Colombia's energy giant Ecopetrol says hackers stole data from 3,300 accounts, demanding ransom

Hackers are threatening to publish the data if they demands aren't met.
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Android bug lets Gemini send messages without unlocking your phone

Your locked phone wasn't as locked as you thought.
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Meta, Anthropic in talks for potential $10 billion compute lease deal, source says

The discussions are in their early stages, but the deal could be worth up to $10 billion over two years.
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Hackers breach Clover Health employee accounts

It remains unclear what information, if any, had been compromised.
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Kenya investigates breach of president's website

Hackers demanded a ransom of approximately 41 million Kenyan shillings (about $317,000) to bring the site back up.
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Medical giant Abbott investigates two cyber incidents as ShinyHunters claims breach

One threat actor claims patient data. Another says it stole technical secrets.
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New GoSerpent malware spies on targets in Southeast Asia for months

The malware targeted government and diplomatic entities in Southeast Asia.
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Employees react as Verizon cuts another 3,000 jobs, sells 274 stores in latest restructuring

Most retail workers are expected to transition to franchise owners after the August 16th sale.
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Evian, Silk, International Delight maker Danone hit by Qilin ransomware gang

Hackers claim they stole financial records, customer data, and thousands of internal company files.
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EU’s massive fine to Google will help fund Brussels coffers

The €4.6 billion ($5.26 billion) sanction was issued to Google in 2018, and the tech giant finally paid up
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Two Scattered Spider hackers sent to prison over London attack

If the attackers got their way, damages could have reached $75 billion.
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AWS CloudFront outage knocks websites offline as 5xx errors spread worldwide

A hidden AWS routing failure sent websites crashing for more than three hours.
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Google required to open up to AI, search engine rivals under EU rules

Google forced to share AI and search data with rivals.
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Grok user tried to direct child porn movie, now xAI is seeking “reputational damages”


Tesla driver manually overrode FSD before crashing into house and killing a woman

The victim’s daughter sued Tesla for at least $1 million in damages in late June
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Spotify launches AI-powered “Talk to Spotify” voice assistant for selected Premium users

Users can ask Spotify to play some artists they’ve never heard before.
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Hackers breach TRICARE West, exposing health data of thousands of US military beneficiaries

DoD Benefits numbers and some Social Security numbers were part of the stolen cache.
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Trump's new AI-powered Gold Eagle will find cyber flaws at unprecedented pace – but can defenders keep up?

The AI eagle has officially landed, and is rewriting how the industry will coordinate vulnerability discovery.
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Silicon Valley start-up inspired by rare birth defect says it’s not working on brainless “organ sacks”


Meta sued over AI-driven layoffs targeting workers on leave