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NEAR Intents Says It Found Its Hacker — Then Gave Them 48 Hours To Return $3.8M

NEAR Intents says it has identified the person behind a $3.8 million exploit and is giving the alleged hacker just 48 hours to return the stolen funds.

XingChiOct 02, 2026 6:24 pm

Crypto Had Its Worst Hack Month of 2026. Two Breaches Caused Almost Everything

Crypto hackers had their biggest month of 2026 in September, but the staggering numbers hide an even more striking detail: two massive breaches accounted for almost all of the month’s reported losses.

XingChiOct 02, 2026 3:13 pm

Three OpenAI Safety Researchers Fired Over Alleged Confidential Information Sharing With External AI Group

OpenAI has fired three safety team members for allegedly sharing confidential company information with an outside AI safety organisation. The dismissals come as OpenAI faces growing scrutiny over AI agent security incidents and its handling of internal safety concerns.

WeatherlyOct 02, 2026 3:11 pm

MetaMask Pulls Ethereum Validators After Security Breach — But Won’t Say What Was Compromised

MetaMask is pulling affected Ethereum validators out of operation after discovering a security incident inside part of its infrastructure, turning an otherwise opaque breach into a major precautionary move across its staking business.

XingChiOct 02, 2026 2:09 pm

Meta Disputes Claim That Muse AI Accessed Private iMessages Without User Consent

Meta has denied that its Muse AI agent accessed a journalist’s private Messages without permission, saying users must enable Full Disk Access and the Messages connector. The journalist said both permissions were off when Muse referenced his private texts, leaving the two sides with conflicting accounts of how the AI accessed the information.

AnaisOct 02, 2026 12:00 pm

Chinese Open-Weight AI Models Help Cybersecurity Firm Top HackerOne Hacking Contest

Chinese artificial intelligence models are showing strong capabilities in cybersecurity, after a US-based security company used open-weight models from Chinese AI developer Z.ai to finish at the top of a HackerOne vulnerability-finding competition.

ZoeyOct 02, 2026 10:32 am

Chinese Hackers Impersonate AI Experts to Target US Policy Researchers

The campaign demonstrates how modern phishing attacks are becoming more targeted.

ZoeyOct 02, 2026 10:05 am

Bloomberg Terminal Now Tracks Stablecoin Supply, Transfers, Mints And Burns

Bloomberg has launched a stablecoin dashboard on its Terminal, allowing financial professionals to track supply, issuance, transfers and other onchain activity. Powered by Allium, the dashboard covers stablecoins with more than $100 million in circulation, representing over 98% of the market.

WeatherlyOct 01, 2026 6:16 pm

US Government’s New AI Chatbot Has A Weird Minecraft Secret

Ask the chatbot on America.gov about Minecraft, and instead of delivering a straightforward explanation, it reportedly launches into a roughly 1,800-word bureaucratic remix of the game’s famous “End Poem.”

XingChiOct 01, 2026 5:36 pm

US Military Data Breach Exposes Personal Records Of More Than 3 Million Living And Deceased Personnel

A vulnerability in a US military file-sharing system exposed personal records of about 2.76 million living and 294,000 deceased personnel between October 2025 and July 2026. The exposed data included Social Security numbers, names and military details, while officials said there is currently no evidence the information has been misused.

AnaisOct 01, 2026 5:34 pm

Tokyo Court Recognises Voice As A Protected Right After Jujutsu Kaisen Actor Challenges TikTok AI Videos

A Tokyo court ruled that human voices can be protected under Japan’s publicity rights after voice actor Kenjiro Tsuda sued TikTok over an alleged AI voice clone. The court rejected his removal request because the videos were already deleted.

WeatherlyOct 01, 2026 4:37 pm

McDonald’s AI Is Deciding What A Big Mac Should Cost — And Franchisees Are Being Pressured To Follow

McDonald’s is using artificial intelligence to help decide how much customers should pay for its menu items, with machine-learning models estimating what shoppers at individual restaurants are willing to tolerate before recommending an “optimal price” for everything from a Big Mac to other menu items, according to a Reuters report.

XingChiOct 01, 2026 4:05 pm

CFTC Secures $31.48 Million Judgment After Two Operators Made False Crypto Investment Claims

A US court ordered Fundsz board members Brian Early and Alisha Ann Kingrey to pay $31.48 million after finding they falsely promoted high returns from cryptocurrency and precious metals trading. The CFTC said Fundsz did not trade customer funds as promised and that the reported profits were fabricated.

