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Meta A.I. Bug Allowed Hackers to Take Over Instagram Accounts

The flaw, which Meta said it had fixed, allowed anyone to take over accounts using a bug in the company’s new artificial intelligence software.…

Hackers likely hijacked over 20,000 Instagram accounts with Meta’s AI chatbot

Hackers likely took over 20,225 Instagram accounts using Meta's AI support chatbot, the company confirmed in a notice filed with the state of Maine. In the notice, spotted earlier …

Ultrahuman says hackers accessed customers’ wellness data via internal tool

The breach at wearable ring maker Ultrahuman stemmed from credentials stolen from a malware-infected employee laptop.…

Meta is alerting Instagram users whose accounts were taken over using Meta AI chatbot; some hackers claim to still be able to exploit Meta AI chatbot (Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai/TechCrunch)

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch : Meta is alerting Instagram users whose accounts were taken over using Meta AI chatbot; some hackers claim to still be able to exploit M…

Instagram is alerting users who were targeted by hackers during AI chatbot attacks

Hackers appeared to take over victims’ accounts even after Meta said it fixed its AI-powered support chatbot, which granted hackers access to victims’ accounts.…

Podcast: Hackers Asked Meta AI To Let Them In. It Worked

The insane Meta AI hack; Amazon's internal AI leaderboard; and our lawsuit against ICE.…

Meta says hackers can no longer access accounts through its AI chatbot

Meta says it has resolved an issue that allowed hackers to trick its AI assistant into granting access to other users' accounts, according to media reports.…

Iran-Linked Hackers Are Targeting America's Water Systems - Most Still Lack Basic Security

Iran-linked hackers continue targeting U.S. water infrastructure, officials warn.…

Instagram accounts continue to be hacked as hackers claim Meta only removed a UI button

Meta AI loophole continues to allow hackers to hijack Instagram accounts. Reports claim Meta's fix failed to secure the backend.…

VS Code zero-day lets hackers steal GitHub tokens in one click

Storage breakthrough promises safe data recovery even after hackers infect your computer

A storage-based cybersecurity system extends deleted data recovery to 126 days with minimal impact on drive speed.…

Hackers easily fool Instagram's new AI identity verification, humiliating Meta once again

There’s plenty of talk about how AI chatbots will take everyone’s jobs by the end of the decade, but so far, few companies have gone all in on the supposed wave of the future. One …

Hackers are now using ChatGPT share links to deliver malware

Hackers are now abusing ChatGPT to generate malicious webpages that trick unsuspecting users into downloading malware onto their machines.…

5 side projects that would absolutely nail it on .Vegas

Most indie hackers I know spend an embarrassing amount of time on the naming part. We argue with...…

FIFA websites spoofed by hackers ahead of 2026 World Cup, FBI warns

The FBI warns that hackers are creating fake websites to steal personal data, financial info, and more…

6 million Carnival Cruise customers’ data impacted amid hacker group’s slew of breaches

It appears that Carnival Cruise has entered unforgiving waters.…

Carnival cruise operator confirms nearly 6 million people affected in data breach

Hackers gained access to "a limited portion of the company’s IT system."…

Hackers caught hiding OpenAI token-stealing malware in Codex npm package - Cybernews

Comprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated from sources all over the world by Google News.…

Hackers are trying to steal Signal users’ backups in new wave of phishing attacks

A new hacking campaign is trying to trick Signal users to give up their secret recovery key, which can be used to access online backups containing past messages.…

CrowdStrike and Google take down botnet used by hackers to target software developers in supply chain attacks

Cybercriminals used the Glassworm botnet to infect open source software projects with malware, and in turn hack the developers and companies that use that software.…

Starlette, an open-source Python framework underpinning FastAPI, has a vulnerability, called BadHost, that can allow hackers to bypass authorization (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)

Hackers allegedly stole 40 million records from Charter Communications — everything you need to know

Charter denies that customer information was taken though…

Scammers and hackers target GTA 6 fans as pre-order hype begins

Grand Theft Auto 6 is right around the corner — and scammers know you can't wait.…

Starlette vulnerability exposes millions of AI agents to hackers

A critical Starlette framework vulnerability threatens millions of AI agents, including crypto trading bots and DeFi tools built on FastAPI and Python.…

Shai-Hulud Hackers TeamPCP: Lucky or Skilled Operators?

Hackers claim to be selling 340 million stolen OnlyFans records — but experts are already skeptical on how serious hack is

OnlyFans says the claims are false, so users can breathe easy.…

Iranian hackers responsible for Los Angeles transit system breach, Israeli researchers say

Hackers Exploit GTA 6 Hype to Spread Malware Via Fake Beta Tests

'We need you to help us build Vice City,' one of the scam sites says. The downloads are nothing but Windows-based malware, according to security researchers at NordVPN.…

Iranian hackers blamed for breach of Los Angeles transit system that took weeks to recover

An Israeli cybersecurity firm said Iran’s government is behind Ababil of Minab, a fake hacktivist persona that has claimed a series of data breaches after the start of the war in I…

Ghost hackers: the cybersecurity mystery that nobody has solved

A shadowy group that stole and dumped the NSA’s most powerful hacking tools still has implications for how companies think about digital risk today.…

