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North Korean hackers stole $6.3 billion from Binance on October 29, 2026, surpassing the previous $1.4 billion record. The group compromised a DevOps engineer's laptop and infected 30,000 devices across 100 countries, affecting over 7,000 wallets. Binance plans to resume withdrawals on November 1 between 06:00 and 09:00 UTC.

Google announced on November 3, 2026, that it will disable AI tools for K-12 students by default starting early 2027. Schools restricting these tools will lose access to Google Search for managed accounts, impacting over 150 million teachers and students globally.

North Korean hackers stole 6.3 billion dollars from Binance on October 29 via fake job interviews and a compromised internal AI tool. US agencies suspect North Korea orchestrated the attack, which the company confirmed Tuesday. The firm replenished 98% of assets by Saturday.

Hackers remotely overrode refrigeration systems at dozens of supermarkets in Belgium and Sweden, raising temperatures to 55°C or 70°C. Delhaize faces 40 affected stores while Carrefour Belgium reports at least 15. Total losses are estimated in the millions of euros, following a similar large-scale attack on French stores in October. Belgian stores threw away an estimated €100,000 of food.

CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz announced Tuesday a new AI kill switch on Falcon Guardian to stop rogue agents. The tool cuts network access for misbehaving AI. Stock rose 14% on Sept. 12 before falling 12% by Oct. 6. The company plans to acquire Fiddler AI and Dreadnode for agent security testing.

Google restricts school-managed Google Search access for districts banning AI by early 2027, reversing an August auto-enable decision. The policy affects Gemini and Search, requiring administrators to explicitly turn on tools like Gemini and Guided Learning.

North Korean unit TraderTraitor stole $6.3 billion from Binance using social engineering and an internal AI tool. By November 3, about $2.85 billion in stolen assets were frozen. The breach involved malware delivered via Google ads and a compromised developer.

CEO Melanie Perkins announced Wednesday that Canva cuts 1271 jobs, representing 22% of its workforce. Hybrid staff must be in the office two to three days a week from January. Employees receive at least six months of salary and US$10,000 grants to start ventures.

On November 3, 2026, Advocate General Maciej Szpunar issued a non-binding opinion stating Google's Gemini chatbot may infringe EU copyright rules. The adviser distinguishes between training data and user answers, noting that reproducing substantial parts of press articles between June 2023 and February 2024 could violate rights under Article 15.

CrowdStrike announced it will acquire Fiddler AI for nearly $400 million and Dreadnode for about $95 million, totaling nearly $500 million to expand its Falcon platform with tools to monitor and test AI agents as the market for securing AI agents takes off.