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A Civilian Plane Crashed in New Mexico. Was the Military’s Tech to Blame?

Flying Blind

A Civilian Plane Crashed in New Mexico. Was the Military’s Tech to Blame?

Jeff Wise

AI Scammers Are Better at Building Trust Than Humans

Imposter Syndrome

AI Scammers Are Better at Building Trust Than Humans

Andy Greenberg

ICE’s New Detention Center Contracts Declare State Laws ‘Shall Not Apply’

Lawfare

ICE’s New Detention Center Contracts Declare State Laws ‘Shall Not Apply’

Dell Cameron

OpenAI’s Rogue AI Agent Hacked More Than Just Hugging Face

Bigger Breach

OpenAI’s Rogue AI Agent Hacked More Than Just Hugging Face

Dell Cameron and Maxwell Zeff

A Typo Landed an Innocent Gamer in Prison for 18 Months

Oops.

A Typo Landed an Innocent Gamer in Prison for 18 Months

Nate Anderson, Ars Technica

Hugging Face Has a Deepfake Nudes Problem

Promptly Problematic

Hugging Face Has a Deepfake Nudes Problem

Matt Burgess

DHS Official Resigns, Citing ‘War on Immigrants’

Peace Out

DHS Official Resigns, Citing ‘War on Immigrants’

Noah Shachtman

Private Claude Chats Exposed in Google and Bing Search Results

Battle ‘Bots.txt

Private Claude Chats Exposed in Google and Bing Search Results

Maddy Varner

The OpenAI Models That Hacked Hugging Face Were ‘Active on the Internet’ for Days

Security Roundup

The OpenAI Models That Hacked Hugging Face Were ‘Active on the Internet’ for Days

Lily Hay Newman and Dhruv Mehrotra

Satellite Images Reveal How Suspected Scam Compounds Appear Out of Nowhere

Eyes Up

Satellite Images Reveal How Suspected Scam Compounds Appear Out of Nowhere

Matt Burgess

For Taylor Swift, Madison Square Garden’s Controversial Cameras Briefly Went Dark

Private Party

For Taylor Swift, Madison Square Garden’s Controversial Cameras Briefly Went Dark

Noah Shachtman

States Want ICE Agents to Show Their Faces. The Trump Administration Is Blocking Them

Face Time

States Want ICE Agents to Show Their Faces. The Trump Administration Is Blocking Them

Maddy Varner

OpenAI Models Escaped Containment and Hacked Hugging Face

Rogue Agents

OpenAI Models Escaped Containment and Hacked Hugging Face

Lily Hay Newman and Dell Cameron

A Sneaky Hacking Tool Targeting AI Infrastructure Is Lurking in Victims’ Blind Spots

Inside Job

A Sneaky Hacking Tool Targeting AI Infrastructure Is Lurking in Victims’ Blind Spots

Lily Hay Newman

A Device Hidden in Cars Across the US Leaves Them Vulnerable to Hacking and Paralysis. Patch It Now

Stealth Mode

A Device Hidden in Cars Across the US Leaves Them Vulnerable to Hacking and Paralysis. Patch It Now

Andy Greenberg

The ACLU Is Arming Lawyers to Expose State Surveillance Secrets

Discovery Mode

The ACLU Is Arming Lawyers to Expose State Surveillance Secrets

Dell Cameron

Apps Marketed to US Troops Are Shipping Chinese and Russian Code

Rank Insecurity

Apps Marketed to US Troops Are Shipping Chinese and Russian Code

Dell Cameron

Your Period Tracker Is (Probably) Spying on You

Security Roundup

Your Period Tracker Is (Probably) Spying on You

Andy Greenberg, Dell Cameron, and Lily Hay Newman

Prompt Injection Attacks Are Thwarting AI Hacking Agents

Poison Pills

Prompt Injection Attacks Are Thwarting AI Hacking Agents

Dan Goodin, Ars Technica

San Francisco Demands Apple and Google Delete AI ‘Nudify’ Apps From App Stores

Stripped Out

San Francisco Demands Apple and Google Delete AI ‘Nudify’ Apps From App Stores

Matt Burgess