The HackerNoon Newsletter: The Death in the Middle (5/31/2026)
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Multiple malicious OpenClaw skills found online - including two macOS infostealers
* Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 found five malicious “skills” on ClawHub, OpenClaw’s official marketplace, delivering infostealers and fraud * Threat actors bypassed VirusTotal/ClawScan checks with inflated file sizes and evasive techniques, showing persistent supply chain risk * All malicious skills were removed and accounts banned; researchers urge strict provenance validation
Exponential View: global AI sales, excluding China, hit $25B in Q1, exceeding an estimated $21B in data center and chip depreciation costs; margins remain thin
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Cal Water Finds No Evidence of OT Activity After Hackers Claimed They Could Disrupt Water Supply
The investigation conducted by California Water Service (Cal Water) into the recent cyberattack claimed by the Iranian hacker group Handala found no evidence of activity in the water utility’s operational technology (OT) environment. Handala, which claims to be a hacktivist collective but is widely believed to be a front
Google Will Open The Play Store To Outside Billing On June 30
It will also lower its commission from 30 percent to 10 percent. Google will allow developers to offer outside payments starting on June 30 in the US, the UK and Europe, and it's also doing away with its 30 percent cut for transactions at the same time. The