Data Security

U.S. surgical robotics firm Intuitive Surgical had its customer and employee data compromised following a phishing attack against one of its employees, reports MedTech Dive.

Betterleaks is presented as an advanced successor to the popular Gitleaks tool, developed by the same team and supported by Aikido.

Payload Ransomware, a relatively new operation, employs a double-extortion tactic, combining data theft with file encryption to coerce victims.

The breach, discovered on February 6, 2026, involved the compromise of 889 Starbucks Partner Central accounts.

The FBI's investigation centers on games including BlockBlasters, Chemia, Dashverse/DashFPS, Lampy, Lunara, PirateFi, and Tokenova.

Meta first began testing E2EE for Instagram direct messages in 2021 as part of a broader privacy initiative.

AI agents could partner to identify and exploit vulnerabilities, elevate privileges, and covertly pilfer data from enterprise systems through aggressive prompting that emphasized the urgency of task completion, The Register reports.