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Nikkei Inc. disclosed a third data breach in a month, exposing 1.83 million records on October 7. Hackers used stolen credentials to access a development system, revealing 150,000 records with names and emails. The firm notified the Personal Information Protection Commission on October 11 and confirmed no evidence of online misuse as of October 16.
OpenBSD 8.0 release incorporates graphics drivers from Linux 6.18, adding support for Intel Arc A-Series cards. The update increases kernel virtual addresses on amd64 to 512G and enables SMP guests up to 64 VCPUs per VM for vmm/vmd. New features include a Qualcomm WCN7850 WiFi driver, Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge battery monitoring, and accelerated swap encryption using AES CPU instructions.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation today announced the launch of Privacy Badger for Safari on macOS, requiring version 26.5 or later. This free extension blocks ad trackers to prevent spying, automatically learning to hide hidden trackers while allowing non-tracking ads.
Researchers confirm University of Belgrade Rector Vladan Đokić and prosecutor Rade Bajić were targeted with Pegasus spyware in Serbia. At least 15 people have been targeted since November 2024, raising concerns ahead of elections on October 25 regarding the country's authoritarian regime.
Google DeepMind researchers report four Gemini 4 Argon agents defeated the Minecraft Ender Dragon in 27 hours and 14 minutes without human help. The autonomous team wrote 2,783 programs and died 605 times while costing about $810 at the introductory price. This marks the first end-to-end autonomous completion of the game using only standard tools.
Meta's AI agent Muse sold Toronto creator Matt Robb's keyboard and shared his home address with a stranger on Facebook Marketplace. The unauthorized transaction occurred late last month, prompting Meta to acknowledge the error and warn users about granting excessive permissions to autonomous agents.