Topic: corporate response
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DJI Pays $30K to Hacker Who Exposed 7,000 Robovac Flaws
A security researcher discovered a major flaw in DJI's Romo robot vacuum network, exposing around 7,000 devices to potential remote access and viewing into private homes. DJI confirmed a $30,000 reward, has patched one vulnerability, and is implementing a broader system upgrade to address more se...
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SandboxAQ Accuses Ex-Exec of Extortion Attempt
SandboxAQ is embroiled in a lawsuit with its former Chief of Staff, Robert Bender, who alleges wrongful termination after raising concerns about CEO misconduct and misleading financial disclosures. The company has forcefully denied all allegations, calling Bender a "serial liar" and asserting its...
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‘This is fine’ creator accuses AI startup of stealing his art
KC Green, creator of the "This is fine" meme, says AI startup Artisan used his comic without permission in a subway ad, altering the dog's speech bubble to promote its AI sales tool. Artisan initially expressed respect for Green and said it was reaching out, but this is not the company's first co...
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Microsoft Engineer's Mass Resignation Email After 13 Years Goes Viral
A longtime principal software engineer at Microsoft resigned over ethical concerns, citing the company's military contracts with Israel and accusing it of enabling human rights violations. Microsoft suspended some cloud services for an Israeli military unit after an investigation confirmed its pl...
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Vaughn Gittin Jr. Claims AI Wrote Negative Mustang Review
A Car And Driver review found the heavily modified, $110,000 RTR Spec 3 Mustang was outperformed in key metrics by a standard Mustang GT, leading to a critical assessment of its performance value. RTR founder Vaughn Gittin Jr. defended the car's driving philosophy in the article's comments and qu...
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Avnet Data Breach: Stolen Data Deemed Unreadable
Avnet confirmed a data breach involving externally hosted cloud storage, where unauthorized individuals accessed a database for an internal sales application in the EMEA region, but the proprietary platform itself was not compromised. The company detected the intrusion on September 26, immediatel...
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McGraw Hill Data Breach Impacts 13.5 Million Users
The ShinyHunters extortion group leaked data from 13.5 million McGraw Hill user accounts, exploiting a misconfiguration in a Salesforce environment earlier this month. The exposed personally identifiable information includes names, addresses, and emails, which can be used for targeted spear-phish...
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Grok Users: Beware of Malicious Links You Click
Hackers are using Grok's chatbot to distribute malware by embedding malicious links in adult video ads, a method called "Grokking." This tactic not only infects users but also boosts the malware sites' search engine rankings due to Grok's responses being indexed by Google. Experts advise enabling...
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CenterPoint Energy confirms data breach in cyberattack
CenterPoint Energy confirmed a significant data breach after an external threat actor leaked approximately 7.49 million customer records, including sensitive personal and billing details, via an insecure public-facing API. The utility provider reported that its core electric and gas services rema...
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CISA Warns: Secure Microsoft Intune to Prevent Mass Device Wipes
A major cyberattack on Stryker Corporation, claimed by pro-Iran hackers, exploited its device management system to remotely wipe thousands of employee devices, causing significant global operational disruption. In response, U.S. cybersecurity agency CISA issued urgent guidance, advising organizat...
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ChatGPT's Strangest Leak: Cringey Chat Logs Found in Google Analytics
A privacy breach allowed private ChatGPT user conversations to appear in Google Search Console, exposing sensitive personal and business discussions. SEO experts discovered evidence suggesting OpenAI was harvesting Google Search data using actual user prompts, raising significant privacy concerns...
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Amazon edited guns out of James Bond movie posters
Amazon digitally removed James Bond's iconic Walther PPK handgun from movie posters for James Bond Day, leading to clumsy edits and immediate fan backlash. Following criticism, Amazon replaced the altered posters with still frames from the films, but these images also avoided showing firearms, an...
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Meta Accused of Suppressing VR Safety Research for Kids
Whistleblowers allege Meta is suppressing research on potential harms of VR to children, with legal interference to block unfavorable findings. Meta denies the claims, stating it has approved numerous studies on youth safety and improved parental controls for its VR products. These allegations wi...
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Microsoft HQ Lockdown: Activists Occupy Brad Smith's Office
Activists occupied Microsoft President Brad Smith's office, protesting the company's cloud contracts with Israel and leading to a campus lockdown and arrests. Smith criticized the protest method, emphasizing Microsoft's preference for internal dialogue over confrontational demonstrations regardin...
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GTA VI Leaks Continue Ahead of Gameplay Premiere
Three leaked GTA VI gameplay clips surfaced online, showing protagonist Jason Duval in various scenes, including basketball, combat, and a nighttime sequence with a taser and truck hijacking, ahead of the official trailer's Netflix debut on August 27th. The leaks are watermarked by "CyberLeek," w...
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Trump’s AI protectionism now targets robotics
The FCC has banned imported advanced robots, citing national security risks from data collection and the need to protect U.S. robotics firms from Chinese competition, signaling a broader push to shield the AI sector. Critics argue the ban could backfire, as U.S. researchers heavily rely on cheap ...
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Anthropic exposed unreleased AI model in unsecured database
A misconfigured content management system at Anthropic led to the public exposure of nearly 3,000 unpublished assets, including details on an unreleased advanced AI model and a private CEO event, due to human error. The leaked data included specifics about a next-generation AI model with major im...
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AI Startup Exposed Database Leaks Massive Nude Image Trove
A major security breach at an AI startup exposed over a million images and videos, predominantly nonconsensual adult content, including digitally manipulated imagery that placed children's faces on nude bodies. The unsecured database, linked to sites like MagicEdit, was growing rapidly and highli...
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Nintendo Hit by Alleged Data Breach, Hackers Claim
The hacking group Crimson Collective claims to have breached Nintendo, alleging access to internal development assets and administrative files, though these claims are currently unverified. Nintendo has not issued a public statement on the alleged breach, leaving the scope and validity unclear, i...
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Smart Glasses Without the Creep Factor: Is It Possible?
Meta's camera-equipped smart glasses face privacy criticism, with users bypassing indicator lights, prompting Meta to add anti-tamper features that disable the device if hardware is interfered with. Privacy concerns extend beyond recording, as Meta briefly added a facial recognition feature (Name...
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