The worst hacks and breaches of 2026 (so far) | TechCrunch
From a massive DOGE data breach and the hacking of critical energy and water systems to the hack of an FBI surveillance system, here are the most damaging security incidents and data…
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Hacked, leaked, and held for ransom: The worst breaches of 2026 so far | TechCrunch
From a massive DOGE data breach and the hacking of critical energy and water systems to the hack of an FBI surveillance system, here are the most damaging security incidents and data…
Backed by $60M in funding, Oak steps out of stealth to fix the identity mess that AI agents are making worse | TechCrunch
…Outdated credentials and poor identity access management — or IAM, the systems that control who and what can access company data — are a common security vulnerability, one that AI is expected to make…
Anthropic's safety warnings may have just backfired — the government has pulled the plug on its most powerful AI | TechCrunch
…tightly restricted ever since because of what Anthropic described as its exceptional ability to find security vulnerabilities in software. According to Anthropic, Mythos identified flaws in every major operating system and web…
US defense contractor who sold hacking tools to Russian broker ordered to pay $10M to former employers | TechCrunch
…Last year, Williams was arrested and accused of stealing seven unspecified trade secrets — almost certainly cyber exploits, which is code that hijacks software vulnerabilities, and surveillance technology — from Trenchant and then selling…
Hackers hack victims hacked by other hackers | TechCrunch
…Those hacks have included a breach of the European Commission’s cloud infrastructure , and a broadscale cyberattack against widely used vulnerability scanner tool Trivvy , which affected any company that relied on it…