Aug 27 2026

Reuters: ransomware gang Aur0ra used Cursor to help breach seven companies

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Russian-speaking criminals used the SpaceX-owned coding against mid-market victims across Belgium, Germany, Scotland, Argentina, Italy and Louisiana, the clearest documented case of commodity criminal adoption of agentic coding tools.

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