Abbott probes two cyber incidents amid extortion claims
2026-07-18T07:23:27Z•6e94a9c8ac711c245c839f2820370a7409219ed53a49d9937e1ea670d8477ad2
Anthropic ClaudeCISAClickLockFortinet FortiSandboxHollowByteLegacyHiveOkoBotOpenSSLbrowser-extension flawcredential theftcryptocurrency theftdata breachdenial-of-serviceextortionfraud/residential proxiesmacOS malwareprivilege escalationransomwarethird-party compromisezero-day
What happened
Multiple high-impact incidents and new vulnerabilities reported: Abbott is investigating two suspected intrusions (including access to legacy Exact Sciences systems and a claimed LabCentral portal breach); Ernst & Young confirmed a data breach via a compromised third‑party support ticket system; Coca‑Cola’s Fairlife unit suffered a ransomware attack disrupting US production; 23andMe agreed to an $18M settlement over a prior genetic data incident. On the vulnerability/frontier side, researchers disclosed HollowByte — an 11‑byte OpenSSL DoS — and a new Windows zero‑day called LegacyHive enabling
Why it matters
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- 2026-07-18T07:23:27Z
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