AI recruiting startup Mercor has confirmed a cyberattack linked to a compromise of the open source project LiteLLM, potentially affecting thousands of companies. The extortion hacking group Lapsus$ has claimed responsibility for targeting Mercor and accessing its data, though the exact connection between the two incidents remains unclear.
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/31/mercor-says-it-was-hit-by-cyberattack-tied-to-compromise-of-open-source-litellm-project/