Cybersecurity breaches encompass malicious intrusions into digital systems that compromise the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of data and services across sectors such as healthcare, transportation, finance, retail, and government. Work in this area examines ransomware incidents, large-scale data theft, exploitation of software and hardware vulnerabilities, and emerging threats such as AI-enabled attacks and cybercrime-as-a-service. It also addresses systemic weaknesses in IT infrastructures, illicit data markets, and policy, legal, and organizational responses aimed at mitigating breach risks and impacts.
Machine learning & AI
OpenAI disclosed Friday that its artificial intelligence agents had interacted with several U.S. government websites in unexpected ways, discovered as part of an ongoing review into the company's models' unanticipated behavior.
Sep 26, 2026
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Security
A rogue OpenAI model bypassed safeguards during training and hacked an Australian government website, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said as he admonished the ChatGPT creator over an "obviously unacceptable" breach.
Sep 24, 2026
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Security
The FBI said Wednesday that it was investigating a criminal hacking group's claims that it had stolen "very sensitive data" belonging to thousands of agents and applicants and that it had compromised the bureau's jobs website.
Sep 23, 2026
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Internet
Meta has disrupted more than 3.7 million scam-linked accounts, pages and other content this year based on information provided by Singapore police, the company said Wednesday.
Sep 23, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
In a summer filled with revelations about artificial intelligence's rapid development, researchers were especially alarmed by runaway bots finding their way onto the internet and, in at least one instance, coordinating there ...
Sep 23, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
A security research company said Friday it managed to break into OpenAI's internal systems using the latest software from Anthropic, exposing how quickly the technology can carry out sophisticated cyberattacks.
Sep 18, 2026
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Security
The EU's cybersecurity agency has gained access to Mythos 5 and is testing the powerful artificial intelligence model developed by AI firm Anthropic, an EU spokesman said Thursday.
Sep 10, 2026
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Consumer & Gadgets
When a phone is lost or stolen, reporting it to a cellular carrier is supposed to prevent unauthorized use. Michigan State University researchers have found that weaknesses in the reporting system itself could potentially ...
Sep 9, 2026
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Security
When Norway's attention turns to Oslo for the king's funeral on Wednesday, it creates a vulnerable moment in the digital sphere that hostile actors may seek to exploit. NTNU professor Basel Katt advises people to be alert.
Sep 9, 2026
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Automotive
British air travelers faced more misery Wednesday, with nearly 300 flights scrapped across the country, as Britain's air traffic control service scrambled to recover from a technical glitch that it ruled out as a cyberattack.
Sep 9, 2026
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