Guidance Emphasizes Importance of Ongoing Risk Assessments and Reminds Entities of Compliance Obligations Under Nation-Leading Cybersecurity Regulation September 10, 2026
Statement by the Federal Trade Commission: The Federal Trade Commission rescinded the 2021 Policy Statement on Breaches by Health Apps and Other
Many people are waiting today to see what happens in a federal court case involving a young man named Malone
MedTech Dive reports that DaVita, one of the largest dialysis providers in the U.S., has agreed to pay $15 million
The Next Web reports that a breach involving Thomson-Reuter’s C-track case management system has affected courts in at least 12
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The Record reports: Just in time for the World Cup’s “knockout” round, the U.S. government announced the seizure of hundreds
The New Humanitarian reports: A cyber-attack targeting the World Food Programme has exposed sensitive personal information belonging to some 600,000
The New York Times reports that OpenAI went rogue – again. OpenAI’s artificial intelligence went rogue and meddled with the websites for the Education Department, the Commerce Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission this summer without the A.I. lab’s knowledge, according to security researchers and a person familiar with the episodes. The incidents involving the Commerce Department and the S.E.C. were confirmed by OpenAI, which said it was continuing to investigate the situation with the Department of Education. The
Claims that AU Medicare had been hacked by an OpenAI agent made headlines everywhere this week. But was the compromise really a sophisticated action by an OpenAI agent, or was it easy peasy because AU Medicare had an obvious vulnerability? The Record reports: Security researchers are questioning whether an OpenAI agent needed to hack an Australian government health portal to access it, after a review of the website’s archived code found it explicitly directed visitors to an unauthenticated endpoint. Prime
More details have emerged about data allegedly hacked from the FBI job application portal, and experts suggest it could put individuals at risk. Reuters reports: FBI data allegedly stolen by the hacking group ShinyHunters carries granular detail about scores of bureau officials’ job assignments, including sensitive work against Chinese spies, Russian intelligence, drug cartels, and more, Reuters has found. The 5,000-line spreadsheet – said by the hackers to represent only a small piece of their claimed two- to three-terabyte trove –
In May 2026, the FBI published a bulletin about ShinyHunters that contained statements that ShinyHunters found offensive. So it hacked the FBI, defaced one of its websites, and then published a “PSA” explaining why they hacked the data. Mashable reports: The alleged stolen data includes names, home addresses, phone numbers, and details about some employees’ spouses, 404 Media reported. ShinyHunters’ stated demand to the FBI? Take back the warning. The group also reportedly defaced an FBI recruitment website with a
Ratopati reports that a ransomware attack on a Nepal Stock Exchange data center resulted in the closing of stock market trading on Monday. There are 90 broker companies in Nepal. These brokers use two data centers to store data related to transactions with their clients. Of these, Data Hub handles the data center work for 72 brokers, while Himalayan Cloud manages the data for the remaining 18 brokers. The trading had to be postponed as most of the brokers’ data
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Would you fall for this? And if you did, how long would it take your firm to recognize it? The
Claims that AU Medicare had been hacked by an OpenAI agent made headlines everywhere this week. But was the compromise
More details have emerged about data allegedly hacked from the FBI job application portal, and experts suggest it could put
Insurance Business Magazine considers the question of whether a firm’s cyberinsurance will cover a breach at its vendor. The detail
The Crypto Times reports Revolut has confirmed that approximately 680 customers were affected in the customer-data disclosure incident: The 680
Ratopati reports that a ransomware attack on a Nepal Stock Exchange data center resulted in the closing of stock market
The New York Times reports that OpenAI went rogue – again. OpenAI’s artificial intelligence went rogue and meddled with the websites for the Education Department, the Commerce Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission this summer without the A.I. lab’s knowledge, according to security researchers and a person familiar with the episodes. The incidents involving the Commerce Department and the S.E.C. were confirmed by OpenAI, which said it was continuing to investigate the situation with the Department of Education. The
Claims that AU Medicare had been hacked by an OpenAI agent made headlines everywhere this week. But was the compromise really a sophisticated action by an OpenAI agent, or was it easy peasy because AU Medicare had an obvious vulnerability? The Record reports: Security researchers are questioning whether an OpenAI agent needed to hack an Australian government health portal to access it, after a review of the website’s archived code found it explicitly directed visitors to an unauthenticated endpoint. Prime
More details have emerged about data allegedly hacked from the FBI job application portal, and experts suggest it could put individuals at risk. Reuters reports: FBI data allegedly stolen by the hacking group ShinyHunters carries granular detail about scores of bureau officials’ job assignments, including sensitive work against Chinese spies, Russian intelligence, drug cartels, and more, Reuters has found. The 5,000-line spreadsheet – said by the hackers to represent only a small piece of their claimed two- to three-terabyte trove –
In May 2026, the FBI published a bulletin about ShinyHunters that contained statements that ShinyHunters found offensive. So it hacked the FBI, defaced one of its websites, and then published a “PSA” explaining why they hacked the data. Mashable reports: The alleged stolen data includes names, home addresses, phone numbers, and details about some employees’ spouses, 404 Media reported. ShinyHunters’ stated demand to the FBI? Take back the warning. The group also reportedly defaced an FBI recruitment website with a
Guidance Emphasizes Importance of Ongoing Risk Assessments and Reminds Entities of Compliance Obligations Under Nation-Leading Cybersecurity Regulation September 10, 2026
Statement by the Federal Trade Commission: The Federal Trade Commission rescinded the 2021 Policy Statement on Breaches by Health Apps and Other
Many people are waiting today to see what happens in a federal court case involving a young man named Malone
MedTech Dive reports that DaVita, one of the largest dialysis providers in the U.S., has agreed to pay $15 million
The Next Web reports that a breach involving Thomson-Reuter’s C-track case management system has affected courts in at least 12
Miscellaneous News
The Record reports: Just in time for the World Cup’s “knockout” round, the U.S. government announced the seizure of hundreds
The New Humanitarian reports: A cyber-attack targeting the World Food Programme has exposed sensitive personal information belonging to some 600,000
Categories
Would you fall for this? And if you did, how long would it take your firm to recognize it? The
Claims that AU Medicare had been hacked by an OpenAI agent made headlines everywhere this week. But was the compromise
More details have emerged about data allegedly hacked from the FBI job application portal, and experts suggest it could put
Insurance Business Magazine considers the question of whether a firm’s cyberinsurance will cover a breach at its vendor. The detail
The Crypto Times reports Revolut has confirmed that approximately 680 customers were affected in the customer-data disclosure incident: The 680
Ratopati reports that a ransomware attack on a Nepal Stock Exchange data center resulted in the closing of stock market
