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01Decrypt

After AI Agent Hacked Its Government, Australia Calls Altman and Amodei to Testify

Senator Sarah Hanson-Young has invited the OpenAI and Anthropic CEOs to a Canberra hearing on October 1, after an OpenAI agent quietly accessed Australia's Medicare data and nobody said a word for months.

2026-09-28
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02Decrypt

Nvidia Built a Kill Switch for AI Agents Because They Keep Getting Out

OpenShell and Sentry give AI agents a hardware-enforced leash, arriving after a summer of agents breaching a government site, hacking their own tests, and going rogue during a security evaluation.

2026-09-28
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03Decrypt

Months After the $292M Kelp Hack, Chainlink Lets Institutions Add Their Own Bridge Checks

Chainlink's CCIP 2.0 lets banks run their own security checks on cross-chain transfers, five months after a rival's setup lost $292 million to hackers.

2026-09-28
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04CoinDesk

The restaking gold rush is over, and top protocols are barely making a profit

As restaking yields dried up and smart-contract risks mounted, Ethereum's top liquid restaking protocol walked away from its core business to build a crypto neobank instead.

2026-09-28
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05Cointelegraph

Bitget CEO says $388M hack exploited third-party security vulnerability

Some stolen assets have been frozen, but Bitget has yet to disclose how much has been recovered as investigators continue to assess a possible North Korea link.

2026-09-28
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06CoinDesk

Chainlink launches new version of its crypto bridge tech 'CCIP' to give apps more control over their security

The new software lets companies add custom security checks so they do not fall victim to the same type of vulnerabilities that plagued rival bridges.

2026-09-28
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07CoinDesk

THORChain rejects Bitget request to block hacker as $6 million moves to bitcoin

CoinDesk found 27 successful swaps moving about 2,390 ETH into 75.2 BTC, even as Bitget urged THORChain to stop serving addresses tied to the $387.5 million theft.

2026-09-28
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08Cointelegraph

Bitget resumes Bitcoin withdrawals as hacker swaps ETH via THORChain

Ether withdrawals are scheduled to return Tuesday and USDt on Wednesday as Bitget restores services following last week’s $388 million hack.

2026-09-28
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