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OK Bot Hacks Dutch Gov: 30+ Accounts Compromised — SMS 2FA Still Alive in 2026

OK Bot Hacks Dutch Gov: 30+ Accounts Compromised — SMS 2FA Still Alive in 2026

TL;DR * Russian state-sponsored hackers compromise WhatsApp and Signal accounts via phishing authentication codes * Cybercriminals exploit misconfigured Salesforce Experience Cloud sites using customized AuraInspector tool to harvest data for social engineering * ScamAgent AI framework developed at Rutgers University bypasses safety guardrails to simulate realistic social engineering attacks 🤖 30+ Gov Accounts

270 AMRs Replace 1,200 Weekly Cart Pushes at Chery Plant — Workers Shift to Supervision

270 AMRs Replace 1,200 Weekly Cart Pushes at Chery Plant — Workers Shift to Supervision

TL;DR * ForwardX deploys 435 AMRs at Chery's Dalian plant, automating 80% of material delivery across welding and final assembly lines * Hyundai Donates Unmanned Firefighting Robots to South Korea's National Fire Agency with 50kph Speed and 800°C Heat Protection * OpenAI robotics head Caitlin Kalinowski resigns

98% Faster AI Storage Creation — On-Prem, Ransomware-Proof — Hits Enterprise NAS

98% Faster AI Storage Creation — On-Prem, Ransomware-Proof — Hits Enterprise NAS

TL;DR * QNAP releases QuTS hero 6 beta with ZFS-based HA clustering, immutable snapshots, KMIP, and on-prem LLM-powered RAG search for enterprise NAS * Intel launches Arc PRO B60 Dual 48G Liquid Edition with 32GB GDDR6 per GPU, enabling 336GB total VRAM for AI workstations with liquid cooling * MSI launches MAG

47.6M Revenue from AI Power Plants — Vietnam and South Korea Lead Energy Sovereignty Shift — But Global Inequality Grows

47.6M Revenue from AI Power Plants — Vietnam and South Korea Lead Energy Sovereignty Shift — But Global Inequality Grows

TL;DR * Korea Western Power and Doosan Enerbility Deploy AI-Powered Virtual Models for Combined-Cycle Power Plant Optimization * Australia Deploys Intelligent Document Automation for 10,000+ Annual Protection Visa Applications, Cutting Processing Time from Hours to Minutes * UCATAB Unveils Unified Causal Taxonomy of Algorithmic Biases, Classifying 21 Subtypes Across Emergent, Architectural,

45M Ransomware Payoff Exposes Corporate Cyber Delusion — UK, US, and EU Firms Most Exposed

45M Ransomware Payoff Exposes Corporate Cyber Delusion — UK, US, and EU Firms Most Exposed

TL;DR * Akira ransomware generated $45M in illicit payments in 2025, leveraging AI and double extortion tactics against 2,207 North American victims * U.S. regulators block mandatory age verification on Discord after privacy backlash and data breach * LLMs like GPT-5.2 and Claude 4.5 Opus detect conversation history

2.3 TOPS Edge AI on a Credit Card — Germany Leads as Wisconsin’s AI License Scanners Mistake Innocents

2.3 TOPS Edge AI on a Credit Card — Germany Leads as Wisconsin’s AI License Scanners Mistake Innocents

TL;DR * SMARC 2.2 module with NXP i.MX 8M Plus enables edge AI for industrial robotics, delivering 2.3 TOPS neural processing and dual MIPI-CSI camera support * Arduino VENTUNO Q launches with Qualcomm Dragonwing IQ8, delivering 40 TOPS on-device AI for robotics and edge applications * Flock Safety'

42,000 iPhones Hacked — iOS 13 Still Running Amid $75B Crypto Losses: Apple’s Patch Ignored

42,000 iPhones Hacked — iOS 13 Still Running Amid $75B Crypto Losses: Apple’s Patch Ignored

TL;DR * Google uncovers Coruna iOS exploit kit targeting 23 vulnerabilities across iOS 13–17.2.1 to steal crypto seed phrases * Critical CVE-2026-1492 vulnerability exploited in 60,000+ WordPress sites allows unauthenticated admin access * Wikimedia Foundation hit by self-propagating JavaScript worm modifying 3,996 pages and over 85 users&