Topic: intellectual property theft
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Amgen cloud breach exposes patient health, proprietary data
Amgen confirmed a data breach in July 2026 involving theft of corporate files and patient health information from third-party cloud environments, prompting activation of its cybersecurity response and forensic investigation. Stolen data includes proprietary company information and patient protect...
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Man’s $45M Nicolas Cage film vanishes from Netflix’s desk
Netflix faces a lawsuit after an unencrypted hard drive containing the unreleased Nicolas Cage film "Fortitude" was stolen from its offices, with the company allegedly waiting a week to notify the production company and offering only to cover the drive's cost. The plaintiffs, Op-Fortitude and fin...
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Microsoft’s Nadella accuses Big AI of hypocrisy amid scrutiny of his own firm
Balzac’s observation that great fortunes often hide great crimes applies to Big AI companies like Anthropic and OpenAI, which train their LLMs on massive amounts of copyrighted material without compensating creators, labeling the practice "fair use." Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has criticized thi...
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Treasury threatens sanctions after White House alleges Moonshot copied Anthropic's Fable
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned that sanctions are a viable option against Chinese AI firms, accusing Moonshot of improperly distilling Anthropic’s Fable model and calling it "industrial-scale" IP theft. White House official Michael Kratsios alleged Moonshot used Nvidia’s GB300 serve...
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Why Kimi K3’s success isn’t about exploiting Anthropic’s Fable
White House science advisor Michael Kratsios accused Chinese AI company Moonshot of stealing proprietary U.S. technology by distilling Anthropic’s Fable model to build its Kimi K3 open-weight LLM, though he provided no evidence and Moonshot declined to comment on its training methods. AI experts,...
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OpenAI’s Brockman Praises Kimi K3, Skips Distillation Question
OpenAI president Greg Brockman called Chinese competitor Moonshot AI's K3 model "pretty good" but declined to confirm if it relied on distillation from OpenAI's models, contrasting with the White House's specific accusations against the startup. The White House accused Moonshot of accessing banne...
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White House Weighs Next Steps on Chinese AI
The Trump administration is divided between the White House, which favors stricter controls on Chinese AI models, and the Commerce Department, which argues such restrictions are impractical, a split intensified by the release of Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 model that rivals top U.S. systems. The White ...
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Abbott Investigates 2 Cyber Incidents Amid Extortion Claims
Abbott Laboratories is investigating two separate cybersecurity incidents: unauthorized access to legacy Exact Sciences systems in its Cancer Diagnostics division by the ShinyHunters extortion group, and a separate breach claim involving its LabCentral customer portal by threat actor ShadowByt3$....
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Game Clones Surge as AI Tools Speed Up Piracy
Indie developer Freya Holmér's innovative rotating Tetris concept was rapidly cloned using AI coding tools, with multiple imitations appearing in app stores within days, highlighting a new threat to independent creators. AI-powered cloning allows solo developers to produce functional game clones ...
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Alibaba bans Claude Code for hidden tracking of Chinese users
Alibaba banned employees from using Anthropic's Claude Code after discovering hidden steganographic tracking code that detected users in Chinese timezones and transmitted data invisibly through altered system prompts. Anthropic acknowledged the tracking as an experiment to prevent account abuse a...
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Foxconn Ransomware Attack Underscores Ongoing Security Risks
The ransomware group Nitrogen claims to have stolen 8 TB of sensitive data, including schematics from major clients like Apple and Dell, from Foxconn, which confirmed a cyberattack affecting its North American factories. Foxconn is a prime target due to its role as a global manufacturer holding i...
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Rockstar Games hacked, GTA 6 data held for ransom
A hacker group called ShinyHunters has breached Rockstar Games, claiming to possess sensitive data on the unreleased "Grand Theft Auto 6" and is holding it for ransom. The stolen data reportedly includes internal development files and financial details, with an alleged franchise development cost ...
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YC Startup Delve's Reputation Declines Further
Delve, a Y Combinator-backed compliance startup, faces new whistleblower allegations that it improperly used the open-source SimStudio tool to create its Pathways product, potentially violating its Apache license. Sim.ai's CEO confirmed Delve had no licensing agreement and was unaware they were s...
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US Sanctions Russian Broker Over Stolen Zero-Day Exploits
The U.S. Treasury sanctioned Russian broker Sergey Zelenyuk and his network, Operation Zero, under the Protecting American Intellectual Property Act for purchasing stolen hacking tools, marking the law's first use. The sanctions stem from a case where a former U.S. defense contractor employee sto...
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Advantest Hit by Ransomware Attack, Disrupting Chip Testing
Advantest, a key global semiconductor testing equipment manufacturer, confirmed a ransomware attack on its corporate network first detected in February 2026, though core production appears unaffected. The full impact, including whether sensitive customer or employee data was compromised, remains ...
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Cyber Threats Target Defense Industrial Base
Cyber threats against the defense industrial base have evolved from intelligence gathering to actively disrupting manufacturing and supply chains, posing a direct risk to national security and future wartime production capacity. Threat actors target the entire defense ecosystem, including smaller...
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Nike Hit by 1.4TB Data Breach, Ransomware Group Claims
Nike is investigating a major cybersecurity incident after the World Leaks ransomware group claimed to have published roughly 1.4 terabytes of internal company data, including sensitive business documents. The leaked files contain core operational information like product designs, supply chain de...
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Critical Git RCE Flaw (CVE-2025-48384) Actively Exploited by Attackers
A critical Git vulnerability (CVE-2025-48384) allows arbitrary code execution via maliciously crafted submodules, affecting macOS and Linux systems. CISA has confirmed active exploitation and mandated federal agencies to patch by September 15, 2025, with fixed Git versions released on July 8, 202...
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Chinese Hackers Exploit Critical SharePoint 'ToolShell' Flaws
Chinese-linked hacking groups (Linen Typhoon, Violet Typhoon, Storm-2603) are exploiting critical Microsoft SharePoint vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-53770, CVE-2025-53771) to steal data or deploy ransomware. Linen Typhoon targets government and defense sectors, while Violet Typhoon focuses on intelle...
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Chinese Hackers Exploit SharePoint Zero-Day, Warn Google & Microsoft
Google and Microsoft experts discovered a critical SharePoint vulnerability (CVE-2025-53770) exploited by Chinese state-sponsored hackers to steal encryption keys and compromise corporate networks. Three China-linked hacking groups (Linen Typhoon, Violet Typhoon, Storm-2603) have weaponized the f...
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