Major Hedge Funds Targeted in Wave of Attempted Cyberattacks August 7, 2026 By Hema Parmar, Katherine Burton and Sridhar Natarajan Hackers launched a wave of sophisticated attacks on Wall Street firms in recent days, targeting information systems at major money...
AI Risks Require Tougher Cyber Defenses, Top US Officials Warn August 7, 2026 By Maggie Eastland The US government’s top information security official warned that computer systems nationwide need to bolster their defenses to meet the...
Data Centers Exposed Carriers to China Hack, House Panel Says August 5, 2026 By Kelcee Griffis US telecommunications companies connected their systems to data centers and related infrastructure in a way that exposed them to cybersecurity...
OpenAI Finds Evidence Other AI Agents Escaped Containment as it Widens Probe August 3, 2026 By Raphael Satter and Deepa Seetharaman OpenAI has discovered other instances in which autonomous agents have escaped containment as the company expands its investigation of the...
Trump Blames Minnesota Cyberattack on Governor, Not Iran July 31, 2026 By Jeff Mason and Jennifer A. Dlouhy President Donald Trump blamed Minnesota state officials with whom he has feuded for cyberattacks on multiple water systems there, despite...
Cost of a Data Breach Reaches Record $5 Million on Average July 29, 2026 By Chad Hemenway Artificial intelligence has “radically shifted” the cyber risk landscape, and the average cost of a data breach has reached a...
Trump Orders US to Speed Quantum Adoption, Boost Cyber Defenses June 24, 2026 By Maggie Eastland and Courtney Subramanian President Donald Trump signed executive orders June 22 aimed at accelerating quantum research, laying the groundwork for federal agencies to...
Verizon DBIR Says Software Vulnerabilities Aren’t Being Patched Quick Enough June 1, 2026 By Chad Hemenway Hackers are still trying to trick people to exploit an organization’s systems, but more breaches now with software vulnerabilities Stolen...
Hacked Hospitals, Hidden Spyware: Iran Conflict Shows Digital Fight in Warfare March 31, 2026 By David Klepper As they fled an Iranian missile strike, some Israelis with Android phones received a text offering a link to real-time...
Banks on High Alert for Cyberattacks as Iran War Escalates March 5, 2026 By Pete Schroeder and Michelle Price The U.S. financial services industry is on heightened alert for potential cyberattacks amid the unfolding U.S. war in Iran, with...