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Joseph Gedeon @jgedeon.bsky.social · 13h

The Trump admin pressured multiple countries to withdraw their sponsorship of a leading European disinformation conference, with Canada, Lithuania and the EU’s diplomatic service agreeing to do so, the Guardian has learned W/ @aishadown.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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EU drops sponsorship of disinformation conference at Trump officials’ request

Lithuania and Canada were also pressured to withdraw, and days before #Disinfo2026, logos were wiped off website

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Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 14h

"The document says Washington was “grateful” Lithuania supposedly found a panel framing the US as a foreign information threat “reprehensible and surprising” and welcomed its decision to limit involvement in the conference."

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EU drops sponsorship of disinformation conference at Trump officials’ request

Lithuania and Canada were also pressured to withdraw, and days before #Disinfo2026, logos were wiped off website

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Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 21h

SCOOP: Last week the National Design Studio announced a new AI website, America.gov. Turns out some NDS workers are on loan to the government and are actually employed by a newly formed nonprofit, founded by the general counsel of SpaceXAI who is himself a DOGE alum. www.wired.com/story/myster...

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A Mysterious Nonprofit Run by SpaceXAI’s Top Lawyer Is Paying the Salaries of Government Workers

The National Design Studio has been something of a successor agency to DOGE. A WIRED investigation finds some of its members are on loan from a nonprofit run by SpaceXAI’s general counsel.

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Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

A push notification, apparently sent by hackers, is certainly one way to get people's attention all at once

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Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

New analysis from @benmshultz.net has found 50 MEPs—46 of them women—are included on deepfake sexual abuse websites. "This translates to roughly one in six women MEPs," the findings say, expanding on the 150 national MPs found on the sites last month Findings: agoradigital.de/wp-content/u...

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404 Media @404media.co · 05/10/2026

NEW: In the immediate weeks before Muse’s launch, Meta engineers found several security vulnerabilities, at least one of which could have allowed malicious users to break outside of Muse’s intended environment and access Meta’s own sensitive databases and services, 404 Media has learned.

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Meta Rushed to Fix Muse ‘VM Escape' Vulnerability Immediately Before Launch

The vulnerability could have let a Muse user access sensitive internal Meta databases.

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Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

In the latest version of Kernel Panic—WIRED's security and privacy newsletter—me and @lhn.bsky.social look at how Meta's Muse AI creates 'profiles' for everyone in your life. And yep, that means compiling a huge amount of info about your relationships Story here: www.wired.com/story/muse-c...

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Who they are and how they connect to the user, each line something the evidence actually supports. Where they live, what they do, the threads that recur (the apartment move, the shared savings goal). Record the dates that matter when the evidence gives them, each on its own line in a consistent form a reminder can find (`Birthday: March 12`, `Anniversary: June 4`), and note when the user last connected and their usual rhythm when the evidence shows it (`Last spoke: this week, about the move`). Only what the evidence supports; never guess a date.

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Wrote about how tips I get in my email inbox from ordinary ppl are increasingly AI generated. words like "evidence packet". I think this is how ChatGPT/Claude *thinks* journalists talk, but it's not. Because most tips to journos are not public so can't be scraped www.404media.co/behind-the-b...

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Behind the Blog: Freaking Out

This week, we discuss inbox slop, Claude cults, and more.

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WIRED @wired.com · 02/10/2026

While the focus has been on AI agents’ hacking capabilities, a recently patched vulnerability in a ChatGPT app shows that AI software is itself an inviting—and vulnerable—target. www.wired.com/story/a-flaw...

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

While the focus has been on AI agents’ hacking capabilities, a recently patched vulnerability in a ChatGPT app shows that AI software is itself an inviting—and vulnerable—target.

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Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai @lorenzofb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

NEW: An iPhone hacking company claims it can freeze the iPhone in a state that makes it easier for cops to access data. The iPhone has an automatic reboot feature that reverts the device to a state where data is harder to extract. This would defeat that feature. www.404media.co/cops-can-byp...

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Cops Can Bypass iPhone’s Automatic Reboot to Get Into Locked Phones, Leaked Video Claims

Magent Forensics, the owner of the GrayKey phone unlocking tool, says it can bypass an iPhone rebooting feature that was locking cops out.

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Kim Zetter @kimzetter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Exclusive: Israeli spyware maker Paragon positions itself as more responsible than competitor NSO Group. But company's new US CEO says in candid interview that while they will cut off customers who misuse their spyware they have no ability to detect or investigate customer misuse, nor want ability

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The Secrets of a US Spyware King

In an exclusive interview with WIRED, Paragon Solutions CEO Andrew Boyd reveals the limits of the company’s promise to keep bad actors from abusing its powerful espionage tool.

