Public pressure mounts in Washington The spate of security breaches has only intensified pressure on Republicans in Washington who were already struggling to manage a wave of political backlash over data centers.
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Hadas Gold,
CNN Money,
29 Sep. 2026
Slowing sales growth and a sharp profit decline are exposing strains in Shein’s ultra-fast-fashion model as regulatory pressure mounts, according to its first earnings report as a public company.
Industry critics have argued that many concerning events, including AI agents' hacks of external websites, are the result of security lapses on the part of the companies building the technology.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
30 Sep. 2026
Other hacks appear to have been the result of human managers leaving the AI systems to run unattended.
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Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Sep. 2026
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