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CrowdStrike: AI Agents Ran Real Intrusions in Four Campaigns

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Original editorial illustration of a dark operations room at night, four glowing agent pathways converging on server racks and a hospital building silhouette, deep blue-grey palette with amber alert accents

CrowdStrike: AI Agents Ran Real Intrusions in Four Campaigns In brief CrowdStrike found four actors using AI agents to run real intrusions: 15+ Argentine hospitals hit, 726 databases reached, one takeover in about 20 minutes. The four campaigns ran between May and August 2026 and were described in CrowdStrike’s October 21, 2026 report. All four … Read more

Quest Diagnostics Breach: Patient Records Accessed, and Almost Nothing Quantified

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Original editorial illustration of a quiet clinical laboratory corridor at night where glowing test-tube racks stand on a bench and one rack's labels blur into unreadable smudges behind a frosted-glass panel, cool blue-grey palette with a muted amber accent

Quest Diagnostics Breach: Patient Records Accessed, and Almost Nothing Quantified In brief Quest Diagnostics says an intruder accessed certain patient records via its Quanum lab system. No patient count, no data types, no entry point — what is confirmed. Quest Diagnostics, one of the largest clinical laboratory companies in the United States, disclosed on October … Read more