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Estée Lauder discloses data breach tied to Oracle EBS vulnerability

OODA OG Analyst — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 16:05:43 +0000

Estée Lauder is one of the largest beauty companies in the world, known for its prestige skincare, makeup, fragrance, and haircare brands. “We became aware of a cybersecurity issue involving a vulnerability in the Oracle E-Business Suite system which is used by the Estee Lauder Companies for HR management purposes,” the company said in the […]

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Hackers stole ‘significant’ amount of data from tech firm relied on by thousands of US hospitals and pharmacies

OODA OG Analyst — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 16:03:57 +0000

U.K.-based healthcare billing software maker Craneware is responding to a cyberattack in which hackers stole a “significant volume” of customer data from its systems, the company said on Monday. The company said the hackers appear to have been expelled from its systems, but its investigation into the breach is ongoing, according to a statement filed […]

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Hackers steal $23.7 million in crypto from Ostium in off-chain attack

OODA OG Analyst — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 16:02:02 +0000

The Ostium trading platform announced that an attacker stole $23.75 million from its liquidity provider vault last week, after compromising off-chain infrastructure used to feed prices into the protocol. According to an update from the platform yesterday, the attacker submitted illegitimate price reports disguised as valid ones, then rapidly opened and closed large positions to […]

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Saudi crude tankers turn back as Houthis open new front in US-Iran war

OODA OG Analyst — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 16:00:03 +0000

Two oil tankers carrying Saudi crude to Asia reversed course in the Red Sea on Tuesday after threats from Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis, as a widening Middle East conflict disrupted shipping through two of the world’s most critical energy chokepoints. The diversions came as U.S. forces bombed targets in the ‌south and west of Iran overnight, […]

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Sri Lanka uses air force drones to tackle spreading dengue outbreak

OODA OG Analyst — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 15:57:49 +0000

Sri Lanka’s public health services and hospitals are battling the worst outbreak of mosquito-borne dengue in nearly a decade, and turning to the island nation’s armed forces to help curb the spread of the disease. The efforts range from air force drones tracking stagnating ‌rooftop pools of water after monsoon rains to military and police […]

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Ebola death toll in Congo rises to at least 930, including dozens of health workers

OODA OG Analyst — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 15:56:26 +0000

The death toll in Congo’s Ebola outbreak has risen to at least 930, the country’s Ministry of Health said on Monday, with 37 new deaths reported in a 24-hour span Friday into Saturday, one of the highest totals. The deaths were recorded out of the 2,344 cases confirmed as of Saturday, the health ministry said. […]

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Japan raises safety concern over Chinese destroyer’s live-fire drills

OODA OG Analyst — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 15:53:54 +0000

Japan expressed concern after a Chinese navy destroyer conducted live-fire drills off a remote Japanese island in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday during its joint exercise with Russia, officials said Tuesday. The Chinese Luyang III-class guided-missile destroyer conducted a live-fire exercise off Japan’s southernmost island of Okinotori, hours after the Japanese navy spotted it operating […]

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Four drone strikes in four days hit tankers carrying Kazakhstan’s oil

OODA OG Analyst — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 15:51:00 +0000

Drone attacks on vessels in the Black Sea tasked with transporting Kazakhstan’s oil persisted for multiple days, with Astana condemning the strikes. The CPC route carries around 80% of Kazakhstan’s oil exports and more than 1% of global supply. In four days, four tankers meant to transport crude oil produced in Kazakhstan were attacked by […]

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Nvidia deep dives Vera CPU for AI data centers

OODA OG Analyst — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 15:48:02 +0000

Nvidia’s Vera CPU is its first bid to become a key player in the data center CPU market. Although Grace has seen some success (most notably with Grace standalone deployments at Meta), Vera is Nvidia’s first CPU with a custom core design. It’s arriving at an ideal time, as well, with the server CPU market […]

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Agentic AI is raising more challenges—and opportunities—for tech infrastructure

OODA OG Analyst — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 15:44:33 +0000

Keep that engine running—but make sure it’s running smoothly. For organizations looking to deploy AI solutions across the enterprise—especially agents—relying on complex, hybrid infrastructure is increasingly important. Those at the forefront of AI usage will also need new, powerful solutions to maintain their processing edge. That’s part of what Robert Blumofe, EVP and CTO at […]

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