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Harmony's ONE token has collapsed thirty-seven percent after an attacker exploited the protocol's bridge and minted four billion tokens out of thin air. The team is now weighing a full blockchain rollback — a drastic move that would erase the attack, but also wipe out every legitimate transaction made since. It's a choice between two kinds of damage.
From one kind of security breach to another — a passenger aboard Delta Flight five ninety-one, flying home from DEF CON thirty-four in Las Vegas, apparently couldn't wait to land before showing off. The traveler spoofed the plane's onboard Wi-Fi, creating a fake network called Delta WiFi Fast. Pilots notified ground crews, who alerted corporate security. A reminder that hacking conferences tend to produce very motivated alumni.
And in a story that cuts close to home for journalists — an AI-powered newsroom beat major outlets including Wired to a story last week about OpenAI and a hacking incident. It's a single data point, but a telling one. The question isn't whether AI can break news anymore. It's what that means for the humans who still do.
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