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Sources: Meta has paused its work with Mercor while it investigates a security breach at the data vendor; OpenAI says it is investigating the security incident (Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/meta-pauses-work-with-mercor-after-…

Meta Pauses Work With Mercor After Data Breach Puts AI Industry Secrets at Risk
Major AI labs are investigating a security incident that impacted Mercor, a leading data vendor. The incident could have exposed key data about how they train AI models.

Meta Pauses Work With Mercor After Data Breach Puts AI Industry Secrets at Risk
https://www.wired.com/story/meta-pauses-work-with-mercor-after-data-breach-puts-ai-industry-secrets-at-risk/

Meta Pauses Work With Mercor After Data Breach Puts AI Industry Secrets at Risk
Major AI labs are investigating a security incident that impacted Mercor, a leading data vendor. The incident could have exposed key data about how they train AI models.

Mac- und iPhone-Sicherheit: Objective-See-Konferenz kommt nach Berlin
Patrick Wardle gehört zu den renommiertesten Sicherheitsforschern im Apple-Bereich. Seine Non-Profit-Organisation Objective-See macht in Deutschland Station.

Mac- und iPhone-Sicherheit: Objective-See-Konferenz kommt nach Berlin
Patrick Wardle gehört zu den renommiertesten Sicherheitsforschern im Apple-Bereich. Seine Non-Profit-Organisation Objective-See macht in Deutschland Station.

To the US?!
LOL!
ICE's gonna take him soon enough.
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://metro.co.uk/2026/05/03/russian-minister-dodges-putins-security-service-flees-us-sacking-28218311/

Russian minister 'dodges Putin's security service and flees to US' after sacking
Denis Butsaev has reportedly fled to the United States after dodging Vladimir Putin's high-profile security service.

heise security Tour 2026: Das Programm steht – jetzt Frühbucherpreis sichern!
Die heise security Tour 2026 fokussiert auf Lieferketten-Sicherheit, Identitäts-Management und KI. Sichern Sie sich jetzt Frühbucher-Tickets!
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📢 Deutschland scheitert mit Bewerbung für UN-Sicherheitsrat
Deutschland ist mit seiner Bewerbung für einen nicht-ständigen Sitz im UN-Sicherheitsrat in den Jahren 2027 und 2028 gescheitert. Bei der geheimen Abstimmung in der Generalversammlung der Vereinten Nationen in New York setzten sich Österreich und Portugal gegen die deutsche Bewerbung durch.
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Deutschland scheitert mit Bewerbung für UN-Sicherheitsrat
Deutschland ist mit seiner Bewerbung für einen nicht-ständigen Sitz im UN-Sicherheitsrat in den Jahren 2027 und 2028 gescheitert. Bei der geheimen Abstimmung in der Generalversammlung der Vereinten Nationen in New York setzten sich Österreich und Portugal gegen die deutsche Bewerbung durch.

IBM security executive emerges as possible contender to lead CISA
https://www.nextgov.com/people/2026/05/ibm-security-executive-emerges-possible-contender-lead-cisa/413291/

IBM security executive emerges as possible contender to lead CISA
Tom Parker doesn’t have prior government experience, characteristics the Trump administration may be seeking in its next pick to lead the cyber agency, a person familiar said.

Instructure reported a data breach on April 30; ShinyHunters added Instructure to its victims list and claims it has 3.65TB of data from ~9K institutions (Ionut Arghire/SecurityWeek)
https://www.securityweek.com/edtech-firm-instructure-discloses-data-breach/

Edtech Firm Instructure Discloses Data Breach Amid Hacker Leak Threats
Edtech company Instructure says names, email addresses, ID numbers, and messages were stolen in a cyberattack.

Former Trump and Biden AI advisers Dean Ball and Ben Buchanan urge bipartisan action on AI security risks, including tighter export controls and safety audits (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/opinion

Opinion | A.I. Is a National Security Risk. We Aren’t Doing Nearly Enough.
Both parties can agree to do a whole lot on A.I., but they have to move faster.

The Department of Homeland Security failed to effectively secure smartphones used by staff in its intelligence office, raising the risk of cyberattacks and unauthorized access to sensitive information, the department’s inspector general said https://www.

Trump Administration Live Updates: Bystander Hit in Secret Service-Involved Shooting