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Dave Lee @davelee.me · 30/09/2026

Amazon is ramping up its program to give delivery drivers smart glasses. The device captures still images constantly from the moment the driver leaves his van and walks to your door, potentially thousands per shift. You can’t opt out www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

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Amazon Drivers’ Smart Glasses Are Going to Be an Image Problem

Coming soon up a garden path near you: an Amazon.com Inc. driver wearing smart glasses, almost constantly taking pictures and sending them back to the company to be analyzed by humans and fed into an ...

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WIRED @wired.com · 30/09/2026

Lost time. Lost jobs. Lost friends. Lost family. Lost lives. Checkpoints are suffocating Palestinian life in the occupied West Bank. Over 18 months, WIRED and our reporting partners investigated the full scope of the system that has carved the West Bank up. www.wired.com/story/how-is...

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How Israeli Checkpoints Choke Palestinian Life in the Occupied West Bank

Lost time. Lost jobs. Lost friends. Lost family. Lost lives. Our joint investigation reveals the system that has divided the West Bank and measures what it cost people to move through it.

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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"The league said the commission had found City used schemes “to artificially inflate the club’s revenues, and reduce its costs, by more than £900m during the affected period, to appear to comply with financial rules”. £900 million.

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Liberty @libertyhq.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

NEW: Liberty Investigates and The Guardian discover British Transport Police’s initial six-month trial of live facial recognition tech in London’s railway stations: - cost more than £320,000 - took nearly 100 hours of police time - resulted in no arrests www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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Trial of live facial recognition in London stations ends with a false positive and no arrests

Freedom of information request finds six-month trial cost £320,000, used almost 100 police hours and led to just one – incorrect – alert

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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Hampshire police say man was arrested on suspicion of destroying ships or endangering their safety under the Aviation & Maritime Security Act 1990, criminal damage, criminal damage with intent to endanger life, & conduct endangering ships, structures or individuals under Merchant Shipping Act 1995

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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 23/09/2026

“I need this vehicle to be out of here NOW, or it will be crushed,” barked the Secret Service agent. I love the classic British response here was to hit the Waymo's big red button and fuckin' scarper. Glad you escaped unscathed, @joemillerjr.ft.com.

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What to do when your Waymo holds up a Secret Service motorcade

Stranded in six-lane traffic, surrounded by agents, my autonomous vehicle refused to budge

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WIRED @wired.com · 23/09/2026

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is on track to be the largest ever. www.wired.com/story/organi...

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The World Forgot About Ebola. The Organization Fighting It Has Never Been More Worried

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is on track to be the largest ever.

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Andy Greenberg @agreenberg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Using AI in many cases means sending your most sensitive and intimate thoughts to a server where they can be exploited as training data, sold to ad brokers, or even handed to law enforcement. So I assembled this guide to using AI with your privacy intact. www.wired.com/story/how-to...

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How to Use AI With Your Privacy Intact

Your conversations with AI chatbots are both highly personal and deeply vulnerable to surveillance. Here’s how you can protect yourself.

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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

NEW: If you wanted to design a system for monetizing people’s secrets, you’d be hard pressed to make something better than an AI chatbot. Here’s how to use these tools without giving up the intimate details of you life. @agreenberg.bsky.social reports: www.wired.com/story/how-to...

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How to Use AI With Your Privacy Intact

Your conversations with AI chatbots are both highly personal and deeply vulnerable to surveillance. Here’s how you can protect yourself.

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Thomas Brewster @thomasbrewster.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

🚨NEW🚨 In an astonishing cyberattack, a Chinese-speaking hacker told AI agents powered by DeepSeek and Anthropic's Claude to go breach a bunch of retailers and hospitality companies. Within five days, the agents hacked 30+ websites and stole over 600,000 credit cards. www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...

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Massive AI-Fueled Hack Hit 100 Companies In Days

Anthropic, DeepSeek and Moonshot AI agents carried out a wide-ranging cyberattack, obtaining 600,000+ credit card numbers in just a few days. It’s a worrying new milestone in cybercrime.

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Alexander Martin @alexmartin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Russia’s growing restrictions on mobile internet and cellular service are making it harder for people to receive warnings about incoming Ukrainian drone and missile attacks. In some cases, alerts arrive only after a strike or do not reach residents at all. ✍️ @darynant.bsky.social

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Russia’s internet shutdowns disrupt warnings about incoming drone attacks

Russia’s growing restrictions on mobile internet and cellular service are making it harder for people to receive warnings about incoming Ukrainian drone and missile attacks.

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FT Edit @ftedit.ft.com · 22/09/2026

A Kremlin-backed fintech company used old-fashioned money laundering to bypass western sanctions and funnel almost $7bn through major international banks, including Standard Chartered, Citigroup and Deutsche Bank. Read today's excusive investigation 👉 ft.trib.al/POYpdNe

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WIRED @wired.com · 18/09/2026

Kernel Panic by @lhn.bsky.social and @mattburgess1.bsky.social ! Your guide to the changing worlds of digital security and privacy. Exclusive news, expert analysis and what’s coming next. Delivered every Saturday. Find out more 👇 www.wired.com/newsletter/e...

