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OpenAI reportedly completed a $7 billion employee tender offer (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-11 | by Tim Fernholz | tags: openai, employee tender offer, sam altman

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OpenAI launches GPT-5.6-Cyber with reduced refusals, 95% completion on advanced cybersecurity tasks (venturebeat.com)

2026-08-10 | tags: openai, gpt-5.6-cyber, cybersecurity

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Cyber Vulnerability Sweep Picks Up Royal Navy Drones Sending Data To China (slashdot.org)

2026-08-10 | tags: royal navy, kraken unmanned vessels, china

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Opinion | The Next ‘Lab Leak’ Could Be AI (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-10 | tags: lab leak, sandbox breaches, federal guardrails

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OpenAI wraps $7 billion share sale ahead of potential IPO (cnbc.com)

2026-08-10 | by Ashley Capoot | tags: openai, chatgpt, ipo

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'GhostJacking' Exposes Identity Governance Gaps in AI Agents (darkreading.com)

2026-08-10 | by Jai Vijayan | tags: ghostjacking, tenet security, ai agents

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Multistate Water System Attacks Widen, Iran Suspected (darkreading.com)

2026-08-10 | tags: water systems, iran, plc

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Tech industry is buzzing after a Claude agent hacked into a gym (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-10 | by Julie Bort | tags: ai agents, openclaw, cybersecurity

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House Democrats Want Tech CEOs to Testify Under Oath Following Recent AI Hacks (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-10 | tags: house democrats, tech ceos, ai hacks

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Hackers breached a small Polish energy plant via private APN last year (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-08-10 | tags: polish energy sector, electrum threat group, private apn

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OpenAI expands Daybreak cybersecurity initiative as AI agent threats evolve (cnbc.com)

2026-08-10 | by Ashley Capoot | tags: openai, daybreak, ai models

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Social media platforms still facing thousands of user addiction lawsuits after failed appeals (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-10 | by Amanda Silberling | tags: meta, tiktok, snapchat

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CrowdStrike, Palo Alto hit records after Black Hat cyber conference illuminates rising AI threat (cnbc.com)

2026-08-10 | by Samantha Subin | tags: crowdstrike, palo alto networks, black hat

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Before you throw out your old USB drives, do this first (engadget.com)

2026-08-10 | by Adnan Ahmed | tags: usb drives, data recovery, memory prices

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Outdated Cybercrime Laws Put Security Researchers at Risk (darkreading.com)

2026-08-10 | tags: cybercrime laws, security researchers, ethical hackers

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Rogue AI agent tasked with booking a gym class hacks system, removes other participant — says 'sorry about that' after trying to bump user up the waitlist (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-10 | by Stephen Warwick | tags: openclaw, ai hacking, gym booking

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A researcher bought noreply.net. Companies started sending him secrets. (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-10 | tags: noreply.net, cory solovewicz, email security

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A cybersecurity researcher covered a Toyota in an AI-generated pattern to confuse Flock cameras (techspot.com)

2026-08-10 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: flock cameras, toyota yaris, cybersecurity

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Social Security: 2026 bill could save benefits from insolvency—and impact COLA increases. How your checks could change (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-10 | tags: social security, social security 2100 act, colas

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OpenAI slows down Astra development due to cybersecurity concerns (engadget.com)

2026-08-10 | by Jackson Chen | tags: openai, astra, hugging face

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The FCC wants to ban drones with LiDAR that it previously approved (engadget.com)

2026-08-10 | by Jackson Chen | tags: fcc, lidar, dji

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A California city just declared an emergency after malware hit its 911 systems (techspot.com)

2026-08-10 | by Rob Thubron | tags: suisun city, malware, 911 systems

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Critical Progress LoadMaster flaw now actively exploited in attacks (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-08-10 | tags: progress software, kemp loadmaster, cve-2026-8037

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What Happened to HackerOne? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-10 | by Joel Margolis | tags: hackerone, bug bounty, jobert abma

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Os8088: A powerful Mac-like OS for the IBM XT, 286, 386 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-08 | tags: applications, drag, floppy

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Danish high schoolers will have to verbally defend written assignments (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-08 | tags: assignments, schools, secondary

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Denmark Requires Oral Defenses for Students' Written Work to Counter AI Cheating (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-08 | tags: assignments, schools, secondary

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Hugging Face hack marks start of dangerous AI cyber era and many firms 'don't even know it' (cnbc.com)

2026-08-08 | by Samantha Subin | tags: agents, cybersecurity, face

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Flock’s Plans for Rideshare Dashcams and Coaching Police, Revealed (wired.com)

2026-08-08 | by Dell Cameron | tags: nexar, openai, security

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Hackers Figure Out a Trick to Steal Bitcoin From Cold Wallets, Grab $110 Million (futurism.com)

2026-08-08 | by Victor Tangermann | tags: bitcoin, bloomberg, coinkite