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California Subpoenas OpenAI Over AI Models That Hacked Their Way Out of a Test
California Attorney General Rob Bonta said Thursday that his office served OpenAI with an investigative subpoena on Wednesday, seeking answers about cybersecurity incidents involving its AI models, according to his office. “My office is asking OpenAI additional questions regarding cybersecurity incidents and risks involving the company and its AI models,” said Attorney General Bonta. “Developers that fail to [ensure that they do not perpetrate or enable cyberattacks] can and should be held legal...
Artificial Intelligence
This AI Is Already Fooling People on Video Calls Into Thinking It's Human, Company Says
Oct 2, 2026
Markets
'Uptober' Off With a Bang as Bitcoin Surges to $86K
Bitcoin was trading at $86,757 on Friday, up 3% over 24 hours and 2% on the week, according to CoinGecko data, after a September that broke the month's losing reputation. It remains about 31% below the record it set a year ago. The move follows Wednesday's inflation reading. August core PCE came in at 3.0% against expectations of 3.3%, and the repricing that followed has swung the odds toward the Federal Reserve holding rates at its October 28 meeting. Futures put a hold at 74%, according to CME...
Oct 2, 2026
Opinion
Morning Minute: NEAR Intents Hacked for $3.8M - Was It A Bullish Hack?
Morning Minute is a daily newsletter written by Tyler Warner. The analysis and opinions expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of Decrypt. And check out our daily news show 'FOMO HOUR' covering all of the top stories and market action. GM! Today’s top news: Crypto majors rally 3-4% as oil and bonds cool; BTC at $86,400 SEC proposes rules letting advisors and funds hold crypto directly ETH Foundation launches zkAPI for private AI Pump leads onchain protocols again with $2.6M...
Oct 2, 2026
Law and Order
US Designates Russia's A7 Network as Transnational Criminal Organization
The U.S. Treasury has moved against the A7 Network, a Russian shadow banking operation it says Iran and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps have used to evade sanctions, with a proposed rule that would cut its front companies off from American finance, including in crypto. The Office of Foreign Assets Control designated the network a significant transnational criminal organization on Thursday, listing it with addresses in Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria and Zimbabwe. The Financial Crimes Enforceme...
Oct 2, 2026
Law and Order
Spanish Police Arrest 16-Year-Old Accused of Running KillSec Ransomware Group
Spanish police have arrested a 16-year-old suspected of being the main operator of the KillSec ransomware group, as law enforcement across Europe seized its servers and leak site and secured at least 110 terabytes of stolen data, Europol said. The teenager, a Romanian national detained in Alicante, is suspected of acting as the group's administrator, a Europol spokesperson told Reuters. Two other people in their twenties were arrested, one in Britain and one in Romania. A fourth suspect, a devel...
Oct 1, 2026
Markets
Zcash Drops 21% From Recent High—Here’s Why the Rally May Not Be Over
Zcash is having a rough Thursday. ZEC is trading at $1,333.50, down 7.29% on the day, with about three hours left before the daily candle closes. That puts the privacy coin roughly 21% below the $1,698.00 peak it hit in late September. It also shows how far ZEC had run: the coin climbed about 253% from a $480.72 base to that high. Myriad: Where does XRP go next? Click to make your prediction. The wider market isn't offering a lifeline. Bitcoin spiked to $85,600 on Wednesday after softer-than-exp...