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Spain reports first alleged AI-powered data theft attack
Spain's data protection agency received a report of an AI agent autonomously exploiting flaws, logging in, altering personal data, and reading invoices.
The Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) was notified of an incident in which an AI agent powered by a known LLM reportedly searched for vulnerabilities, gained access to systems, modified personal data, and accessed financial documents. AEPD has not yet investigated or verified the report but says it shows AI-related data breaches are no longer theoretical. The agency urged defenders to revise incident-response procedures, strengthen credential and identity security, and explicitly account for machine-speed AI-assisted attacks.
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AI Model Evaluator METR Hit by Credential Theft, Probing
Threat actors stole an API key from AI evaluator METR and consumed $600,000 in public model credits; a second campaign probed its infrastructure.
Dark Reading reports that AI model evaluation nonprofit METR suffered a credential theft in which attackers obtained an API key that led to consumption of $600,000 worth of public AI model inference credits. METR also faced a separate sustained campaign in which financially motivated actors probed its publicly accessible infrastructure and attempted initial access via credential stuffing and OAuth token grants. No evidence of access to sensitive information was reported in either incident.
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Canada’s Hospital for Sick Children attacked by cybercriminals again as employee data stolen
Canada's Hospital for Sick Children reported a data theft incident exposing current and former employee data via a third-party application.
The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Canada's largest pediatric health center, disclosed that hackers stole personal information of current and former employees, job applicants, and SickKids Foundation staff, likely through a third-party software application. The attack briefly took down the hospital's careers website but did not involve clinical systems or patient information. Affected individuals were notified and offered two years of credit monitoring. The hospital was previously hit by ransomware in 2022.
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Leaks, data breaches, and ransom notes: The worst hacks of 2026 so far
TechCrunch's 2026 roundup covers SSA data exposure, Iranian water-utility attacks, Klue breach hitting ~200 firms, and Meta AI chatbot account hijacks.
TechCrunch's mid-year roundup highlights a whistleblower claim that DOGE uploaded a live Social Security database copy to an unsecured third-party server, which House Democrats called potentially the largest US breach in history. CISA reported Iranian hackers targeted over 100 US water providers over the summer, while Russian-linked attacks hit Polish, Swedish, and Norwegian energy and water infrastructure. Market research firm Klue was breached via a stale 2022 pilot credential, exposing cloud keys of ~200 customers including Jamf, HackerOne, and LastPass to extortion gang Icarus. Separately, tens of thousands of Instagram accounts were hijacked by abusing Meta's AI chatbot to trigger password resets to attacker-controlled emails.
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University of Texas forced to take systems offline in San Antonio after cyberattack
University of Texas at San Antonio took phones and other systems offline after detecting threat activity, with no evidence of data theft.
The University of Texas at San Antonio, which serves 40,000 students across six campuses, detected threat activity at the edge of its academic network over the weekend and took systems including phones offline. Its CTO said the activity was contained before reaching core systems and that the investigation found no evidence of data access or exfiltration. Mandatory password resets for students and teachers were ordered but delayed, and the student payment deadline was extended to Friday as classes begin Wednesday. No hacking group has claimed credit, and universities are frequently targeted around academic calendar transitions.
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