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Centers Laboratory Discloses Data Breach Affecting 542K Individuals

OODA OG Analyst — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 16:37:11 +0000

Centers Lab NJ LLC, a Hanover, New Jersey-based diagnostic testing laboratory that provides medical and diagnostic testing services to healthcare providers, has announced an August 2025 cybersecurity incident affecting more than half a million patients of its healthcare provider clients. Suspicious activity was identified within its computer systems on August 25, 2025. Systems were isolated […]

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‘Synthetic insider’ attacks raise stakes for corporate cyber defence

OODA OG Analyst — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 16:33:35 +0000

In June last year, the US Justice Department announced a clampdown on a North Korean hacking campaign. North Korean citizens had infiltrated US companies by fraudulently gaining employment as remote workers, in an attempt to earn money and steal data for the country’s authoritarian regime. According to the US government, the perpetrators used the stolen […]

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Security incident disclosure — July 2026

OODA OG Analyst — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 16:30:18 +0000

Earlier this week, we detected and responded to an intrusion into part of our production infrastructure. This one was different from anything we had handled before in one important way: it was driven, end to end, by an autonomous AI agent system – and we detected and dissected it largely with AI of our own. […]

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Taiwan says Chinese vessel activity jumps, raising fears for Pacific supply routes

OODA OG Analyst — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 16:29:06 +0000

Taiwan detected a sharp rise in Chinese coast guard and research vessel activity around the island in June, prompting Taipei to plan drills simulating Chinese escalations off its Pacific coast, according to Taiwan Coast Guard data and officials. Taiwan reported 55 Chinese government vessel sightings, including coast guard and research boats, around the ‌island in […]

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Mali insurgents ambush army convoy, source says more than 50 killed

OODA OG Analyst — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 16:27:10 +0000

Militants linked to al Qaeda and a Tuareg-led separatist group ambushed a military convoy in northern Mali over the weekend, and a source close to the rebels said more ‌than 50 soldiers and allied Russian fighters were killed and others taken hostage. The attack marked the latest in a series of escalating assaults by the […]

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EU hits China’s Alibaba with €550M record fine over illegal products

OODA OG Analyst — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 16:23:40 +0000

The European Commission slapped Chinese e-commerce giant AliExpress with a record €550 million fine on Monday for failing to stop the sale of illegal and harmful products on its platform. “There were a lot of counterfeit products, unsafe toys and dangerous cosmetics which stayed online for a very long time,” the EU’s tech chief Henna […]

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Philippines accuses Chinese coast guard of injuring Filipino sailor in disputed shoal

OODA OG Analyst — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 16:21:58 +0000

The Philippine military on Monday accused China’s coast guard of allegedly injuring a Filipino sailor during an incident in a disputed shoal in the South China Sea. The military said Chinese coast guard personnel aboard a motorboat repeatedly struck the sailor on the head with a wooden baton, injuring him and damaging his smaller vessel. […]

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Anduril launches helicopter strike drone

OODA OG Analyst — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 16:20:03 +0000

US defence group Anduril is branching into helicopter strike drones that will be able to penetrate deep behind enemy lines while protecting the manned aircraft, as recent conflicts have raised risks for helicopters. Anduril unveiled a full-size replica of the drone, dubbed “Thunder,” on the opening day of the Farnborough Airshow on Monday. The drone […]

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Why blocking AI models won’t stop the cyber threats they create

OODA OG Analyst — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 16:17:21 +0000

026 has turned out to be the year when predictions about AI-powered cyberattacks, long hypothesized as a potential risk associated with AI improvement, seem to be coming true. New models have capabilities on par with the best human hackers, marking a pivotal window of opportunity in both AI and cybersecurity policy. This is a transitional […]

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Who’s Afraid of Chinese Models?

OODA OG Analyst — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 16:13:40 +0000

There’s a story I tell about my first day in STRT-431 at Kellogg School of Management, the introductory class that every first-year MBA was required to take; I leafed through the readings and case studies and was dismayed that there weren’t any tech companies on the docket. Me being me, I spoke to the professor […]

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