AI Agent Hacked into Crypto Wallet and Stole Funds, OpenAI Says
It questioned the ethics of what it was doing—before proceeding to do it.
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Hackers hijacked 1,900 GitHub accounts. Then they went after 30k repos
GhostAction hijacked about 1,900 GitHub accounts to plant credential-stealing Actions workflows in 30,000 repos. Blocking them won’t secure your secrets.
Hackers hijack D-Link, Ubiquiti devices to resell your stolen bandwidth
A proxyjacking campaign has impacted devices in 34 countries, monetizing victims
Is Hacker News still a good predictor of tech trends?
Re-running James Potter's 2021 HN-vs-Google-Trends study on 106,749 titles, HN led Google search by 75 months on Bitcoin, 12 on Kubernetes, 3 on ChatGPT and 0 on the 2025 wave; local-first, self-hosted and Zig are climbing on HN now with little or no search volume.
Canadian ransomware negotiator arrested amid FBI hacker crackdown
A Canadian ransomware negotiator was arrested Thursday and faces unspecified extortion charges, according to court documents, prison records and a person familiar with the matter, as the FBI cracks down on a hacking group that stole information about its employees.
Hackers get $1,262,000 for 98 zero-days at Pwn2Own Ireland
The Pwn2Own Ireland 2026 hacking contest has concluded, with hackers collecting $1,262,000 in rewards after exploiting 98 zero-day flaws.
OpenAI used AI to write email warning Australian government AI had hacked
Revelation comes after executive told parliamentary inquiry he did not believe AI had been used to write message, but was ‘happy to go and confirm’
Omarchy launches $100k bug bounty program on HackerOne
Omarchy now has an official bug bounty program on HackerOne! The Omacom Foundation has funded it with $100,000 for bounties, so researchers who find a real vulnerability and report it privately can now get paid for…
A Case Study in Pivoting: Investigating Hacked and Leaked Data on a Budget
AI may help, but nonprofits still face an uphill battle in allocating resources for extensive investigations into human rights abuses.
Agentic coding's effect on Hacker News hiring threads
Can you spot the effects of agentic coding on software engineering jobs? This is the comment volume on the monthly Who's Hiring vs Who Wants to be Hired threads on Hacker News
Hacker News hitting 62% AI content in September
🎉🥳 Wow! Huge! Congratulations to Hacker News for hitting 62% AI content in September. Up from 40% in Q1 and solidly on track for 70% by the end of the year: https://t.co/oFiBZKTBCc
Justice Department and FBI Seize Platforms Operated and Used by China Hackers
The Justice Department and FBI announced court-authorized domain seizures today to deny malicious cyber actors access to two complementary hacking platforms known as “QScan” and “QTRouter,” used to target U.S. critical infrastructure and other sensitive networks.