Hugging Face's CEO isn't suing OpenAI over the AI hack, he wants $100 million in compute instead
He also argues the incident should be treated as an industry-wide problem, not a single company's failure
OpenAI's rogue AI agent did more than hack Hugging Face – it compromised accounts across four services
The model spent more than four days loose on the internet
OpenAI's rogue hacking incident sparks bipartisan bill giving the government an AI kill switch
The legislation would let officials slow or shut down powerful AI systems deemed a public threat
OpenAI says its AI models went rogue and hacked another company
The OpenAI – Hugging Face hacking incident is either a wake-up call or a very convenient story
Connecting the dots: The AI boom has intensified old fears about the dangers of increasingly autonomous software, but those debates have mostly stayed theoretical, confined to research papers and thought experiments rather than real incidents. A newly disclosed episode involving an OpenAI test model may have added some real-world weight to those fears, even if the full scope of the damage is still being sorted out.
GTA 6 hacker who was sentenced to life in a secure hospital is moved to prison ahead of retrial
His retrial is scheduled for the same month GTA 6 launches
Microsoft deleted a hacked user's 25-year-old Xbox account, along with his OneDrive baby photos (Updated)
Microsoft told a hacked user to buy his games again. Sound familiar? This is the second time in a week
Microsoft finally patched Secure Boot bypasses that were hiding in plain sight since 2013
The bigger issue, researchers say, isn't the bug itself but how poorly signed components are tracked
This gamer had to sue Microsoft to get his hijacked Xbox account back
Microsoft ordered to restore account and pay $400 in damages
This ransomware negotiator was paid to fight hackers, he was secretly working with them instead
Angelo Martino was sentenced to 70 months after leaking client data to BlackCat, helping squeeze $75 million from his own clients
One of Windows' most hated features just helped catch a 19-year-old hacker
Using a VPN couldn't save him
The big picture: People have grumbled about Windows telemetry for years, to the point that an entire cottage industry of tools that clean up the OS now exists just to strip the tracking bits out. While there are privacy concerns with the feature, in this particular case, it led to federal agents dropping a hacker into a Chicago courtroom.
A Microsoft Defender flaw is now being linked to ransomware attacks
A researcher published 'BlueHammer' exploit details before Microsoft had a patch ready
This retro enthusiast forced Windows 11 to run on a Core 2 Quad Q6600 and AGP graphics
The modded system ran "rock stable" despite the aging hardware dating back to 2003
Polymarket says it will refund users after hackers drained close to $3 million from wallets
A compromised third-party vendor allegedly let attackers inject a malicious frontend script
LastPass customer names, emails, and support records stolen in third-party breach, vaults unaffected
Another security headache for the password manager
Frontier Airlines is leaking your passport and credit card details from a boarding pass
A hot potato: A security researcher has discovered serious vulnerabilities in Frontier Airlines' booking system. Using just two pieces of information printed on every boarding pass – a booking code and a last name – anyone can pull full passport numbers, home addresses, TSA PreCheck codes, and nearly complete credit card details from the airline's API. The vulnerabilities have been known for over three months.
The FBI built a fake town in Alabama to study and simulate real-world cyberattacks
More than 200 servers power simulations to stress-test America's digital infrastructure
This soundbar can be hijacked over Bluetooth to control your computer, no pairing required
A flaw in the Sound Blaster Katana V2X lets nearby attackers flash custom firmware and type on your computer
Hackers tricked Meta's AI chatbot into handing over Instagram accounts, including Obama's
All that was needed was a VPN and a target's username, the chatbot did the rest
Fake downloads of popular PC utilities are quietly installing crypto miners on enthusiast PCs
Link poisoning enters the AI era – cryptojackers target GPU owners via chatbots
PSA: PC enthusiasts downloading tools like Display Driver Uninstaller, CrystalDiskInfo, or similar utilities should take a closer look at where those downloads are actually coming from. Microsoft has uncovered an active cryptocurrency mining campaign targeting the kinds of high-end machines most likely to run benchmarking and maintenance software.
This $82 USB cable hides a Wi-Fi microcontroller inside its connector
Hacknect can emulate keystrokes, execute payloads remotely, and wipe itself clean on command
Hackers breach GitHub and access 3,800 internal repositories now listed for sale
The breach is linked to TeamPCP, a group that has been poisoning trusted developer tools for months
Flipper One is a next-gen Flipper Zero with a Linux brain and serious hardware upgrades
Making personal computing (and white-hat hacking) personal again
Two brothers deleted 96 federal databases after being fired – one googled how to hide the evidence afterward
Government contractor unknowingly hired felons who hacked the government in 2015
Your Yarbo lawnmower is a backdoor into your Wi-Fi network
A security researcher found that every Yarbo robot ships with a backdoor that exposes your Wi-Fi password in plain text
A student halted multiple Taiwan bullet trains by spoofing the rail network's emergency radio signals
Police say the 23-year-old decoded rail radio parameters and used handheld devices to trigger an emergency alarm