OpenAI agent accessed government website data after going rogue, company reveals
The disclosure comes at a time of heightened concern over AI agents acting outside of human control.
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The disclosure comes at a time of heightened concern over AI agents acting outside of human control.
Investigators are probing whether Iranian hackers are behind this week's malicious cyber activity against water systems in Minnesota. If they are found to be the culprits, it would not be the first time.
The most advanced artificial intelligence models are improving quickly enough to outsmart prevailing cybersecurity know-how within months, the Five Eyes spy agency alliance is warning.
The education platform is used by many colleges and school districts, including several in North Texas.
Many are questioning how Nancy Guthrie's Google Nest surveillance footage was recovered days after officials said it was disconnected with no active subscription to store video.
Officials warned that attackers could exploit the vulnerabilities to steal credentials, move laterally through networks, and potentially take full control of targeted systems.
Recently retired Gen. Tim Haugh warns that China is hacking America's computer systems – targeting water, infrastructure and telecommunications. He says China's capacity for targeting the U.S. is growing.
The insurer said it stopped the intrusion after identifying suspicious activity on its U.S. network last week.
Most schools — 86% — said a lack of funding was their top concern in defending against cyberattacks
Cuts to the U.S. cybersecurity agency and FBI affected the federal workers tasked with stopping foreign interference in elections.
Some airline employees had to resort to writing paper tickets for their passengers until around 1 p.m. Friday.
The outages Friday were connected to "a defect found in a single content update for Windows hosts," CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz said in a statement.
Victims include Johns Hopkins University, the University of Georgia, the BBC and British Airways.
"Bad actors have figured out ways to use public USB ports to introduce malware and monitoring software onto devices," the FBI Denver office tweeted in a general alert.
McKinney Methodist Hospital and two nearby surgical centers were targets of a cyber security attack last month by a notorious group of Russian hackers.
