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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

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

Watchful Eye

A Leak of San Francisco Police Drone Footage Exposes the New Reality of Urban Surveillance

By Andy Greenberg and Dhruv Mehrotra

AI Found a Root Bug in Linux That Everyone Missed for 15 Years

Security Roundup

AI Found a Root Bug in Linux That Everyone Missed for 15 Years

By Dell Cameron and Lily Hay Newman

OnlyFans Models Are Accidentally Making Hacked Government Websites Disappear

OnlyScams

OnlyFans Models Are Accidentally Making Hacked Government Websites Disappear

By Matt Burgess

Apple’s Hide My Email Service Fails to Hide Your Email

Security Roundup

Apple’s Hide My Email Service Fails to Hide Your Email

By Matt Burgess and Lily Hay Newman

Meta Contractors Posed as Teens to Prompt Rival Chatbots About Suicide, Sex, and Drugs

AI Safety

Meta Contractors Posed as Teens to Prompt Rival Chatbots About Suicide, Sex, and Drugs

By Dhruv Mehrotra and Joel Khalili

Top Google Security Staff Warn Search Data Could Be Hacked if EU Rules Change

Don't Look Up

Top Google Security Staff Warn Search Data Could Be Hacked if EU Rules Change

By Matt Burgess

LastPass Users Had Their Data Stolen—Again

Security Roundup

LastPass Users Had Their Data Stolen—Again

By Lily Hay Newman

The Pentagon Is Looking Into the Dialog Data Exposure for Unmasking National Security Officials

Burn Notice

The Pentagon Is Looking Into the Dialog Data Exposure for Unmasking National Security Officials

By Dell Cameron and Dhruv Mehrotra

Dialog Claims It Was Hacked. A Misconfigured Website Left Its Members Exposed

Hack Job

Dialog Claims It Was Hacked. A Misconfigured Website Left Its Members Exposed

By Dell Cameron and Dhruv Mehrotra

OpenAI Launches Full-Scale Effort to Patch Open-Source Bugs as It Takes on Anthropic’s Mythos

Patched Up

OpenAI Launches Full-Scale Effort to Patch Open-Source Bugs as It Takes on Anthropic’s Mythos

By Lily Hay Newman

Foul Play

World Cup Scams Are Getting Harder to Spot

By Jumana Naim

A Critical Deadline Is Approaching for Windows and Linux Security

Key Components

A Critical Deadline Is Approaching for Windows and Linux Security

By Dan Goodin, Ars Technica

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