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AI recruiting startup Mercor confirms cyberattack linked to compromised open-source LiteLLM library, with extortion group claiming data theft.

AI recruiting startup Mercor confirms cyberattack linked to compromised open-source LiteLLM library, with extortion group claiming data theft.

Mercor suffered a security breach connected to a vulnerability in the open-source LiteLLM project

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