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Binance Says Hackers Plotted $6.3 Billion Crypto Heist for Months

3 November 2026 at 18:09
A report from the cryptocurrency exchange described a monthslong campaign involving fake job interviews that exploited an engineer’s work computer and an internal A.I. tool.

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The hackers used a computer and an internal A.I. tool to take control of the machines of two engineers on Binance’s wallet team.

Binance Says Hackers Plotted $6.3 Billion Heist for Months

3 November 2026 at 15:59
A report from the cryptocurrency exchange described a monthslong campaign involving fake job interviews that exploited an engineer’s work computer and an internal A.I. tool.

© Gabby Jones/Bloomberg

The hackers used a computer and an internal A.I. tool to take control of the machines of two engineers on Binance’s wallet team.

Are Freezers Being Hacked? Europe and the U.S. Military Investigate.

3 November 2026 at 08:45
A wave of disruptions at grocery stores, which some officials blame on cyberattacks, highlights the vulnerability of supply chains. Shops across Europe were affected again on Monday.

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Shelves were empty at a grocery store in Névez, France, last month after hundreds of supermarket refrigeration systems in the country were targeted.

A.I. Discovered a Critical Vulnerability in PHP, a Coding Language Behind Many Websites

21 October 2026 at 19:04
The disclosure heightened concerns about A.I.’s potential to upend cybersecurity unless shortcomings are addressed.

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The website for the French government was temporarily unavailable on Wednesday amid hacking concerns stemming from major bugs in a piece of software used widely across the internet.

South Korea Investigates Possible Use of A.I. in Hackings on Its Banks

6 October 2026 at 08:51
The president said there were signs that such models were used in recent attacks on several banks involving customer data. Police are investigating.

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Hana Bank was one of several financial institutions in South Korea affected by recent cyberattacks.

OpenAI Ignored Employees’ Warnings About Safely Testing A.I. Models

Employees and security researchers said that they had cautioned the company on safely testing its A.I. models and strengthening its corporate infrastructure, but that OpenAI did not listen.

© Manuel Orbegozo for The New York Times

OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman.

How OpenAI’s Rogue A.I. Agents Tried to Trick a Robot Detector

25 September 2026 at 20:26
A new report by a Bay Area start-up called Parse adds details to an incident that has shocked the A.I. world and led to calls for closer government regulation.

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Sam Altman, center, OpenAI’s chief executive, spoke at a Security Council meeting during the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday.

OpenAI’s A.I. Tried Breaching Four Other Targets, With No Prompting

24 September 2026 at 16:49
In each incident, the technology appeared to be conducting mundane data collection and resorted to hacking techniques to get it, researchers said.

© Lucas Foglia for The New York Times

OpenAI’s offices in San Francisco. At least four times this year, the company’s artificial intelligence hacked or tried to break into government and university websites without being instructed to do so.

Anthropic Releases a New A.I. Model, Opus 5.5, Amid Safety Debate

22 September 2026 at 18:06
The company released a cheaper, faster model that it said was the strongest performer on its most rigorous internal safety tests to date.

© Eric Helgas for The New York Times

Anthropic’s new artificial intelligence model, Opus 5.5, was the first release since the company’s chief executive called for the industry to slow down.

What to Know About Recent A.I. Hacks at Google, Anthropic, OpenAI and Meta

22 September 2026 at 09:03
OpenAI, Google and others recently disclosed breaches by their artificial intelligence models that amplified concerns about the advancing capabilities of the technology.

© Manuel Orbegozo for The New York Times

An analysis of one recent hack by OpenAI technology helped to reveal how A.I. agents communicated with one another.

Gemini AI Hacked Three Companies in a Testing Breakout, Google Says

19 September 2026 at 00:31
A third-party test company inadvertently gave internet access to Google’s Gemini and other artificial intelligence models during cybersecurity testing.

© Andria Lo for The New York Times

The Gemini incidents occurred while the model was undergoing testing at Irregular, an Israeli start-up that works with tech companies to assess their A.I. models before they are publicly released.
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