How hackers can break into AI servers with an off-the-shelf antenna

An antenna and an electromagnetic receiver were the only equipment needed, both small enough to fit inside a backpack.…

Iranian hackers responsible for Los Angeles transit system breach, Israeli researchers say

May 26 - Iranian hackers were responsible for a disruptive computer breach in March that forced Los Angeles' transit system to shut down parts of its network, Israeli researchers s…

Forget stolen passwords — this is how hackers are actually breaking into US companies in 2026

Employees using unauthorized AI tools are quietly creating massive new security risks inside companies worldwide every single day…

'This is a sales tactic': Experts warn ransomware hackers will often lower their prices - with some giving discounts up to 96%

Ransomware actors use a whole range of different tactics to persuade victims to pay the demands.…

OnlyFans mega leak reveals 340M user records, hackers claim

I asked Claude if my plan was on track for the goal — and got an honest 'No'

The moment you start thinking "am I actually on track for my goal?" — the best move I've found as a...…

Iran-linked hackers targeted US, Israel and UAE, Palo Alto Networks says

Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 said the Screening Serpens group used six new remote access Trojan variants and a new attack technique against targets during the regional escalation.…

Hackers are learning to exploit chatbot ‘personalities’

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OpenAI code security issue: Hackers steal internal data in 2026 - Memeburn

Comprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated from sources all over the world by Google News.…

FOIA lawsuit documents show hackers who breached SolarWinds potentially had access to all "treasury.gov" email addresses from July 6, 2020 to October 12, 2020 (Jordan Robertson/Bloomberg)

Jordan Robertson / Bloomberg : FOIA lawsuit documents show hackers who breached SolarWinds potentially had access to all “treasury.gov” email addresses from July 6, 2020 to October…

Kommodo.ai Covered by Indiehackers

Harry Brodsky and Khanan Grauer built a tool that had some success in one niche, then pivoted. Now, it's bringing in $500k ARR. Here's how.…

Hackers breach GitHub and access 3,800 internal repositories now listed for sale

GitHub has said it found about 3,800 internal repositories accessed in the breach and stressed that these contained its own code rather than customer projects. The attackers,...…

Controversial liquid touted by biohackers may help hair grow — and prevent thinning caused by GLP-1s

Balding might make you blue — but this news won’t.…

Riot taunts would-be hackers using physical hardware to cheat: 'congrats to the owners of a brand new $6k paperweight'

Vanguard gets a DMA-spanking upgrade.…

Day 15 — I posted comments on other people's articles instead of writing my own

For Day 15 of the build-in-public series on a $0-sales Apify actor, I stopped writing my own article...…

Sensing ‘renewed outbreak’ of war, Iran hackers vow ‘dozens’ of ‘devastating’ infrastructure attacks ready

Flipper unveils a Linux-powered networking gadget built for hackers and tinkerers

Flipper Devices said that the new gadget is in development and the base model will cost under $350…

GitHub links the breach of 3,800 internal repositories to the TanStack npm supply-chain attack, saying hackers used a malicious Nx Console VS Code extension (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer : GitHub links the breach of 3,800 internal repositories to the TanStack npm supply-chain attack, saying hackers used a malicious Nx Console VS Cod…

Zombie user account let hackers control the city’s water

Failing to disable a former employee’s account was a huge mistake…

Microsoft warns hackers are exploiting password resets to gain access to user accounts - here's how to stay safe

Storm-2949 is engaged in a "methodical, sophisticated, and multi-layered" campaign…

Hackers Infiltrate GitHub by Compromising Employee Device

GitHub traced the breach to a malicious version of a Visual Studio Code extension, underscoring the threat of hackers manipulating popular developer tools.…

Mini Shai-Halud hackers publish over 600 compromised npm packages — developers warned to be on their guard

The Shai-Hulud campaign continues, now affecting hundreds of new packages and potentially compromising thousands of projects.…

Socket, which helps companies safeguard open-source code against hackers, raised $60M led by Thrive Capital at a $1B valuation (Dina Bass/Bloomberg)

Dina Bass / Bloomberg : Socket, which helps companies safeguard open-source code against hackers, raised $60M led by Thrive Capital at a $1B valuation — Socket, a cybersecurity sta…

GitHub says hackers stole data from thousands of internal repositories

The code hosting giant GitHub said it was investigating a breach, but said there was no evidence of customer data theft.…

CI/CD Strategies: The Cost of Over-Complexity for Indie Hackers

When developing my own products or quickly setting things up with a solo team, my perspective on...…

Hackers Spent Nearly 3 Months Inside the New York City Health System Before Anyone Noticed

Anthropic Launches Self-Hosted Claude Agents: What Indie Hackers Need to Know

Anthropic launched self-hosted sandboxes and MCP tunnels for Claude Managed Agents. Here is the honest breakdown for indie hackers building with Claude.…

#1 on Indie Hackers last Saturday. No idea if anyone will pay though. Help me think this through.

Together, Edera and Minimus Claim They Can Protect Your Software from AI Hackers

Edera and Minimus announced they were teaming up to deliver what they claim is true end‑to‑end container security.…

Hackers have compromised dozens of popular open source packages in an ongoing supply chain attack

The attacks are part of a wider campaign known as Mini Shai-Hulud, which has already compromised several open source projects and, in turn, developers and companies that use them.…