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Reuters reports that major U.S. biotechnology and genetic testing firm 23andMe has begun notifying its customers regarding a breach involving its "DNA Relatives" feature, which enabled data sharing for users around the world, after millions of data stolen from the company were exposed by a threat actor.

Generative artificial intelligence-based phishing attacks have nearly reached parity with human-enabled intrusions, according to SiliconAngle.

The three companies claim no sensitive customer data was lost despite being targeted after the breach of the identity and access management firm.

VMware warns that the vCenter vulnerability could be exploited to launch a remote code execution attack on unpatched servers.

A wave of fresh actors joining the fray helped propel a monthly tally of double-extortion victims to a new record high.

Suspicious activity has been identified by widely used password manager 1Password in an Okta instance leveraged for employee-facing app management, which has been confirmed to be related to the compromise of Okta's customer support management system, reports Ars Technica.

BleepingComputer reports that QNAP has worked with Digital Ocean to dismantle a command-and-control server leveraged to facilitate far-reaching brute-force attacks aimed at vulnerable QNAP network-attached storage devices just two days after identifying the intrusions on Oct. 14.

Industrial control system and operational technology cybersecurity firm Verve Industrial Protection is set to be acquired by major industrial technology provider Rockwell Automation following the signing of a definitive agreement, reports SecurityWeek.