Elon Musk’s Grok Imagine released a seven-minute AI-generated episode of Homer’s The Odyssey, but viewers criticised its poor visuals, awkward dialogue and historical inaccuracies. The clip also drew criticism for contradicting Musk’s promise of a historically accurate film, while Christopher Nolan’s adaptation has earned more than $1.7 billion worldwide.
AnaisBTCPay Server warned operators to shut down older installations after attackers gained administrator access and drained connected hot wallets, targeting versions 2.4.1 and earlier. The project has urged users to update to version 2.4.7, while investigating the attack and the total amount stolen.
WeatherlyRipple has expanded its partnership with Water.org with a $6 million commitment and a $1.25 million RLUSD grant to fund water and sanitation loans in Indonesia, the Philippines and Uganda.
AnaisAn unidentified EU entity may have lost more than $106 million after an attacker withdrew funds from several centralised exchange accounts and moved them through Ethereum, Monero and multiple cross-chain services. On-chain investigator ZachXBT identified 11 linked Ethereum addresses and said the attack was unlikely to be the work of North Korea's Lazarus Group.
AnaisNorth Korea has denied the FBI's claim that its hackers stole more than $6 billion from Binance, calling the allegations a political provocation. Pyongyang also tested new cruise missiles fitted with cluster warheads as tensions with the US continued to rise.
WeatherlySouth Korea’s FIU has referred three suspected unregistered crypto businesses, Aegis Ventures, TetherMax and SuperTrust, for investigation and requested website and app access restrictions against TetherMax and SuperTrust. The platforms reportedly charged trading fees of up to 10%, around 62 times the 0.16% average at the country’s five largest crypto exchanges.
AnaisAlchemy Pay has integrated its payment services into Telegram-based crypto platform Walt, allowing users in 173 countries to buy and sell cryptocurrencies using more than 50 fiat currencies and 300 payment channels.
WeatherlyGermany has warned members of parliament and other prominent figures that their iPhones may have been targeted by spyware, after Apple sent threat alerts to users in 99 countries. The BSI has advised recipients to assume their devices may be compromised, but the attackers' identities and the number of successful intrusions remain unknown.
AnaisBinance revealed that hackers used fake job interviews, malicious software and an internal AI tool to breach its systems and steal around $6.43 billion in crypto across 11 blockchains on 29 October.
AnaisAttackers stole about $6.3 billion from Binance's hot wallets, and South Korea's financial regulator has told local exchanges to tighten security and keep more customer funds offline. It is also considering lifting the cold wallet minimum from 80% to as much as 99%, though smaller exchanges warn this could slow withdrawals.
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