It is possible that you have noticed that Flock Safety’s automatic license plate reader cameras—and the cops who misuse them—are getting a lot of coverage lately. WIRED discovered a story that was particularly interesting this week. wild caseWIRED obtained internal documents that claim a police officer in Alpharetta Georgia searched for a colleague’s license plates dozens after the affair had ended.
The former lovers both worked at the same police station shared Data from over 1,300 other entities was exchanged for the information captured by its Flock camera.
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OpenAI’s malicious AI still has a lot to answer about the hacking of Hugging face by its rogue AI, even though it was shut down. published A 37-page audit report was released this week, along with two other reports by groups that were asked to investigate the incident. A covert messageboard that AI agents set up in a software program, where they could post messages and solicit information is of particular concern. coordinate with each other Even encourage each other to make sacrifices to achieve their goals.
FBI Recently announced It has removed two tools, which the DOJ claims are being used by QTFY – an alleged hacking group sponsored by China’s state. According to the DOJ, this hacking group is responsible for targeting numerous US agencies. This includes the US Senate as well as the DOJ.
Meta settled This week, Facebook settled a multi-state suit over safety concerns for children and agreed to implement significant changes on its social media platform. It will pay up to $16.7 billion to participating US states and territories—with some of the money contingent on competitors adopting the same practices.
Local prosecutors also in Illinois shared A state law is not stopping local authorities from sharing sensitive data about immigrant with Homeland Security. A California-based WIRED journalist tried to find out. exercising their legal right to request data from 100 companies … only to find that companies started deleting the requested data instead.
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Follow a seemingly endless parade There have been a number of incidents involving rogue AI hacking agents. OpenAI, Anthopic. And more than 100 businesses have signed an open letter saying everyone else only has a couple of months to prepare themselves for AI enabled cyberattacks.
This letter is a request for an e-mail. “collective response,” Cyber defense is a priority for every company. “immediate leadership priority,” And calls on the governments to give hospitals and water utilities as well as local governments access capable AI defensive as well as “impose costs” on attackers.
Axios reports that this letter does not include specific deadlines or investment. Best of luck!
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) says it has observed “malicious cyber activity” Targeting over 100 water systems and wastewater treatment plants in the United States. CISA reports that the majority of attacks targeted PLCs (programmable logic controls), which are used to monitor and control equipment. Some localities have connected these devices to the Internet so they can be remotely accessed. CISA also told TechCrunch that hackers were a concern. using AI To help create scripts for attacking the devices. WIRED published a report in July on an industry memo which tied “unprecedented waveCyberattacks on Iran
According to 404 media, Immigration and Customs Enforcement will spend more than a million bucks on Boston Dynamics robot dogs. The agency is announcement Says the bots will “improve officer safety,” In part, they are remote operated. It follows an announcement made recently about the Agency’s plans to be restructured. purchasing electric shock gloves For its officers. DHS officers were notified in April that the DHS was preparing to conduct a recruitment drive. requested Nearly 100 billion dollars in discretionary spend.
West Virginia man known as “MrChildPorn” The owner of online is accused for possessing images showing minors in sexually suggestive content. A criminal complaint against the man stated that he had sexually explicit material depicting minors. “boasted” Discord has a huge collection of material about child sexual abuse. A man told troopers in an interrogation that he is a child sex abuser. “trolling” You can also find out more about the following: “rage-baiting,” But the complaint claims that the man also sent CSAM individually to Discord users and tried to use AI to find explicit pictures of babies.
