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CenterPoint Energy confirms data breach after hacker leaks 7.49 million records

CenterPoint Energy has confirmed in an SEC filing that an unauthorized party accessed customer personal information through one of its external-facing systems. The disclosure follows claims from a hacker who says they exfiltrated 7.49 million records—including names, addresses, account numbers, billing details and partial Social Security numbers—by exploiting an unprotected public API lacking rate limiting or firewall defenses.

Coinbase CEO says U.S. crypto rules coming regardless of Clarity Act Senate vote

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong told CNBC he expects the Clarity Act to pass the Senate on Sept. 15, citing support from crypto firms, banks and law enforcement groups. He added that even if the bill fails, the SEC and CFTC have signaled readiness to issue their own rulemaking, meaning digital asset oversight will be clarified either way.

AdaptHealth confirms 4.1 million people's data exposed in ShinyHunters breach

AdaptHealth has confirmed that a cyberattack discovered in July, linked to the ShinyHunters group, exposed personal and health data belonging to about 4.1 million patients. The company says attackers gained access on June 5 through a social engineering attack that compromised a third-party contractor's privileged account, reaching cloud-based patient management and record systems. Exposed data includes names, contact and demographic details, health insurance information, and health records.

Veradigm confirms patient data breach tied to vendor credential theft

Veradigm, the Chicago-based healthcare technology firm formerly known as Allscripts, disclosed in an SEC filing that an attacker used stolen credentials from a third-party vendor to access a customer-service API and copy patient data. The exposed information includes personal details and Social Security numbers for a limited number of patients, though clinical records were not accessed. The Gentlemen ransomware group has claimed responsibility for the attack.

Grindr settles UK lawsuit for £26m over alleged sharing of HIV status data

Grindr has agreed to pay £26m to resolve a High Court class action brought by more than 11,000 claimants who alleged the dating app shared sensitive personal data, including HIV status, with third parties. The company will pay £13m by the end of this year and another £13m by March 2027, admitting no liability. Grindr says the allegations concern data practices before 2020, when the app was owned by China's Kunlun.

Oura confirms Ring 4 battery defects, discloses $84.4M warranty cost in IPO filing

Oura has acknowledged in SEC paperwork filed ahead of its IPO that some Ring 4 units suffered battery performance problems, which contributed to an $84.4 million rise in warranty expenses during fiscal 2025. The company replaced affected rings free of charge, sometimes even after the standard one-year warranty had lapsed. Oura has not specified which production batches were affected.

Smart Ring Maker Oura Files for Nasdaq IPO

Oura, the Finland-founded, San Francisco-based maker of health-tracking smart rings, has filed paperwork with the SEC to go public on Nasdaq. The company has built a leading position in the wearable ring market as it moves toward becoming a publicly traded stock.

Retro raises $21M Series A, now valued over $100M

Retro, a friend-focused photo-sharing app founded by former Instagram engineers Nathan Sharp and Ryan Olson, closed a Series A round of more than $21 million in December, according to an SEC filing spotted by Business Insider. The filing was made under the startup's legal name, Lone Palm Labs, and Pitchbook now pegs the company's valuation above $100 million.

Nvidia's Q2 revenue hits $96.22B, guides for $108B next quarter

Nvidia reported revenue of $96.22 billion for the quarter ending July 2026, beating Wall Street's $91.90 billion estimate, with net income more than doubling to $53.95 billion. The company guided for roughly $108 billion in the current quarter and forecast about 70% revenue growth in fiscal 2028, well above the 45% analysts had projected. Shares rose over 7% after CFO Colette Kress said customer forecasts point to growth doubling next year, while CEO Jensen Huang confirmed the next-gen Vera Rubin chip is now in production.

Boston Scientific hit by cyberattack disrupting global operations

Boston Scientific disclosed in an SEC filing that a cyberattack beginning Tuesday has caused widespread outages across its IT systems, hampering its ability to ship and process orders. The medical device maker, which serves roughly 48 million patients annually, has not said whether implanted devices like pacemakers are affected, and has not given a timeline for restoring systems. Reports from Ireland indicate staff at its Cork campus were sent home after internal network communications went down.

Nutex Health discloses data breach in SEC filing

Nutex Health, a for-profit hospital operator with 28 facilities across 12 states, told the SEC that an unauthorized third party accessed and stole data from its servers, some of which may be private or confidential. The company has hired forensic investigators, notified law enforcement, and activated its incident response plan, but has not yet determined whose data—patients, employees, or partners—was affected.

SEC subpoenas banks linked to Leopold Aschenbrenner's Situational Awareness hedge fund

The Securities and Exchange Commission has issued subpoenas to banks that handled trading and funding for Situational Awareness, the AI-focused hedge fund founded by former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner, according to the New York Times. The probe comes after the fund lost billions in value following a late-July slump in AI stocks, though regulators have not accused the firm of any wrongdoing. Situational Awareness says it will fully cooperate with regulators, calling such scrutiny normal for high-profile funds.