Meta pauses Mercor partnership after cyberattack reportedly linked to LiteLLM
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Meta has put its partnership with AI recruiter Mercor on hold after a major cyberattack.
The breach, linked to a supply chain issue involving LiteLLM, reportedly exposed a huge chunk of Mercor's data.
Mercor probes breach after LAPSUS$ claim
Mercor is now teaming up with outside experts to figure out exactly what happened and how much was compromised.
Meanwhile, the hacker group LAPSUS$ says it grabbed nearly 4TB of data, including databases and source code.
Despite this mess, Mercor raised $350 million in funding and hit a $10 billion valuation.
This incident has also led other big AI companies to reevaluate working with Mercor for now.