A hacker stole thousands of bitcoins worth about $340 million in a heist at a settlement exchange used by several cryptocurrency exchanges, representing one of the largest known thefts of crypto this year. Liquid Network, launched in 2018 by crypto firm Blockstream, said in a post on X on Sunday that a “white hat” hacker…
After reporting final week that the surveillance firm Flock Security is constructing an AI search instrument for legislation enforcement, WIRED reconstructed Flock’s newest search instrument from code that the corporate sends to a police officer’s browser and uncovered key particulars about how the instrument works. OpenAI mentioned this week that its Astra mannequin, which can…
The AI race has long been framed as a zero-sum game: either the US or China will win at the end. But as concerns pile up around the increasing capabilities of AI models—especially AI agents—researchers in both countries are trying to team up to work on AI safety. This week, Zoë Schiffer speaks with senior…
A hacking and extortion gang has taken credit for a cyberattack and data breach at Uber Freight, the ridesharing giant’s logistics subsidiary. A spokesperson for Uber Freight told Reuters, which first reported the incident, that there was no effect on its business operations and that its systems were running normally. (The company did not immediately…
It’s officially getting hard to keep track of all the times and ways AI models from OpenAI and Anthropic have been involved in “security incidents,” going outside the confines of their testing and interacting with the wider internet in unintended, often unwelcome ways. Add these to the list: Agents from both AI labs went on…
Prediction market large Polymarket confirmed that hackers stole funds from an unspecified variety of customers after a 3rd social gathering breach. In an X post on Thursday, Polymarket stated {that a} compromise at a 3rd social gathering vendor allowed hackers to inject malicious code into its web site “for some customers.” The corporate stated it…
