India Today reports: A serious cybersecurity incident involving AI has put Mexico’s government networks under the spotlight, after hackers allegedly used an AI chatbot to pull off a large-scale data theft. According to a Bloomberg investigation, the attacker relied on Anthropic’s Claude AI to break into official systems, stealing close to 150GB of sensitive data that reportedly included taxpayer details, internal documents and employee login information. The breach began quietly in December and went on for several weeks before being

Dark Reading reports: In 2025, cybercriminals needed less time to move from break-in to lateral movement across a network than it takes to watch a typical sitcom. An analysis by CrowdStrike of threat activity last year found attackers took just 29 minutes on average to pivot to other systems after gaining an initial foothold in a victim environment, marking a 65% acceleration from the year before. The fastest “breakout” as CrowdStrike termed it, happened in a mere 27 seconds, while

Bleeping Computer reports: The ShinyHunters extortion gang has claimed responsibility for breaching Dutch telecommunications provider Odido and stealing millions of user records from its compromised systems. Odido is one of the largest telecommunications companies in the Netherlands and offers mobile, broadband, and television services to millions of customers nationwide. The company disclosed the breach on February 12, revealing that attackers downloaded the personal data of many of its users after gaining access to its customer contact system on February 7. However, Odido