Epidemic of Hacked Freezers Spreads Across Europe
A suspected hacking wave has pushed supermarket freezers into defrost mode across ten European countries, with temperatures reportedly hitting 50°C. Nobody knows who's behind it or why it spread.
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UK Says AI-Powered Ransomware Attack on Critical Infrastructure 'Highly Likely' by 2028
The National Cyber Security Centre said AI will expose security flaws "tolerated for far too long," and called time on "tech on the cheap."
Ethereum Privacy Network Aztec Rolls Out Major Security and Speed Upgrade
The “Tierra” upgrade resolves a critical bug from the prior version, adds formal verification, and an AI-powered testing harness.
Morning Minute: Tom Lee Calls the Binance Hack Bullish for Ethereum
Meanwhile, both the BTC ETFs and ETH ETFs bleed outflows in the Binance hack aftermath, dragging down prices.
Binance Misses Monthly Luna Classic Burn for First Time Since 2023
LUNC holders are waiting for Binance’s November burn, but it hasn’t arrived as the exchange recovers from a record $6.3 billion hack.
Liquid Network Restores Full Bitcoin Backing Two Months After $320M Exploit
Blockstream CEO Adam Back said the sidechain's defenses have been hardened, and warned developers not to trust AI-suggested fixes blindly.
North Korea Denies $6.3B Binance Hack, Calls FBI Finding a 'Political Provocation'
Kim Yo Jong suggested the U.S. itself could be behind the theft, as Binance said hourly deposits had begun to exceed withdrawals.
Claude Fable 5.5, GPT 6.2 Astra Could Be Right Around the Corner, Leaks Suggest
Users say Claude is routing some requests to a stronger unreleased model, a Mythos 5.5 label appeared in Anthropic’s site code, and OpenAI appears to be testing GPT-6.2 Astra.
Bitcoin Firm Strive Climbs Up the Treasury Ranks With Another Big Buy
Strive added 124 Bitcoin for about $10 million and now trails Twenty One Capital by 390 BTC for third place among Treasury companies.
Mystery $106 Million Crypto Theft Hits EU Entity Days After Binance Hack
Onchain investigator ZachXBT says an unidentified EU entity lost more than $106 million from centralized exchange accounts on Sunday,.
Claude-Built Linux Exploit Targets Bug That Ubuntu Still Hasn't Patched
Anthropic says Claude wrote an attack that can take over a Linux server with no password. Red Hat patched on Sunday, but Ubuntu still has no fix.
Tom Lee Calls Bottom on AI Stock Selloff, Citing Tight Supply and Crypto Resilience
The Fundstrat strategist says constraints on AI spending have slowed growth without ending the boom, while crypto’s response to the Binance hack suggests sellers may already be exhausted.
North Korea Is Laundering Binance Hack Loot at One New Wallet Every 25 Seconds
$2.85 billion of the $6.43 billion stolen from Binance has been frozen or seized, compared with about 3% in the Bybit hack, as North Korea’s automated laundering spans 12,000 wallets.
Proton Users Revolt After CEO Calls Security Caution 'Loser Thinking' Amid AI Push
Proton customers say they are canceling subscriptions after reports of pressure to adopt AI coding, as the privacy company scraps employee re-interviews but defends its broader shift toward automated development.
Nvidia and Nike Lead Biggest Wave Yet of Tokenized Stock Objections
Nvidia, Costco, Nike and nine other companies objected to trading of their shares on the planned OKX-ICE tokenized stock venue, bringing the total to 50.
Elon Musk Mocks Sam Altman Over Claim Home PCs Are Wasting RAM
The OpenAI CEO said it's "quite terrible" for DRAM to sit largely idle in personal computers while AI data centers face a supply crunch.
Brazil's Largest Exchange Mercado Bitcoin Halts Withdrawals After $40 Million Hack
Brazil's largest crypto exchange paused deposits and withdrawals after a security incident. Tether froze more than 4.5 million USDT tied to the attack.
Bitmine Buys More Ethereum as Tom Lee Calls the Binance Hack Bullish
The chairman laid out six reasons the market’s “muted” 4% ETH drop after the record Binance theft shows crypto is “increasingly resilient,” as the firm’s stash neared its 5% supply goal.
How T7X Is Building the Infrastructure for a New Era of Capital Markets
T7X records ownership directly on-chain instead of wrapping assets held elsewhere, keeping token and asset under one legal framework.
Morning Minute: Binance Hack Leads to Mass Outflows While FBI Opens Probe
Uptober was far from it, with the Binance hack punctuating a red month. Will November be better? Or will the Binance hack hang over crypto?