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An explosive investigation reveals how Israeli spyware firms hacked into Al Jazeera devices in 2024 using a new ‘adfection’ method previously unknown to the ...

OpenAI models hacked a crypto wallet and breached more websites

The actions could have resulted in criminal charges had humans been behind the keyboard.

Burger King Japan data breach exposes 11 million customer records

Burger King Japan, the Japanese subsidiary of global fast-food giant Burger King, disclosed a major data breach after attackers accessed a server containing 11.18 million customer records.

AI Agent Hacked into Crypto Wallet and Stole Funds, OpenAI Says

It questioned the ethics of what it was doing—before proceeding to do it.

Hackers hijacked 1,900 GitHub accounts. Then they went after 30k repos

GhostAction hijacked about 1,900 GitHub accounts to plant credential-stealing Actions workflows in 30,000 repos. Blocking them won’t secure your secrets.

Hackers hijack D-Link, Ubiquiti devices to resell your stolen bandwidth

A proxyjacking campaign has impacted devices in 34 countries, monetizing victims

Is Hacker News still a good predictor of tech trends?

Re-running James Potter's 2021 HN-vs-Google-Trends study on 106,749 titles, HN led Google search by 75 months on Bitcoin, 12 on Kubernetes, 3 on ChatGPT and 0 on the 2025 wave; local-first, self-hosted and Zig are climbing on HN now with little or no search volume.

Canadian ransomware negotiator arrested amid FBI hacker crackdown

A Canadian ransomware negotiator was arrested Thursday and faces unspecified extortion charges, according to court documents, prison records and a person familiar with the matter, as the FBI cracks down on a hacking group that stole information about its employees.

8.8M records hacked from Danish national registry with password 123456

8.8 million Danes have reportedly been affected by this hack.

Botnets Prove Rogue AI Is Closer Than We Think

2026 has been a strange year for AI safety. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warned that more capable agent swarms could cause "catastrophic damage," and said rogue systems might be able to take over large parts of the internet within six

'123456' password linked to Denmark data breach affecting 8.8M people

Local media reports three weakly protected accounts at small IT biz whose access to national register was abused

Cyber Resilience Guide: Zero Trust, AI Security and Ransomware Recovery

Build cyber resilience with zero trust, AI security, ransomware recovery, cloud controls and practical implementation steps.