The Weekly Brief #018: AI Arms Race, $21B Cloud Deals, Record VC, and a Ransomware Blitz
Your weekly tech digest: TSMC posts $35.7B Q1 record, Meta locks in a $21B CoreWeave deal, Anthropic hides its most powerful AI, and ransomware hits from Germany to Hollywood.
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Qilin Ransomware Hits German Political Party, Steals 1.5TB of Internal Data
The Qilin ransomware group breached Germany's Die Linke party, stealing 1.5 terabytes of internal communications and files while sparing membership and donation records.
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Xoople Raised $130M to Turn Satellite Data Into AI Gold — And Europe Should Take Notice
Spanish startup Xoople raised $130M Series B for AI-powered satellite data. Nazca Capital led.
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The TriMed Data Breach & Why Healthcare EHR Platforms Are Now Prime Cyberattack Targets
TriMed Inc.'s EHR platform breach exposes hundreds of medical practices — and it's part of a deliberate pattern of attacks on healthcare. Sara Voss explains what happened, why healthcare is the new cyber battlefield, and what to do now.
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Iran's Cyber War Goes Mainstream: Bomb-Shelter Spyware, Stryker Wiped, and 5,800 Attacks
Since the Iran War began February 28, 2026, nearly 50 Iran-linked hacker groups have launched 5,800 tracked attacks — including bomb-shelter spyware synced to the second of missile strikes, real-time device wipes at Stryker, a claimed 375TB Lockheed breach, and the hacking of FBI Director Kash Patel. Sara Voss breaks down the most sophisticated cyber-physical war campaign in history.
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