New Meta AI tool exposed thousands of private conversations online
A sharing feature in Meta's new artificial intelligence platform, Muse, left thousands of users' private conversations accessible to the public.
A cybersecurity issue forces a major US hospital to divert patients and close clinics
A major hospital network in New Mexico raced to fix a cybersecurity issue on Oct 26 that forced it to send ambulances to other hospitals and left the state without an emergency department capable of treating the most serious injuries.
Japan vows to address cyber attack on FX with urgency
Japan will address the damage stemming from a cyber attack on a foreign exchange trading platform with a sense of urgency, but no new attacks have been detected, the nation's finance minister said.
Australia warns of 'unprecedented' AI threat
Artificial intelligence poses an "unprecedented" threat as foreign governments turn it loose to hack computer networks and critical infrastructure.
Japan PM vows swift response to wave of cyberattacks
Japan will draft an emergency cybersecurity policy package in response to a sudden recent wave of hacking incidents, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Oct 26.
US medical lab operator reports cyber breach affecting 'certain patient records'
US medical laboratory operator Quest Diagnostics said it learned of a cyber breach of one of its systems this week, likely compromising some records for patients.
Researchers say hackers targeted PHP before flaws were known
Hackers attempted to exploit security vulnerabilities in the widely used programming language PHP several days before the flaws became public.
Websites down: what is PHP and how has it raised AI hacking fears?
Artificial intelligence has found critical security flaws in a major programming language called PHP, with many websites taken offline on Oct 22 as organisations worldwide scramble to fend off would-be hackers.
Booking.com probed over alleged failure to tackle scams and fraud
The European Commission has opened an investigation into whether the online travel platform Booking.com violated EU law by failing to diligently combat fraudulent listings and phishing scams.
Researchers: AI agents on Tencent Cloud try to break into Alibaba’s Amap
Between Sept 28 and Oct 8, Tencent agents made more than 2,600 attempts to extract data from Alibaba's Amap navigation service.
