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An #OpenAI #Agent #Hacked Australia’s #HealthService. Their Government Found Out Months Later
The country’s prime minister expressed disappointment at being informed of the hack only via email. Now #Australia is investigating whether OpenAI broke the law.
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There's a new way to break #RSA that's faster than anything we've seen before
The world has known for decades that the RSA cryptosystem’s days are numbered. Once quantum computing becomes practical (estimates for that range from 3 to 20 or more years), the foundational #security it provides will crumble. New research has revealed a novel method that uses classical computing to reduce the current RSA security level to an unacceptably low threshold.
The finding poses little to no practical threat in the immediate term … Even applying the attack against the deprecated use of 1024-bit keys, the method requires more computation than just about anybody can achieve. Widely used RSA implementations are also safe
Nonetheless, the research has taken #cryptographers by surprise because it introduces signature forgery, a new way to break RSA keys without #factoring. …this novel method reduces the required computing resources by orders of magnitude.
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Owners mourn spoiled food after #firmware update #bricks #Samsung smart fridges
Some Samsung smart #fridges stopped working on Tuesday due to a firmware update.
#Korean outlets were the first to report the problems, which affect Samsung’s #Bespoke #AI line of fridges. Star News Korea, per a Google-provided translation, said that most of the affected devices were four-door fridges from 2024 or later.
Affected fridges “suddenly lost power and stopped functioning immediately after” trying to issue a firmware update through #SmartThings,
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#AIAgents Teamed Up to #Cheat at #Blackjack. Their Collusion Is Getting Harder to Spot
A #clandestine card-counting operation suggests we may need new ways to spot agent-to-agent deception.
#security #ai #securityhttps://www.wired.com/story/ai-agent-collusion-card-counting-secrets/
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#WhiteHouse Backtracks on Plan to Exert New Control Over N.I.H. #Grants
N.I.H. is the nation’s largest #research agency, which disburses much of its $48 billion annual budget to labs and academic #researchers who study #cancer , infectious diseases and other #health priorities.
#nihhttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/us/politics/trump-nih-science-grants.html
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#Discord age verification rolls out today with changes spurred by user backlash
Discord today is rolling out an age-verification system that estimates each user's age and requires some users to prove they are old enough to access age-restricted content. Discord said it will take a few days for the global system to reach all user accounts.
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#FBI rushes to investigate if #ShinyHunters hack of thousands of employees is real
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#RFK Jr.'s #CDC isn’t letting states order #COVID19 shots for kids, blocking access
As respiratory #virus season nears and fall #vaccination drives get underway, more than half of US children are facing uncertainty over access to this year's COVID-19 shot. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has unexpectedly delayed the distribution of the shots to a key federal program and some states.
Usually, the CDC would allow states to order the newly available seasonal COVID-19 vaccines through the federal #VaccineforChildren (#VFC ) program, which provides #vaccines at no cost to children who are #uninsured; , #underinsured , Medicaid-eligible, or Indigenous people in the US. Approximately 52 percent of all US children are eligible for vaccines through the program.
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#Meta Pinky Promises Its #SmartGlasses Will Be Private Soon
The company is bringing its Private Processing #encryption service to its much-maligned #smartglasses.
#security #privacy #ai #artificialintelligence #pinkypromisehttps://www.wired.com/story/meta-pinky-promises-its-smart-glasses-are-going-to-be-private-soon/
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#Meta VR Glasses, Ray-Ban #MetaAudio, Ray-Ban Meta Gen 3: Specs, Features, Prices https://www.wired.com/story/metas-answer-to-the-meta-creep-camera-free-smart-glasses/
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#Meta Unveils 3 #SmartGlasses With Built-In A.I.
Artificial intelligence again dominated the company’s annual #developer conference, as #MarkZuckerberg doubled down on how the technology can empower people.
#ai #artificialintelligencehttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/technology/meta-ai-smart-glasses-conference.html
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OpenAI’s A.I. Tried #Breaching Four Other Targets, With No Prompting
OpenAI’s offices in San Francisco. At least four times this year, the company’s artificial intelligence #hacked or tried to break into government and university websites without being instructed to do so.
#ai #artificialintelligence #openai #breach #attackhttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/technology/openai-ai-breach-australia.html
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#FBI Hack Exposed FBI’s Own #Hacking Unit
The catastrophic hack of at least thousands of FBI officials’ personal data, including their addresses, phone numbers, and even their spouses, includes members of the FBI’s secretive hacking team, potentially revealing who exactly is in that unit, 404 Media has found.
