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‘Nightmare Scenario’: Zero-Click Spyware Is Infecting Phones via Targeted Ads

Nowhere’s Safe

‘Nightmare Scenario’: Zero-Click Spyware Is Infecting Phones via Targeted Ads

Matt Burgess and Lily Hay Newman

An OpenAI Employee Allegedly Used a Chatbot to Help Plant a Recording Device at the Office

Chat Logged

An OpenAI Employee Allegedly Used a Chatbot to Help Plant a Recording Device at the Office

Paresh Dave, Maddy Varner, and Caroline Haskins

Feds Got Warrants to Use Fake Cell Towers to Hunt Down Don Lemon’s Producer

Overkill

Feds Got Warrants to Use Fake Cell Towers to Hunt Down Don Lemon’s Producer

Dhruv Mehrotra

AI Is Getting Really Good at Messing With Cybercriminals

Kernel Panic

AI Is Getting Really Good at Messing With Cybercriminals

Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess

ICE Agent at NYC Shooting Has History of Alleged Violence and Illegal Arrests

Past and Present

ICE Agent at NYC Shooting Has History of Alleged Violence and Illegal Arrests

Dhruv Mehrotra, Ali Winston, and Maddy Varner

The Man Behind a West Bank Telegram Channel Trying to Keep Palestinian Drivers Safe

Choke Points

The Man Behind a West Bank Telegram Channel Trying to Keep Palestinian Drivers Safe

Lama Rabah

Shaq Got Hacked. Now He’s Pitching for a VPN

(S)haq’d

Shaq Got Hacked. Now He’s Pitching for a VPN

Lily Hay Newman

The Pentagon Hopes to Speed Up ‘Kill Chain’ AI Buys With 5-Minute Videos

Killer Deals

The Pentagon Hopes to Speed Up ‘Kill Chain’ AI Buys With 5-Minute Videos

Maddy Varner

Muse Creates Detailed Profiles of All Your Friends and Family

Kernel Panic

Muse Creates Detailed Profiles of All Your Friends and Family

Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess

ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database

Chilling Effect

ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database

Maddy Varner and Dhruv Mehrotra

A Flaw in ChatGPT’s Mac App Could Have Let Hackers Grab Sensitive Data

Be Careful

A Flaw in ChatGPT’s Mac App Could Have Let Hackers Grab Sensitive Data

Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess

Experience What It’s Like to Travel in the Occupied West Bank

Choke Points

Experience What It’s Like to Travel in the Occupied West Bank

The Secrets of a US Spyware King

Eyes Wide Shut

The Secrets of a US Spyware King

Kim Zetter

How Israeli Checkpoints Choke Palestinian Life in the Occupied West Bank

Choke Points

How Israeli Checkpoints Choke Palestinian Life in the Occupied West Bank

Lama Rabah, Sabrina Slipchenko, Charles Boutaud, Firas Taweel, and Elena DeBre

OpenAI Gets Sued Over the Hugging Face Hack

Agent of Change

OpenAI Gets Sued Over the Hugging Face Hack

Lily Hay Newman

OpenAI Pauses Training Its Most Powerful Models After Rogue Agents Target Government

Panic Stations

OpenAI Pauses Training Its Most Powerful Models After Rogue Agents Target Government

Isabella Ward

Old-School Credit Card Scams Are Far From Dead

Kernel Panic

Old-School Credit Card Scams Are Far From Dead

Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess

An OpenAI Agent Hacked Australia’s Health Service. Their Government Found Out Months Later

Delayed Notification

An OpenAI Agent Hacked Australia’s Health Service. Their Government Found Out Months Later

Isabella Ward

Meta’s Muse AI Assistant Rolled Out With a Serious Security Flaw

All Access

Meta’s Muse AI Assistant Rolled Out With a Serious Security Flaw

Dan Goodin, Ars Technica

A New Tool Found Malware That’s Guided by an AI Hive Mind—No Humans in Sight

Spot the Bot

A New Tool Found Malware That’s Guided by an AI Hive Mind—No Humans in Sight

Lily Hay Newman