NetSec News Articles of Interest From the Week of February 3, 2025

Read more cybersecurity news in this edition of NetSec News.

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  Jessica Owens

  MSSP Training & Development Coordinator, T2 SOC Analyst

OpenAI Says It Has Proof DeepSeek Used Its Technology To Develop Its AI Model

OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, says it has proof that the Chinese start-up DeepSeek used its technology to create a competing artificial intelligence model — fueling concerns about intellectual property theft in the fast-growing industry. (New York Post)

“DeepSeek isn’t innovation—it’s imitation. Chinese actors siphoned ChatGPT’s output via API calls last fall, then used that data to train a model that mimics OpenAI’s work. The result? A less precise facsimile of ChatGPT, built on stolen data and distillation tricks, now masquerading as a breakthrough. I’ve seen this playbook before. Investigating cyber breaches for years, it’s always the same: steal it, rename it, and call it Chinese progress. When do we start taking this seriously?” –Jason Ingalls, Chief Cybersecurity Officer at C3 Integrated Solutions

FBI Seizes Cracked.io, Nulled.to Hacking Forums in Operation Talent

In a major blow to the cybercrime underworld, the FBI has seized the domains of notorious hacking forums Cracked.io and Nulled.to as part of Operation Talent, a coordinated international law enforcement effort. These platforms, used by millions to share stolen data, software cracks, and hacking tools, have been central to numerous cyber attacks targeting millions in the U.S. alone. With the arrest of suspects and seizure of servers, this operation not only disrupts these cybercriminal hubs but also sheds light on the scale and sophistication of hacking communities. Read on to discover the full impact of this takedown on global cybersecurity. (BleepingComputer)

MGM Resorts to Pay $45M to Settle Data Breach Lawsuits

MGM Resorts has agreed to a $45 million settlement to resolve multiple class action lawsuits following two major data breaches that exposed the personal information of millions of customers, reports TechCrunch. (MSSP Alert)

Ex-CIA Analyst Pleads Guilty to Sharing Top-Secret Data with Unauthorized Parties

A former analyst working for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) pleaded guilty to transmitting top secret National Defense Information (NDI) to individuals who did not have the necessary authorization to receive it and attempted to cover up the activity. (The Hacker News)

US Healthcare Provider Data Breach Impacts 1 Million Patients

Community Health Center (CHC), a leading Connecticut healthcare provider, is notifying over 1 million patients of a data breach that impacted their personal and health data. (BleepingComputer)