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PHOTO: SGT. COLLIN MACKALL/U.S. ARMY
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U.S. intelligence and military bodies will accelerate their use of AI under a national-security memo out Friday from President Trump. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth must update within 90 days an existing directive on weapons autonomy "to ensure the deliberate adoption of AI systems that respect the chain of command," the memo said. (Reuters)
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U.S. AI bill calls for “independent verification organizations” to check that makers of frontier AI models comply with rules for being transparent about security and other risks. The Great American Artificial Intelligence Act, proposed by a bipartisan group of lawmakers in the House, would preempt state AI laws. (Cybersecurity Dive)
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Friday’s carnage in tech stocks took cybersecurity shares with it. Just four of the largest cyber stocks by market cap closed in the black on Friday, pushing the WSJ Pro CyberIndex down nearly 9% for the week.
Lumen registered the biggest loss, falling 17.8%. Six stocks fell more than 10% in the period.
No stock rose more than 2%, with Cisco seeing the biggest gain at 1.82%. — Jon Leckie
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OpenAI began rolling out "lockdown mode" for ChatGPT, to help protect users of the chatbot from having data stolen by hackers using prompt injection attacks.
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Worst breaches: Six months into 2026, TechCrunch outlined the biggest breaches so far this year. Among them are hacks on water and energy grids worldwide, the cyberattack at medical-device maker Stryker by hackers linked to Iran, and various data leaks attributed to missteps in the U.S. government during DOGE purges across agencies.
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20,225
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Number of people affected in a May 31 hack of an AI-assisted account recovery tool in Instagram, according to a notice to state regulators from parent company Meta.
Data at risk for these users includes:
● Email address, phone number
● Date of birth
● Social media posts and content (photos, videos, stories)
● Direct messages and communications
● Account activity and interaction history
● Profile information (biography, profile photo)
● Connected accounts and linked services
Meta said it is reviewing similar account recovery flows across its platforms for similar issues.
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