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Meta Ran Ads for an App That Promised to Nudify Female Politicians

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One advertisement featured a pornographic video with a deepfake closely resembling a prominent US politician. Apple removed the app from the App Store after an inquiry from WIRED.

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CBP Workers Allegedly Used Government Databases to Spy on Exes, Crushes, and Colleagues

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Records obtained by WIRED detail hundreds of allegations of Customs and Border Protection workers misusing internal tools to look up romantic interests and track colleagues’ cell phones.

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‘The Worst I’ve Ever Seen’: Cargo Thefts Have Turned Violent in Pursuit of AI Hardware

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Experts allege that two recent incidents in California show the extreme lengths that criminal organizations are willing to go to to steal servers and other gear meant for data centers.

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A Zoom Screen-Sharing Bug Let Anyone Take Over Other Devices on a Call

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Researchers say it took fewer than 20 prompts for a public AI tool to find a flaw (now fixed) allowing anyone on a Zoom call to hijack another participants’ device.

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Flock’s Plans for Rideshare Dashcams and Coaching Police, Revealed

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Plus: A judge rules cell tower dumps unconstitutional, water utility hacks spread to a dozen states, a phishing email opens a missile-parts supplier’s inbox, and a ransomware boss gets 16 years.

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Meta Ran Ads That Contained AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Imagery

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More than 50 offending image and video ads were published across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, or Threads, according to Meta’s ad library data. Some ran as recently as this week.

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ICE Collected Nearly 1 Million People’s DNA Last Year—Including Young Children

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Internal documents show ICE’s DNA collection has skyrocketed in the second Trump administration. Now hundreds of thousands of people never convicted of a crime are in an FBI criminal database forever.

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7 States’ Water Systems Hit by Cyberattacks Likely Tied to Iran

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Plus: The FBI eyes AI-powered tech to detect future crimes, Russia charges Telegram’s founder, xAI sues to stop a state’s “nudification” ban, and the Democrats learn a lesson about getting scammed.

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The New Defcon Badges Pack a Unique Open Source Chip That Doubles as a Security Key

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Created by legendary hardware hacker Andrew “bunnie” Huang, the badges for this year’s famed security conference aim to push the boundaries of security and transparency.

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Chrome Needs Twice-a-Week Patching Thanks to AI Bug Hunting

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The two Chrome updates in June patched more bugs than the 23 updates before them. Now, Google is ramping up its patching schedule thanks to AI-assisted vulnerability discovery.

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