AnaisOct 01, 2026 3:42 pm

The CLARITY Act Failed, But That Seems To Accelerate The Push For Crypto...

The US crypto industry spent months pushing Congress toward a long-awaited regulatory framework. When the Senate failed to advance the Digital Asset Market Clarity (CLARITY) Act, Stand With Crypto did not back away from the fight — it took the fight to the ballot box.

XingChiOct 01, 2026 3:03 pm

North Korean-Linked WaterPlum Group Targets IT Workers in Fake Job Scam, Steals $10.7 Million in Crypto

The campaign primarily targets individual IT professionals, including software developers, web designers, freelancers and people working in cryptocurrency, blockchain and Web3.

ZoeyOct 01, 2026 2:47 pm

Singapore’s Crypto Economy Surged 55%. Southeast Asia Is Showing Why The Market Is Changing

While the broader Central and Southeast Asia and Oceania (CSAO) crypto economy contracted 6.8% in the year through June 2026, Singapore’s activity jumped 55.4% to $284 billion, making it the region’s largest measured crypto economy, according to Chainalysis.

XingChiOct 01, 2026 11:23 am

Gate’s BENUSDT Dividend Mistake Wipes Out Crypto Shorts as 200 Accounts Are Affected

Gate mistakenly applied a $0.33 stock dividend adjustment to the BENUSDT crypto contract, where the payment was hundreds of times larger than its market price and wiped out short traders through liquidations.

WeatherlyOct 01, 2026 11:10 am

Google Restricts Access to New AI Model Over Cybersecurity and Misuse Concerns

The restricted rollout reflects growing concern among cybersecurity researchers that increasingly capable AI models could lower the technical barrier for sophisticated cyberattacks.

ZoeyOct 01, 2026 10:57 am

China Says Crypto Anonymity Is Just A Myth. Monero And Zcash Tell A Different Story

China’s Ministry of State Security has just broken down one of crypto’s oldest assumptions: that digital assets can provide a financial escape from government surveillance.

XingChiSep 30, 2026 6:23 pm

Crypto Hacker Faces Trial Over Alleged $54 Million Uranium Finance Attack And High-Value Collectibles Purchases

US prosecutors allege Jonathan Spalletta exploited Uranium Finance twice in April 2021, stealing more than $50 million in crypto and moving some of the funds through Tornado Cash. The alleged proceeds were later used to buy rare Pokémon and Magic: The Gathering cards, a Roman coin and historic aircraft material, while the charges against Spalletta remain allegations.

WeatherlySep 30, 2026 6:09 pm

Binance Pay Brings Crypto Payments To PayPay’s 10 Million Plus Merchants For Overseas Visitors In Japan

Binance Pay now lets eligible overseas visitors spend cryptocurrency at more than 10 million PayPay-affiliated merchants across Japan through the HIVEX payment network. Merchants receive payments in Japanese yen, while Binance users can pay directly from their crypto balances without converting funds into yen first.

AnaisSep 30, 2026 5:29 pm

American Bitcoin Lost 92% While Bitcoin Fell 25%. What Went Wrong?

American Bitcoin was supposed to give investors a way to gain exposure to Bitcoin through a publicly traded company combining mining with an aggressive BTC accumulation strategy.

XingChiSep 30, 2026 5:28 pm

Cybersecurity Consultant Goes on Trial Over Alleged $55 Million Crypto Hack

He has pleaded not guilty and faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted of the most serious charge.

ZoeySep 30, 2026 5:13 pm

Bitget Sees $463 Million Outflow As Users Pull Funds After $387.5 Million Crypto Hack

Bitget users withdrew 4,098 BTC worth more than $334 million within an hour after the exchange reopened withdrawals following its $387.5 million hack. Bitget’s Bitcoin reserves fell by about 4,642 BTC, while its Protection Fund dropped below $200 million as the exchange works to restore services and trace the stolen funds.

WeatherlySep 30, 2026 4:41 pm

OpenAI Pauses AI Training After Its Agents Crossed Into US Government Systems

OpenAI has paused training of its latest AI models after autonomous agents interacted with multiple US government websites in ways the company says went beyond their intended instructions.

XingChiSep 30, 2026 4:16 pm

Hong Kong Boards Face AI and Cybersecurity Skills Gap as Technology Risks Grow

Companies deploying AI need to consider not only traditional threats such as malware, phishing and data breaches, but also whether AI systems have access to information and corporate systems beyond what is necessary for their tasks.

ZoeySep 30, 2026 4:09 pm

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