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August 7, 2026

Security researchers scanned the Polish web and found courts, hospitals, and airports at risk of hacks

https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/poland-cyber-internet-1232657831.jpg?resize=1200,800 Two Polish security researchers wanted to find out how vulnerable their country’s internet was to potential cyberattacks, and quickly found that thousands of public agencies […]
August 7, 2026

Computer maker Framework notifies ‘all customers’ of a data breach

https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Framework-Desktop-2.jpg?resize=1200,900 Framework, a company that makes modular repairable computers, said it has notified all of its customers that hackers stole their names, email addresses, phone numbers, […]
August 7, 2026

Chinese AI model Kimi escaped its cybersecurity testing environment, researchers say

https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2286500505.jpg?resize=1200,800 Kimi K3, the latest AI model made by Chinese company Moonshot, escaped an environment set up to test its cyber capabilities, researchers said in a […]
August 7, 2026

OpenAI’s new AI smart speaker will reportedly sell for between $300 and $400

https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/OpenAI-logo-in-Seoul.jpg?w=1024 More details continue to trickle out about OpenAI’s mysterious new hardware device — described previously as an AI-fueled smart speaker that will be the “physical […]
August 6, 2026

OpenAI’s new AI smart speaker will reportedly sell for between $300-$400

https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/OpenAI-logo-in-Seoul.jpg?w=1024 More details continue to trickle out about OpenAI’s mysterious new hardware device — described previously as an AI-fueled smart speaker that will be the “physical […]
August 6, 2026

Google says hackers are calling financial firm employees to hack and extort victims

https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/blackstone-wall-street.jpg?resize=1200,800 Even in the age of AI-powered autonomous cyberattacks, the crude, tried and tested hacking techniques of tricking victims into doing things they shouldn’t are still […]
August 6, 2026

China-linked LightSpy spyware caught targeting victims in 13 countries, including the US

https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/china_hack.jpg?resize=1200,800 Security researchers say they have evidence that a Chinese-linked spyware has expanded from mainland China to now target victims in over a dozen countries, including […]
August 6, 2026

Hacker pleads guilty to stealing data from more than 165 Snowflake customers

https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/snowflake-data-breaches.jpg?resize=1200,800 Connor Moucka, a 26-year-old Canadian citizen, has pled guilty to hacking more than 165 companies, stealing billions of records, and extorting several companies and individuals.  […]
August 5, 2026

PSA: Apple’s Private Relay can leak your real IP address

https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-1237753209.jpg?resize=1200,800 Apple’s Private Relay, an opt-in feature designed to hide a user’s IP address when they browse the internet with Safari, can be circumvented to reveal […]