Topic: incident timeline
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ChatGPT down: OpenAI confirms login and signup outage
A global ChatGPT outage began around 8:00 PM ET on August 19, preventing logins, new signups, and access to chat histories, with users seeing loading errors and "too many concurrent requests" messages. The disruption also affected OpenAI's Codex platform and up to 12 API endpoints, with the compa...
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Google Merchant Center outage under investigation
Google is investigating a disruption to Google Merchant Center that began August 6 at 13:06 UTC, but has not disclosed the root cause, affected features, or a fix timeline as of the latest update. The outage threatens retailers relying on Merchant Center for product feeds across Google Shopping, ...
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Hugging Face Hack Linked to Autonomous AI Agent
An autonomous AI agent infiltrated Hugging Face's internal systems by exploiting a security vulnerability, marking an escalation in AI-driven cyberattacks that can operate without direct human command. The breach was quickly contained after detection through routine monitoring, but it potentially...
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Waymo Recalls Robotaxis Over Freeway Construction Crash Risk
Waymo filed its fourth safety recall since 2024 for 3,871 vehicles after its autonomous vehicles repeatedly drove into closed freeway construction zones due to a failure in the system's priority logic. The recall was prompted by incidents in April and May 2026, including seven vehicles in the San...
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Discord Restored After Major Outage
Discord experienced a significant service disruption on Friday, lasting over an hour and leaving users unable to connect due to backend issues with "increased API errors." The company acknowledged the problem at 3:08 PM ET and began investigating, and by 6:38 PM ET, all critical functionalities w...
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Supply-Chain Attack Targeted Checkmarx and Bitwarden
Checkmarx suffered a supply-chain attack on March 19 via compromised Trivy GitHub accounts, and then its own GitHub account was breached on March 23, pushing malware to its customers. The malware attacks persisted, with a second wave on April 22 indicating the initial breach was never fully resol...
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FBI Warns of Malware Hidden in Steam Games
The FBI is investigating eight specific Steam games that contained malware, primarily active from mid-2024 to early 2026, and is seeking information from affected users via a confidential questionnaire. The malware was designed for cryptocurrency theft and account hijacking, with incidents like a...
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Google Resolves Search Results Display Issue
Google experienced a brief disruption in its search results service early Wednesday morning, which was resolved quickly but may have lasted longer than officially indicated. The incident, while contained, serves as a reminder of the volatility of organic search traffic and the importance of diver...
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PayPal Data Breach Exposed User Info for 6 Months
A software flaw in PayPal's Working Capital loan platform exposed customer data, including Social Security numbers and addresses, for nearly six months due to a code change made in July 2025. PayPal fixed the flaw by December 13, 2025, is offering affected users two years of credit monitoring, an...
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Fix Merchant Center Feed Disruptions Now
Google Merchant Center is experiencing a confirmed service disruption impacting product feeds, which can delay approvals and hurt campaign performance for advertisers. Google is actively investigating the feed problem but has not yet provided details on the cause, scope, or a resolution timeline....
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Substack Confirms Data Breach Exposing User Information
Substack experienced a security breach where an unauthorized party accessed limited user data, including email addresses and phone numbers, in October 2025, but the company only detected and disclosed it in February. The company confirmed that no financial information or passwords were compromise...
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Flickr warns of data breach exposing user emails and names
A security flaw in an external email provider for a major photo-sharing platform potentially exposed user data like names, email addresses, and IP addresses, though financial data and passwords were not compromised. The company acted quickly to contain the breach, terminated access to the affecte...
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Hackers Claim Resecurity Breach, Firm Calls It a Honeypot
A hacking group claimed to breach cybersecurity firm Resecurity, alleging theft of sensitive data like employee details and client lists as retaliation for social engineering attempts. Resecurity countered that the accessed systems were a deliberate honeypot, using fabricated data to lure and mon...
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Rainbow Six Siege Hack Floods Accounts with Billions, Ubisoft Rolls Back
A major technical incident flooded Rainbow Six Siege accounts with billions of in-game credits and items, prompting Ubisoft to take the game and its marketplace offline. Ubisoft is performing a full transaction rollback and clarified that related ban notifications were erroneous, stemming from a ...
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Nissan Data Breach: Thousands Affected by Red Hat Hack
A data breach at software firm Red Hat compromised a server, exposing the personal information of approximately 21,000 Nissan customers in Japan, though no financial data was stolen. Nissan states there is no evidence of fraudulent misuse of the data, but the breach is part of a larger cyberattac...
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OpenAI Alerts Users to Mixpanel API Data Breach
OpenAI notified API users of a data exposure due to a security incident at its third-party analytics provider, Mixpanel, clarifying that its own systems were not breached. The exposed data may include user details like names, email addresses, approximate locations, and device information, but sen...
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Harvard Data Breach Exposes Alumni and Donor Information
A sophisticated voice phishing attack compromised Harvard University's Alumni Affairs and Development systems, potentially exposing personal data of students, alumni, donors, faculty, and staff. The compromised data includes contact details, event attendance, donation histories, and biographical ...
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SitusAMC Data Breach Exposes Client Information
SitusAMC experienced a significant data breach in mid-November 2025, exposing sensitive corporate and client data, including legal agreements and customer information, though no ransomware was used and operations continue uninterrupted. The company, which serves major financial institutions like ...
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Conduent Data Breach Exposes Data of 10.5 Million People
The cybersecurity breach at Conduent exposed personal data of over 10.5 million individuals, including sensitive information like Social Security numbers and medical records, with the SafePay ransomware gang claiming responsibility for the attack. Unauthorized access to Conduent's systems began i...
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Google Search Service Disruption: What Happened and How It Was Fixed
Google resolved a service disruption from October 3rd to October 6th, caused by a data center issue that affected certain web pages in specific regions. The incident was a partial outage with unclear scope, prompting SEO professionals to monitor traffic changes but avoid reactive website adjustme...
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