{
  "id": 3740602,
  "title": "Russian-Speaking Cybercriminals Used SpaceX’s Cursor AI Tool to Hack Seven Firms",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/russian-speaking-cybercriminals-used-spacexs-cursor-ai-tool-to-hack-3740602",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-27T12:44:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Insurance Journal",
    "slug": "insurance-journal",
    "url": "https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2026/08/27/883097.htm"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Russian-speaking hackers used SpaceX’s coding assistant, Cursor, to help break in to a Belgian chemical company and at least six other firms earlier this year, according to data reviewed by Reuters and a report issued on Thursday by the startup …",
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      {
        "outlet": "CNA - Business",
        "title": "Exclusive-Russian-speaking cybercriminals used SpaceX’s Cursor AI tool to hack seven companies",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/exclusive-russian-speaking-cybercriminals-used-spacexs-cursor-ai-tool",
        "published": "2026-08-27T10:02:14.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Russian-speaking cybercriminals used SpaceX's Cursor AI tool to hack seven companies",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/russian-speaking-cybercriminals-used-spacexs-cursor-ai-tool-to-hack",
        "published": "2026-08-27T10:40:29.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Gambit Security: Russian-speaking ransomware gang Aur0ra used SpaceX's Cursor AI coding assistant to breach at least seven companies between April 8 and May 21 (Raphael Satter/Reuters)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/gambit-security-russian-speaking-ransomware-gang-aur0ra-used-spacexs",
        "published": "2026-08-27T11:55:01.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}