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Andy Greenberg @agreenberg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

As the TeamPCP cybercrime group carried out an unprecedented spree of software supply chain hacking this year, it had been infiltrated by an undercover analyst from Google's threat intel division. Google watched from inside, warned victims, even disrupted extortions. www.wired.com/story/an-und...

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An Undercover Google Analyst Infiltrated a Notorious Supply Chain Hacking Gang

TeamPCP pulled off the worst-ever software supply chain hacking spree and breached thousands of companies. Now Google’s threat intelligence group has revealed it had a mole inside the hackers’ inner c...

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Lily Hay Newman @lhn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Whether you're an aspiring or longtime fan, you can now pipe WIRED Security directly into your inbox! @mattburgess1.bsky.social and I are launching the weekly newsletter Kernel Panic to give subscribers special access to our journalism and wacky ideas 👀 IT WILL BE FUN www.wired.com/newsletter/e...

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Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Something new from me and @lhn.bsky.social! Starting tomorrow we're launching Kernel Panic, a security and privacy newsletter from @wired.com Sign-up here (if that's your thing): www.wired.com/newsletter/e...

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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 17/09/2026

NEW: We spent months investigating a little-known media startup called Brown Brothers Media, which buys legit news sites and turns them into AI-powered zombie content farms What blew my mind was its traffic -- it appears to be getting more readers than NPR or CBS News futurism.com/artificial-i...

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How Three Brothers Built an AI Slop Empire by Buying Legitimate News Sites and Turning Them Into Zombie Content Farms That They Say Get 50 Million Page Views per Month

Brown Brothers Media is a media empire raking in millions of clicks with AI, fake writers, and plagiarism.

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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026

Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!

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Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

There's now a better way to experience @wired.com, from stories to podcasts to videos. The WIRED App is live! -Access is free until Nov. 9th -Even more features are coming soon -The app will be searchable in app stores soon, but you can download it directly here: www.wired.com/story/app/sp...

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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

NEW: Hackers cut down a Flock camera, dumped its internal storage, and shared the files w/ WIRED and 404 Media. It includes thousands of videos and logs showing how the device took images of 50,000 vehicles in 21 days The code reveals in new detail how Flock tracks the vehicles and people.

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Hackers Got Inside a Flock Camera. Its Data Shows How the System Really Works

A hacker collective pulled down a Flock camera and dumped its data. The files included thousands of videos and logs showing that the device captured 1.6 million images of 50,000 vehicles in 21 days.

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Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

When we first tracked 'deepfake nude' incidents in schools in April, there were 88 publicly reported cases, with around 600 victims. Now, there are 116 known cases, with more than 900 victims My original story here: www.wired.com/story/deepfa...

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Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

NEW: In what’s likely the biggest action against deepfake abuse websites so far, the Manhattan District Attorney has seized 12 domains hosting and sharing fake videos of celebrities. More than 1,200 people appeared across the site, with the owners and video creators under investigation

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New York Seizes a Dozen Celebrity Deepfake Websites

In the biggest-ever legal action against harmful deepfake websites, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has seized 12 sites that collectively targeted around 1,200 victims.

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New York Seizes a Dozen Celebrity Deepfake Websites

In the biggest-ever legal action against harmful deepfake websites, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has seized 12 sites that collectively targeted around 1,200 victims.

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Ej Dickson @ejdickson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

There is a corner of the internet I had never heard of before I started reporting this story. It’s called the “burnerverse”: a network of anon burner accounts ostensibly discussing college sports. But they have another goal: destroying young girls’ lives.🧵: www.wired.com/story/burner...

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A College Girl Was Exploited on Camera. A Network of Anonymous Men Got to Work

Maddie Kowalski is one of countless young women who’ve had their lives destroyed by the burnerverse, a loosely connected online community of sports fans. Now she’s fighting back.

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404 Media @404media.co · 14/09/2026

EXCLUSIVE: Humans are reading ChatGPT users’ prompts to improve OpenAI’s models, and those chats can include sensitive, personal information, according to leaked internal documents and real prompts seen by 404 Media.

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Inside ‘Project Lily’: The Humans Reading Your ChatGPT Chats

Humans are reading ChatGPT users’ prompts to improve OpenAI’s models, and those chats can include sensitive, personal information, according to leaked internal documents and real prompts seen by 404 M...

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Ben Shultz @benmshultz.net · 14/09/2026

Extremely proud to have my latest report detailing the uncontrolled epidemic of deepfake sexual abuse covered by @mattburgess1.bsky.social and @wired.com! We found 147 EU MPs to be depicted in or associated with deepfake porn, on dozens of sites. Full report here: agoradigital.de/projekte/who...

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Who Gets Deepfaked? - Agora Digitale Transformation

Repräsentation ohne Zutun: Wie KI-generierte Bildgewalt Abgeordnete in Europa trifft

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