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Tuesday, June 2, 2026

Meta's AI chatbot was exploited to hijack high-profile Instagram accounts by bypassing verification—a critical authentication failure. Meanwhile, Chinese military universities are actively acquiring restricted Nvidia H200 chips, and a Red Hat NPM supply-chain attack compromised 30+ packages stealing credentials and Kubernetes configs.

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The neocloud vendor trap: New infrastructure, same old risk
Wirescreen analysis of 3,800 Chinese military procurement records finds 500+ instances since 2019 where the PLA sought Nvidia chips, including the A100 and A800 (New York Times)
NPM packages from RedHat have been compromised
Florida AG James Uthmeier sues OpenAI and Sam Altman, seeking to hold Altman personally liable for deceptive trade practices, negligence, and public nuisance (NBC News)
AI innovation moves fast. Security must help it move faster.
Meta’s own AI was exploited to hijack Instagram accounts
Hackers hijacked Instagram accounts by tricking Meta AI support chatbot into granting access
Florida sues OpenAI, Sam Altman after multiple ChatGPT-linked murders
Dozens of Red Hat packages backdoored through its official NPM channel
Wise confirms it is under investigation by Belgian prosecutors over suspicions its accounts were used for money laundering involving €500M in transactions (Simon Lock/TBIJ)
FTC broadens Microsoft probe to cloud, AI, and software bundling
Procurement records show at least seven Chinese universities that support the country's military and defense industry are seeking access to Nvidia's H200 chips (Bloomberg)

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