A Chinese-speaking threat actor is using the DeepSeek AI model and the open-source Hermes Agent to conduct autonomous cyberattacks on exposed servers with limited human involvement.

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An awe-inspiring hacktivist who hacked two controversial government spyware makers may be the most prolific hacker to have never gotten caught. What do we know about Phineas Fisher?

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A hacker who claims to have breached Origin Energy's systems says they have reached a private agreement with the company and will not leak the stolen customer data. The claim came as Origin confirmed unauthorised access exposed customers' personal details and limited payment information.

A hacker has pulled off one of the most alarming AI-powered cyberattacks ever documented. According to Anthropic, the company behind Claude, a hacker used its artificial intelligence chatbot to research, hack, and extort at least 17 organizations.

Suno says it was breached in November and "no sensitive personal information was compromised."

An operator ran the Hermes AI agent with approval prompts disabled during a Thai finance ministry intrusion, then left its logs on an open directory.

On the morning of July 24 at the finals venue of the hacking defense competition "Codegate 2026" held at COEX in Samseong-dong, Seoul, the general division competition—which had begun at 9 a.m. the previous day—was about to conclude.

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