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The Hacker News

Berlin Refuses to Pay Hackers Who Stole Data From the City's State Network

Berlin's state government has confirmed that it is the target of an extortion attempt following the August compromise of the city's state administrative network, and said it will not meet the extortionists' demands. The same statement disclosed that forensic work had found further data outflows in the portfolio of the Senate Department for Mobility, Transport, Climate Protection and Environment

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The Hacker News

Cosmos EVM Flaw Exploited After Cosmos Labs Knew Every Blockchain Running It Was Vulnerable

Cosmos Labs has warned that a critical balance-handling flaw in the shared Cosmos EVM module was exploited to drain funds from six blockchains between August 20 and August 25, 2026. The vulnerability, designated GHSA-7g4w-cg88-2cq2, is rated Critical by Cosmos Labs and was published without a CVE identifier, a weakness classification, or a CVSS score. Affected versions are < 0.6.2 and >=

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GitHub Changelog

GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio — August update

August 2026 brought more control over how GitHub Copilot reasons, which models you use, how teams share specialized agents, and when you ask for a code review. Highlights Here’s what’s… The post GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio — August update appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

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GitHub Changelog

GitHub Copilot weekly releases — August 24

This week’s updates give you more control over how Copilot runs, from team sessions in Slack and Teams to customization across the app, CLI, and your IDE. GitHub Copilot in… The post GitHub Copilot weekly releases — August 24 appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

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