Mercor, a $10 billion AI startup that works with companies including OpenAI and Anthropic, confirms major data breach
· Source: fortune.com
In short
AI recruiting startup Mercor, valued at $10 billion and providing training data to major AI companies like Anthropic, OpenAI, and Meta, confirmed it was victim of a cybersecurity breach through a supply-chain attack targeting LiteLLM. The incident exposed sensitive company and user data, with hacking groups TeamPCP and Lapsus$ claiming involvement in the attack that may have compromised datasets and information about customers' AI projects. Mercor stated it was one of thousands of companies affected by the supply-chain attack and has initiated third-party forensics investigation.
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Tags: cybersecurity, supply-chain, data-breach, AI-training, logistics-security, risk-management