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A hacking group called ShinyHunters claims to have exploited a critical zero-day vulnerability in Oracle PeopleSoft, compromising more than one hundred organizations across roughly three hundred vulnerable systems. Among the targets is the University of Nottingham, where forty gigabytes of data were reportedly stolen. It's a stark reminder of how legacy enterprise software can become a wide-open door.
Shifting from defense to offense, Coinbase has launched a new tool that lets artificial intelligence agents execute crypto trades, manage portfolios, and process payments on behalf of users, all within limits the user sets in advance. It's a significant step toward autonomous financial agents, and it raises real questions about accountability when an algorithm makes the wrong call with your money.
Meanwhile, Bluesky is leaning into something different — community. The platform has rolled out group chats as part of a broader push to build features for smaller, more intimate networks. It's a deliberate contrast to the everything-for-everyone approach of larger platforms, and a bet that people are hungry for spaces that feel a little more human.
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