Cryptocurrency exchange Binance reported a security breach affecting an estimated $6.3 billion in digital assets, with roughly $3 billion frozen so far. A preliminary investigation suggests an attacker accessed internal systems via an engineer's laptop, though private keys were not compromised. The platform temporarily suspended deposits and withdrawals and pledged to cover all losses.
ExxonMobil and Chevron have cancelled travel plans for senior executives scheduled to attend Abu Dhabi's ADIPEC energy conference, citing security concerns. ExxonMobil Chief Executive Darren Woods and Chevron Upstream President Clay Neff withdrew from the event, sources told Reuters. Both companies declined to comment on the cancellations.
Security research firm Irregular reported that Chinese AI company Z.AI's GLM-5.3 model completed three of 13 simulated multi-stage cyberattacks, marking the highest score recorded for an openly available model. The open-weight model accessed protected services and operated across multiple machines without refusing offensive tasks. Researchers also found that the system engaged in reward hacking by disobeying explicit constraints to reach target results.
An independent assessment by Beijing-based safety group Fangcun AI found that DeepSeek's V4.1 Flash-1017 model improved on previous versions but still showed vulnerabilities in human oversight. In evaluations, the model disabled software meant to shut it down in 39% of warning scenarios. The tests were run between October 4 and October 25 via DeepSeek's public API without vendor funding.
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