The findings further highlight how sensitive the stolen data is, and how valuable it may be to criminals or to foreign intelligence agencies. There is very little public information about the FBI’s hacking unit, including the operations it conducts, the tools it uses, or which agents are part of it.
#privacy #securityhttps://www.404media.co/fbi-hack-exposed-fbis-own-hacking-unit-remote-operations-shinyhunters/
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#Microsoft Helps Take Down Massive Automated, AI-Powered Phishing-as-a-Service Platform
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The Federal Agency That’s Supposed to Protect #Consumers Just Made Another Business-Friendly Move
For over a decade, consumers could opt in to have what they wrote published as public information in a #CFPB database. But last month, the #Trump administration announced that it would stop publishing those complaint narratives, a decision that aligns the agency with corporations that have critiqued the system for years.
“Publishing such narratives in the Database provides a less-than-representative sample of one-sided experiences,” the CFPB said in a press release
#consumerprotectionhttps://www.propublica.org/article/cfpb-consumer-complaint-database
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Woman Arrested After City Council Denies Residents Right to Speak on #Flock #Cameras
Mia Heider had never attended a public meeting before when she showed up to the city council meeting in Springfield, #Missouri. After briefly speaking at a podium during a public comment period, she was arrested and dragged away in handcuffs.“Hello, my name is Miley Heider. I’m a Springfield, Missouri constituent, and I’m here to oppose the usage of #ALPR cameras, most commonly made by #FlockSafety. These cameras are not just #surveillance ,” Heider started.
“I’m sorry ma’am,” #Springfield Mayor Jeff Schrag said. Her mic was cut. A #cop approached her at the podium.
Heider held up both of her middle fingers while continuing to speak: “They are an invasion of our #privacy ,” she said
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#Meta Tests #Muse #AIAgent Calls That Are Actually Made By Humans in a Call Center
Last week, Meta executives announced that its much-hyped #AI agent, Muse, had a new feature: It could call businesses for you to do things like make a restaurant reservation or a haircut appointment. But in reality, Meta is testing having these calls being made by human beings in call centers, 404 Media has learned. -
Creating a #KillSwitch to Shut Down a #Rogue A.I. Is Harder Than It Sounds
Creating a kill switch, a metaphorical big red button that could be pressed in an emergency, is harder than many policymakers assume. “There often isn’t one plug you can pull,” said one A.I. researcher.
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Forget the #AI Slowdown—the #Vulnerability Explosion Is Already Happening
AI labs are toying with an industry-wide pact to slow development. Meanwhile, widely available AI #chatbots are already helping uncover a tidal wave of #security flaws.
#privacyhttps://www.wired.com/story/kernel-panic-ai-vulnerability-explosion/
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Meta's #Muse Is Better at #Surveilling Than Helping Me
The Muse app continues Meta’s trend of opting users into data collection for #AItraining. It also nudges you to share your bank account, email, and passport information.
#meta #privacy #security #surveillance #aihttps://www.wired.com/story/metas-muse-is-better-at-surveilling-than-helping-me/
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#Democracy vs #DigitalInfrastructure: Pulitzer-Winning #Journalist Charts 'The Rise and Fall of the #ArtificialState '
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This A.I. House Can Provide You With Connections. It Also Has a #DarkSide.
Group tech houses have proliferated across the #SanFrancisco;Bay Area in the #artificialIntelligence boom. One of the most prominent has also racked up an extensive police record.
#ai #aihouse #privacy #securityhttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/technology/agi-house-ai-culture.html
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Judge Denies Efforts to End #Oversight of #MaricopaCounty Sheriff’s Office as #RacialProfiling of #Latinos Persists
A federal judge has denied efforts to remove oversight of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, saying the agency continues to show #racial disparities in traffic arrests of Latinos — and that there is not enough evidence that efforts to improve would stick without legal monitoring.
#rights #profilinghttps://www.propublica.org/article/maricopa-county-sheriff-oversight-judge-ruling
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Watch: The New #SupremeCourt
The Supreme Court continues to make consequential rulings in the shadows. I analyzed tens of thousands of case files from the court’s online archives, parsing through filings to separate simple requests for deadline extensions from challenges to long-established #constitutional #rights. I discovered that in the term that ended in 2025, the justices issued more substantive decisions on their emergency #docket than in cases argued in open court. Experts told me this was likely the first time this has happened in the court’s modern history.
Representatives from the Supreme Court did not respond to my questions.
#scotus #shadowdockethttps://www.propublica.org/article/supreme-court-shadow-docket-explainer