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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

Plus: Russian hackers are trying to steal US nuclear scientists’ emails, the State Department bans known scammers from entering the United States, and more.
By 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

By Matt Burgess
Your Period Tracker Is (Probably) Spying on You
Security Roundup

Your Period Tracker Is (Probably) Spying on You

By Andy Greenberg, Dell Cameron, and Lily Hay Newman
Hackers Claim to Leak Stolen Madison Square Garden Data
Security Roundup

Hackers Claim to Leak Stolen Madison Square Garden Data

By Matt Burgess and Lily Hay Newman
How the Peter Thiel-Linked Dialog Club Secretly Ranks Its Members
Grade Expectations

How the Peter Thiel-Linked Dialog Club Secretly Ranks Its Members

By Dell Cameron, Dhruv Mehrotra, and Yulia Almazova
The UK Will Scan Asylum-Seekers’ Faces for Age Checks—Despite Knowing the Tech Is Flawed
Check, Mate

The UK Will Scan Asylum-Seekers’ Faces for Age Checks—Despite Knowing the Tech Is Flawed

By Matt Burgess, Maddy Varner, May Bulman, and Gabriel Geiger
Leak Exposes Members of Peter Thiel’s Secretive ‘Dialog’ Society
Group Chat

Leak Exposes Members of Peter Thiel’s Secretive ‘Dialog’ Society

By Dell Cameron and Yulia Almazova
‘Dangerous’ AI Models Are Coming No Matter What
Thanks, Capitalism

‘Dangerous’ AI Models Are Coming No Matter What

By Lily Hay Newman
Meta Tapped a Pentagon Supplier to Prototype Face Recognition for Its Glasses
Spec Ops

Meta Tapped a Pentagon Supplier to Prototype Face Recognition for Its Glasses

By Dell Cameron and Dhruv Mehrotra
The FCC Wants to Kill Burner Phones
Security Roundup

The FCC Wants to Kill Burner Phones

By Andy Greenberg and Lily Hay Newman
Grok Is Still Hosting Sexualized Deepfakes of Famous Women
No Permission

Grok Is Still Hosting Sexualized Deepfakes of Famous Women

By Matt Burgess