The actual hack took place over a month ago and the bad actor has been on the move. The unknown hacker behind June’s exploit against the Ethereum maximal extractable value (MEV) bot jaredfromsubway.eth continues to try to time the market with their ETH moves, but with negative consequences. Using the proceeds they secured from...Read More
OpenAI Group PBC today disclosed that one of its unreleased large language models may pose a significant cybersecurity risk. The algorithm, which is known as Astra, was first detailed last week. OpenAI revealed in a Sunday blog post that the LLM had solved 10 long-running math problems. The company published the proofs and revealed that...Read More
OpenAI said Friday it has suspended work on some aspects of its upcoming model Astra after an internal review found it had made significant advancements in agentic coding and cybersecurity — enough to warrant concern over its capabilities. OpenAI said in a blog post Friday that this model, which is still in development, reached its...Read More
Lieutenant Governor Hosemann creates Senate select committee on cybersecurity Published 8:00 pm Friday, August 7, 2026 Lieutenant Governor Delbert Hosemann has created the Senate Select Committee on Cybersecurity to study the security of Mississippi’s state and local governments information systems and review the enforcement of penalties against those who commit cybercrimes. “Too many Mississippians find...Read More
By: Matthew Kerr, Quiver Data Analyst Posted: 12 hours ago / Aug. 7, 2026 12:50 p.m. UTC A New Mexico judge ordered Meta Platforms ($META) to establish a $567 million fund addressing harms linked to Facebook and Instagram, adding to $375 million in civil penalties previously imposed after a jury found the company violated state consumer-protection...Read More
This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META), the tech heavyweight behind Facebook and Instagram, edged about 1.2% higher in Friday trading as of 11:12 a.m. ET even as a major legal ruling landed. According to Reuters, a New Mexico court ordered Meta to contribute $567 million to a youth mental-health fund, adding to...Read More
AI and ML Or how I learned to stop worrying and love dangerous AI After acknowledging last month that unreleased AI models committed what for human perpetrators would be computer crimes, OpenAI now says it cannot rule out the possibility that Astra, a pending model release not involved in its Hugging Face hack, might possess...Read More
Security Intruder gained access to engineering files and potentially export-controlled technical data US defense and aerospace supplier IEH Corporation ‘fessed up that a criminal managed to break into its Microsoft 365 mailbox in a filing with regulators. In a Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday, IEH said one of its...Read More
DETROIT – Allanah Morales has lived at the Millie on Brush in downtown Detroit for almost two years, and she’s seen it all. “They’re good at selling dreams, and it’s a lot of people that move in on these dreams,” Morales said on Friday. “Two years later, and they’re like, ‘Well, what happened?’” Morales has...Read More
The Times says Prime Minister Andy Burnham is looking to relax some of Labour’s net zero targets, as part of his plan to tackle the cost of living crisis. The paper quotes the new energy secretary, Miatta Fahnbulleh, who said that the government “would not stick rigidly to the pledge made by her predecessor”. It...Read More
