Claude Helped a Hacker Find a Way to Issue Tickets to Almost Every US Music Festival

A researcher found that using Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.7, he could break into the website of Front Gate—used by every ...
Hackaday

This Week In Security: Arch AUR, Steam Marketplace, WordPress All Face Issues, Taco-Themed Coding, And Mythos Makes National News

Starting on June 11, 2026, the Arch User Repository (AUR) was targeted by malware which rapidly compromised over 1,500 packages. The AUR repository allows for abandoned community packages to be taken ...
The New York Times

In A.I. Blunder, More Than 34,000 Instagram Accounts Were Attacked

The flaw, which Meta said it had fixed, allowed anyone to take over accounts using a bug in the company’s new artificial intelligence software. By Mike Isaac and Eli Tan Mike Isaac covers Silicon ...
MIT Technology Review

The Meta hack shows there’s more to AI security than Mythos

Some AI cybersecurity threats are incredibly simple. They’re still dangerous. On June 5, 404 Media reported that attackers had been using Meta’s AI customer support agent to steal Instagram accounts.
CNN

Data stolen in Canvas hack that hit thousands of schools has been returned, company says

Data stolen in a cyberattack that shut down an education platform used by universities and K-12 schools across the US last week has been returned to the platform’s parent company, Instructure, ...
Forbes

After The Canvas Hack, Here’s What Students And Colleges Should Do Next

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. The Canvas hack left students scrambling to study for finals. Last Thursday, as students at ...
Mashable

Instructure Canvas hack update: Breach involved a specific teacher account type and interrupted finals

Students have struggled with Canvas downtime due to a data breach during school finals. Credit: Piotr Swat/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images The hacking collective ShinyHunters says it ...
The Washington Post

Canvas hack exposes schools’ vulnerability to cyberattacks

The vast data breach at education platform Canvas this week exposed the vulnerability of student information as hackers increasingly target school systems, colleges and the tech companies they rely on ...
Newsweek

List of Universities, School Districts Impacted By Nationwide Canvas Hack

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A nationwide cyberattack affecting a widely used learning platform ...
Wired

The Canvas Hack Is a New Kind of Ransomware Debacle

Higher education has long been a target of ransomware gangs and data extortion attacks. But never before, perhaps, has a cyberattack against a single software platform so thoroughly disrupted the ...
Mashable

Instructure breach update: ShinyHunters claim second hack, deface school websites

ShinyHunters apparently isn't done with edutech giant Instructure. The now-infamous hacking and extortion collective known as ShinyHunters has once again breached Instructure, the education technology ...
TheStreet.com

Major DeFi hack becomes the largest of 2026 yet

The cryptocurrency industry is facing a severe security crisis. In just under 20 days, digital asset platforms have lost more than $605 million to cyberattacks. The latest and most devastating ...