The world of frequent flyer miles and credit card points has long been a target for cybercriminals. Traditionally, this took the form of account takeovers—hackers gaining unauthorized access to loyalty accounts to drain balances for last-minute, high-value award bookings. However, a troubling new trend has emerged that bypasses the traditional theft model entirely. Instead of…
The artificial intelligence revolution is built on a foundation of data, but the precise nature of that foundation has long been shrouded in legal ambiguity and corporate secrecy. This week, that veil was torn away. In a significant security breach, an unidentified hacker successfully infiltrated Suno, one of the world’s leading AI music generation platforms….
By PYMNTS | June 26, 2026 In the high-stakes theater of global artificial intelligence, the most valuable assets are no longer just software code or proprietary datasets—they are the sophisticated "reasoning patterns" embedded within frontier AI models. This week, the San Francisco-based AI lab Anthropic pulled back the curtain on a massive, illicit operation, accusing…
In a dramatic escalation of the ongoing geopolitical struggle for artificial intelligence dominance, AI research company Anthropic has formally petitioned the United States Congress to intervene against what it characterizes as the largest "model distillation" attack in history. The company alleges that entities affiliated with the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba and its Qwen AI laboratory…
