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Infostyler in a fake OpenAI repository, Mistral AI blackmail, and other cybersecurity events
We’ve compiled the most important news from the cybersecurity world for the week.
ZachXBT revealed the identity of the organizer behind $19 million in phishing attacks.
Three suspects were charged in a series of "wrench attacks" in

IREN raised $3 billion for AI infrastructure development
Bitcoin miner and data center operator IREN completed the placement of $3 billion in convertible senior bonds
The initial offering amount was $2.6 billion, but buyers fully exercised the option for additional securities in Russia

SharpLink Criticized Strategy's Approach to Crypto Asset Management
Ethereum companies are abandoning the capital management model popularized by Strategy founder Michael Saylor. This was stated by SharpLink Gaming CEO Joseph Shalom in an interview with The Block.
According to him, firms in the ecosystem

AI agent added to the “Diia” app
In the Ukrainian government app “Diia,” a personal AI agent based on Google’s Gemini has appeared. The assistant helps you find and access services faster right in the chat—this is reported on the service’s official Telegram channel.
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Interactive Brokers will unify Kalshi, CME, and ForecastEx on a single platform
The brokerage firm Interactive Brokers (IBKR) has launched a platform for trading event outcome contracts. The platform combines offerings from Kalshi, CME Group, and its own service — ForecastEx.
New tool

The All-Seeing Eye of the "Technological Republic"
What future does Palantir CEO Alex Karp see
In 2003, investor Peter Thiel and social theory doctor Alex Karp founded a company named after the magical crystals from "The Lord of the Rings" — artifacts that allow seeing from a distance

Ethereum Foundation has launched a service to protect against blind transaction signing
A working group involving the Ethereum Foundation (EF), wallet developers, and cybersecurity firms introduced the Clear Signing initiative — a protective mechanism against attacks via blind transaction signing.
The goal of p

Inflation caused by AI has become a problem for tech giants
Spending on AI infrastructure continues to grow — major technology companies will invest several trillion dollars in the next few years to satisfy user demand for ChatGPT and Claude. Bloomberg reports.
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Первый СМС-бластер в Канаде, троян в DAEMON Tools и другие события кибербезопасности
Мы собрали наиболее важные новости из мира кибербезопасности за неделю.
Мошенники использовали мини-приложения Telegram для кражи криптовалют.
В Торонто обнаружили первый в стране СМС-бластер.
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The U.S. Army has convened leading contractors to implement AI in weapons
U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driskoll is gathering leading contractors and representatives from Palantir and Anduril to improve interoperability between systems and enable deeper AI integration. Bloomberg reports.
The initiative has received approval for

Peter Thiel invested $140 million in building data centers in the ocean
American startup Panthalassa, developing autonomous floating data centers powered by wave energy, raised $140 million with an estimated valuation of around $1 billion.
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Co-founder of Anthropic predicts the emergence of "self-developing AI" by 2028
By 2028, AI systems capable of independently developing and training their own successors without human intervention may appear on the market. This forecast was made by Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark
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There are no secrets in correspondence: law enforcement used communication with ChatGPT to accuse of murder
Law enforcement agencies are actively using conversations with chatbots as evidence of committing crimes. CNN reports this, citing various cases and expert opinions.
In one example, in

The biologist attributed consciousness to Claude
A British biologist, science popularizer, and writer Richard Dawkins stated that Claude possesses consciousness.
He spent two days talking with the neural network about life, death, and specific experiences in an attempt to prove that AI is not conscious, but came to the opposite conclusion.
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In China, it is forbidden to fire people because of AI
A Chinese court ruled that companies do not have the right to dismiss employees solely because they are replaced by artificial intelligence.
In a statement from the Intermediate People’s Court of Hangzhou, it says that one of the technology companies in the eastern part