OpenAI Commits $1 Billion to Cyberdefense Effort Amid Safety Scrutiny September 4, 2026 OpenAI said on Sept. 3 it would commit $1 billion in subsidized access to its AI cybersecurity tools, training and...
Thomson Reuters Detects Cyber Incident, Says Unauthorized Party Accessed Files September 3, 2026 A unit of Thomson Reuters detected a cybersecurity incident in 11 U.S. states, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Canada on...
Judge Approves $117.5 Million Settlement in ‘Complex’ Comcast Data Breach Case August 25, 2026 By Andrew G. Simpson A federal judge has approved a $117.5 million data breach settlement against Comcast Cable Communications. The agreement represents one of...
Hackers ‘Learn in Real Time’ As Agentic AI Drives 36% Uptick in Found Vulnerabilities August 18, 2026 By Chad Hemenway The use of agentic artificial intelligence is benefiting research in cyber vulnerabilities faster than it is used to exploit them—so...
UnitedHealth Investor Suit Alleges Security, Governance Lapses August 13, 2026 By John Tozzi and David Voreacos UnitedHealth Group Inc. board members ignored a raft of governance and oversight risks for years before catastrophic failures triggered billions...
Viewpoint: Understanding Why Privacy Claims Doubled in H1 2026 August 10, 2026 By Daniel Woods When we published our report The State of Web Privacylast November, our central argument was that privacy risk behaves less...
OpenAI Pauses Some Work on New Astra Model on Cyber Concerns August 10, 2026 OpenAI is pausing some internal work around one of its upcoming artificial intelligence models to implement stricter safeguards after the...
Meta AI Model Accessed Internet, Hacked Outside Firm August 6, 2026 By Riley Griffin and Rachel Metz Meta Platforms Inc. said one of its artificial intelligence models accessed the internet and hacked into an outside service’s systems...
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...
Cyber Firm Wiz Says Flaw Could Have Exposed Thousands of Microsoft Cloud Customers July 31, 2026 By Raphael Satter Alphabet-owned cybersecurity company Wiz said on Thursday it had found a sweeping flaw that could have compromised Microsoft and thousands...