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Latest news on hacks, cyberattacks, security vulnerabilities, and more.

Anthropic Teams Up With Its Rivals to Keep AI From Hacking Everything
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Anthropic Teams Up With Its Rivals to Keep AI From Hacking Everything

By Lily Hay Newman
The Hack That Exposed Syria’s Sweeping Security Failures
Facades

The Hack That Exposed Syria’s Sweeping Security Failures

By Danny Makki
Hackers Are Posting the Claude Code Leak With Bonus Malware
Security Roundup

Hackers Are Posting the Claude Code Leak With Bonus Malware

By Andy Greenberg, Dell Cameron, Maddy Varner, and Andrew Couts
Meta Pauses Work With Mercor After Data Breach Puts AI Industry Secrets at Risk
Supply Chains

Meta Pauses Work With Mercor After Data Breach Puts AI Industry Secrets at Risk

By Maxwell Zeff, Zoë Schiffer, and Lily Hay Newman
Apple Will Push Out Rare ‘Backported’ Patches to Protect iOS 18 Users From DarkSword Hacking Tool
Patchy Service

Apple Will Push Out Rare ‘Backported’ Patches to Protect iOS 18 Users From DarkSword Hacking Tool

By Andy Greenberg
Iranian Hackers Breached Kash Patel’s Email—but Not the FBI’s
Security Roundup

Iranian Hackers Breached Kash Patel’s Email—but Not the FBI’s

By Andy Greenberg, Dell Cameron, Lily Hay Newman, and Andrew Couts
Iranians Don’t Have a Missile Alert System, So Volunteers Built Their Own Warning Map
DIY

Iranians Don’t Have a Missile Alert System, So Volunteers Built Their Own Warning Map

By Matt Burgess and Lily Hay Newman
Cyberattack on a Car Breathalyzer Firm Leaves Drivers Stuck
Security Roundup

Cyberattack on a Car Breathalyzer Firm Leaves Drivers Stuck

By Matt Burgess, Lily Hay Newman, and Andy Greenberg
US Takes Down Botnets Used in Record-Breaking Cyberattacks
DDoS RIP

US Takes Down Botnets Used in Record-Breaking Cyberattacks

By Andy Greenberg
Hundreds of Millions of iPhones Can Be Hacked With a New Tool Found in the Wild
Update Now

Hundreds of Millions of iPhones Can Be Hacked With a New Tool Found in the Wild

By Andy Greenberg
A Hacker Accidentally Broke Into the FBI’s Epstein Files
Security Roundup

A Hacker Accidentally Broke Into the FBI’s Epstein Files

By Andy Greenberg, Maddy Varner, and Andrew Couts
How ‘Handala’ Became the Face of Iran’s Hacker Counterattacks
Chaos Agent

How ‘Handala’ Became the Face of Iran’s Hacker Counterattacks

By Andy Greenberg, Matt Burgess, and Lily Hay Newman