Mercor, a $10 billion AI startup, confirms it was the victim of a major cybersecurity breach
· Source: fortune.com
In short
Mercor, a $10 billion AI startup that provides training data to major AI companies including Anthropic, OpenAI, and Meta, confirmed it was affected by a supply-chain cyberattack targeting the LiteLLM open-source library. The breach may have exposed sensitive company and user data, with the hacking group Lapsus$ claiming to have obtained up to four terabytes of data including source code and database records. The incident highlights growing cybersecurity threats in the AI industry supply chain.
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