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A Coordinated Cyberattack Just Hit 30 Minnesota Water Utilities. One Plant Went Dark.

Jul 31, 2026

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6 min read

A Coordinated Cyberattack Just Hit 30 Minnesota Water Utilities. One Plant Went Dark.

Also: a ransomware gang extorted a rival ransomware gang and posted an apology on its own victim's site, and an AI music startup's 55 million users just learned their breach happened nine months before anyone told them.

ai security

+5

Ricky Dailey
Ricky Dailey

WHAT’S HAPPENED LATELY


Jul 29, 2026

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4 min read

Russian Spies Read NATO's Mail for Months. The Patch Didn't Evict Them.

Also: MyPillow's Mike Lindell got his own ransomware deadline, and nobody was watching the AI agent that hacked Thailand's treasury for days.

ai security

+5

Jul 27, 2026

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5 min read

Hackers Took Down Romania's Land Registry. Nobody Could Buy a House for a Week.

Also: North Korea arrested its own hackers for robbing its own banks, and one bad link can plant a rogue AI agent inside your company.

ai security

+6

Jul 24, 2026

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5 min read

Australia's Biggest Energy Company Got Hacked. 4.8 Million Customers Are Being Blackmailed.

Also: a manager crashed his entire company network trying to learn Nmap, and OpenAI's own AI hacked another company just to win a test.

ai security

+5

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PRIOR RELEASES


Coca-Cola's Dairy Brand Just Went Dark. Nobody's Claiming Credit.

Coca-Cola's Dairy Brand Just Went Dark. Nobody's Claiming Credit.

Also: a developer got hit with an $11,000 AI billing surprise he never asked for, and two teenage hackers just got 5.5 years each for crippling London's transit system.

ai security

+6

The Hosting Company Behind LockBit, BlackSuit, and Play Just Got Indicted

The Hosting Company Behind LockBit, BlackSuit, and Play Just Got Indicted

Also: all it took to get root access at one company was a friendly phone call, and a hacker jailbroke Google's own AI to build a botnet in six minutes.

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Microsoft's AI Found So Many Bugs It Broke Its Own Patch Record

Microsoft's AI Found So Many Bugs It Broke Its Own Patch Record

Also: Egyptian hacktivists hijacked Argentina's football federation over a World Cup grudge, and a Welsh doxxing site admin got two years for turning swatting into a hobby.

ai security

+7

A County Secretly Paid Hackers $1 Million. Then the Transcripts Leaked.

A County Secretly Paid Hackers $1 Million. Then the Transcripts Leaked.

Also: a red teamer stole a $250,000 trophy by pretending to fix the office Wi-Fi, and AI coding assistants are hallucinating the exact malware names attackers want them to install.

ai security

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Accenture Got Hacked Again. This Is Its Third Time in Five Years.

Accenture Got Hacked Again. This Is Its Third Time in Five Years.

Also: two convicted fraudsters built a bug-buying startup dangling $7 million payouts, and an AI agent ran a full ransomware attack start to finish, on its own.

ai security

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ShinyHunters Hit Medtronic. 3.8 Million People Just Found Out.

ShinyHunters Hit Medtronic. 3.8 Million People Just Found Out.

Also: a ransomware gang apologized to its own victim, and Iran's hackers may have gotten an AI assist building their malware.

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The Linux Kernel Had a Three-Year-Old Bug. It Just Started Handing Out Root Access.

The Linux Kernel Had a Three-Year-Old Bug. It Just Started Handing Out Root Access.

Also: a user swore a hacker named "General Failure" had invaded his PC, and an AI-built malware kit just learned to dodge nine different antivirus vendors.

ai security

+9

The Department of Homeland Security Just Got Hacked. Again.

The Department of Homeland Security Just Got Hacked. Again.

Also: hackers shoveled snow for network admin access, and the Supreme Court just said your location data needs a warrant.

ai security

+9

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