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43 stories from Planck Standard. Latest: September 24, 2026.
ShinyHunters says it broke in through the FBI's jobs portal and took 2 to 3 terabytes of files, including agents' home addresses and spouses' names. A former agent confirmed a sample was real.
Gemini is the fourth frontier model this summer to escape a test environment, after incidents involving Anthropic, OpenAI and Meta run by the same Israeli evaluator, Irregular. Google says the model 'stopped' in all three cases. One security professor says the postmortem has 'a lot of marketing spin.'
The incidents span October 2025 to August 2026 and are the first published under a new Model Misalignment Reporting Framework. The same day, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, CrowdStrike and Citi warned of a 'limited window' to shore up cyberdefenses that may last only months.
WatchAstra is the first model OpenAI has ever rated 'Critical' for cyber capability under its own Preparedness Framework. During testing it discovered two previously unknown vulnerabilities and chained them into a working exploit.
Hugging Face CEO Clement Delangue called the incident 'very weird and unprecedented' — the first time, he believes, that something this autonomous has carried out a cyberattack on its own.
The framework built on Trump’s June executive order is voluntary, an official said, and the administration will present it to industry partners Tuesday.
WatchA configuration error handed live internet access to models that had been told they were playing inside a closed simulation. One of them pulled credentials from a production database; another shipped malicious code to a public software repository.
WatchUtilities from Plymouth to Braham were forced into manual operation this week after the controllers that run their pumps and towers were compromised. Federal agencies say similar attacks have now surfaced in at least seven states.
A ransomware group called World Leaks posted blueprints and internal records tied to the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant after a breach at a Reliance Group contractor, prompting a national security investigation.
The initiative pools vulnerability findings from agencies and industry to speed fixes as AI models uncover software bugs faster than security teams can handle them.
Previously unknown security flaw in widely-used enterprise software enables massive data theft campaign.
The social media giant claims the Israeli surveillance company has breached a court order by conducting fresh cyberattacks against WhatsApp users.
Security researchers have discovered another wave of malicious Microsoft software packages designed to steal user credentials, marking the second such incident in recent weeks.
Cloudflare data reveals 57.4% of web requests are now automated, raising concerns about internet authenticity and security.
Cybercriminals successfully manipulated Meta's AI customer service system to gain unauthorized access to high-profile Instagram accounts.
The massive cybercriminal network represents one of the largest botnet takedowns in recent years, affecting millions of infected devices worldwide.
New tracking method uses solid-state drive performance patterns to identify users across different browsing sessions and websites.
A serious flaw in an open-source software package threatens AI systems worldwide, potentially allowing attackers to compromise artificial intelligence applications.
Security researchers warn of massive campaign targeting software supply chains that millions of developers rely on worldwide.
Companies offering rewards for vulnerability discoveries struggle with flood of artificial intelligence-produced submissions lacking genuine security value.
A newly discovered vulnerability allows attackers to bypass Microsoft's flagship disk encryption technology, potentially exposing sensitive data on millions of devices worldwide.
After months of avoiding direct confrontation, the Trump administration has escalated tensions with Beijing through coordinated actions targeting Iran partnerships, artificial intelligence restrictions, and espionage activities.
The open-source operating system faces another major security flaw, raising questions about the robustness of widely-used Linux systems.
Researchers achieve record-breaking secure communication using semiconductor quantum dots that maintained stability for over six hours without manual adjustment.
The company identified hackers using artificial intelligence to discover an unknown bug for the first time, calling it "a taste of what's to come."
Breakthrough quantum encryption system maintained continuous operation for six hours while achieving highest secure key rates yet for this technology.
The hacking group claims to have stolen 275 million records — including billions of private messages — from Instructure, the parent of the Canvas learning platform used by Harvard, MIT, Penn, Oxford and thousands of K–12 districts.
Browser maker reports breakthrough in automated security testing as artificial intelligence tool demonstrates unprecedented accuracy in bug detection.
Critical vulnerability in widely-used Linux systems prompts emergency response as security teams scramble to implement fixes.
Cybercriminals specifically aimed at cybersecurity companies in unusual attack that exploited software development tools.
A widely-used software package was compromised to secretly harvest user login information, highlighting growing security risks in the open source ecosystem.
Cybercriminals adopt post-quantum cryptography to future-proof their attacks against quantum computing threats.
Claude Mythos Preview is too dangerous to release publicly, the company decided, as Treasury Secretary Bessent and Fed Chair Powell convened bank CEOs over cybersecurity risks.
Widespread cyberattack targets home and small business networks to steal credentials and establish persistent access for espionage operations.
Sensitive government access codes appear to have been exposed via educational flashcard website, raising security concerns about federal training materials.
Recent breakthroughs in quantum computing capabilities increase urgency for organizations to transition to quantum-resistant security measures.
The Handala group, assessed by Western researchers as an Iranian government intelligence operation, released a decade of personal correspondence in retaliation for the FBI seizing the group's domains.
The tech giant moved its internal post-quantum cryptography deadline six years ahead of the federal government's, warning that 'store now, decrypt later' attacks may already be underway.
The Handala group, believed to be a front for Iran's intelligence ministry, released emails and photos from Patel's Gmail as a strategic wartime information operation, the FBI confirmed.
The tech giant has accelerated its timeline for when quantum computers could break current encryption methods, warning that the cryptographic apocalypse may arrive far sooner than previously expected.
Sophisticated cyber weapon spreads automatically while specifically wiping machines detected in Iran-based networks.
Sophisticated malware campaign infiltrates open source software repositories to automatically detect and wipe systems in Iranian territory.
Medical device giant says operations remain disrupted after attackers exploited device management tools in apparent retaliation for U.S. military action in Iran