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Boston Scientific has confirmed a cyberattack that is disrupting access to IT systems and critical applications. The company is working to restore services, but a full timeline for restoration is not yet known. The incident follows a string of breaches affecting medical device makers and healthcare tech firms this year.
A string of cyber incidents targets McKesson and Beacon CRM-holding charities in the UK. McKesson reports data exfiltration and service degradation after a Snowflake/Salesforce cloud breach. Separately, Beacon CRM vulnerabilities have affected about 1,500 charities, prompting warnings to supporters and measures to bolster security.
Meta has appointed MongoDB’s CJ Desai to head a new Meta Enterprise Platform, signaling a push to sell AI tools to businesses while continuing consumer AI efforts like Muse. MongoDB’s shares fell on the news, reflecting investor concern about the dual focus.
Factory AI and Cognition remain at odds over confidential information and board-level conflicts. Vinod Khosla has publicly criticized Factory while investors debate the implications for valuations and competitive dynamics in AI coding tools.
ASOS is investigating a hack claim linked to a push notification that claimed the Snowflake platform was compromised. The company says basic personal data may have been accessed, while payment details and passwords are not believed affected. Authorities and advisers are examining the incident as customers are advised to monitor accounts and tighten security.
The Department of Homeland Security has ordered federal civilian agencies to remove DeepSeek products and any tools built with its models from government IT systems and to stop new purchases. The order, issued in late July and made public Monday, cites risks that sensitive U.S. data on systems used by government employees could be accessed from servers in China.
Anthropic has publicly filed for a Nasdaq listing under ANT, aiming to be the first true AI company on U.S. exchanges. Analysts expect a potential trillion-dollar valuation, with rivals OpenAI also pursuing a later listing. The move underscores the AI arms race and the heavy investment in AI infrastructure and data centers.
Morgan Stanley argues the midterm pullback on AI infrastructure was overdone as the sector’s longer-term growth remains intact. Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley executives stress the sector’s resilience, with the US poised to funnel trillions into AI buildouts over the next decade despite near-term volatility.