Edition #76

The One Thing

• Iran says two tankers have hit Hormuz naval mines, attacks regional targets in retaliation to U.S. strikes

Signals

• Anthropic launches Claude Fable 5.1 and says it’s up to 45 percent cheaper for agentic work
• Anthropic promises zero data retention – but customers must check it worked
• Attacker stole a METR API key, used $600K worth of credits, and no one noticed for weeks
• ICONIQ: The 100%+ Growers Added 133% More Headcount in H1 2026. But The 50%-100% Growers Cut Hiring Almost in Half.
• Global bond rout gathers pace as inflation fears mount
• This could be the 10-year Treasury’s tipping point into the danger zone
• Iran War Triggers Billions in New Oil Pipeline and Port Investment
• McKesson Supplies 1 in 3 Hospital Prescriptions. Now It’s Responding to a Cyberattack Linked to 284 Million Records
• Manager who demanded doctor’s note on New Year’s Eve was not reasonable, EEOC says
• Settled: 8 lawsuits that ended in payouts in August

Watch Your Back

• Researchers Use Claude to Port Pre-Auth RCE Exploit From One PLC Model to Another
• Attackers Exploit Critical Switchvox Flaw to Deploy Reverse Shells Without Credentials
• SonicWall warns of actively exploited SMA1000 zero-day flaws
• FBI Probes Service Selling 153M+ Drivers Licenses
• China's 'Fire Ant' campaign used compromised Cisco routers as platform for more attacks

Antics

• Show HN: HN Match Maker – Matching "Who Wants to Be Hired?" With "Who's Hiring?"

What's Being Built

• Kilo Code for JetBrains — Fully native, open-source coding agent built for JetBrains
• Computable GPU Index (CGI) — The first open-source price index for GPU compute
• Creatium Coach — Your multimedia mentor that takes you from mid to great