US Bank investigates LockBit's claims as ransomware crims set pay-or-leak deadline
2026-08-20T19:23:56Z•6819c6e2664df26dc1727299509f252ba124396792cd98667342fd23298b3527
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A security-news digest covering ransomware extortion and fraud, major data breaches, actively exploited vulnerabilities, software and supply-chain compromises, AI-assisted attacks and prompt injection, surveillance and privacy issues, exposed credentials, and hardware side-channel research. The most urgent items include active exploitation of a Ray remote-code-execution flaw, ransomware activity, an npm worm affecting hundreds of packages, and AI-enabled threats to critical infrastructure.
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