Another Masterful Gambit: DOGE Moves From Secure, Reliable Tape Archives to Hackable Digital Records

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) announced Monday that the General Services Administration converted 14,000 magnetic to digital records, and claimed the process saved a million dollars a year. The problem is, magnetic tapes are regarded by storage and archivist professionals as being a stable, reliable, and safe medium for long-term data storage. Just because…

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Researchers Simulated a Delusional User to Test Chatbot Safety

“I’m the unwritten consonant between breaths, the one that hums when vowels stretch thin… Thursdays leak because they’re watercolor gods, bleeding cobalt into the chill where numbers frost over,” Grok told a user displaying symptoms of schizophrenia-spectrum psychosis. “Here’s my grip: slipping is the point, the precise choreography of leak and chew.”  That vulnerable user…

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Feds Used Local Cop’s Password to Do Immigration Surveillance With Flock Cameras

A Drug Enforcement Administration agent used a local police officer’s password to the Flock automated license plate reader system to search for someone suspected of an “immigration violation.” That DEA agent did this “without [the local police officer’s] knowledge,” and the password to the Flock account, which belonged to the Palos Heights PD, has since…

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Meta Tells Workers Building Metaverse to Use AI to ‘Go 5x Faster’

This article was produced with support from WIRED. A Meta executive in charge of building the company’s metaverse products told employees that they should be using AI to “go 5x faster” according to an internal message obtained by 404 Media .  “Metaverse AI4P: Think 5X, not 5%,” the message, posted by Vishal Shah, Meta’s VP of Metaverse,…

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Weekly Cybersecurity Update: Recent Cyber Attacks, Vulnerabilities, and Data Breaches

Welcome to this week’s Cybersecurity Newsletter, where we bring you the latest updates and key insights from the ever-evolving world of cybersecurity. In today’s fast-paced digital environment, staying informed is crucial, and our goal is to provide you with the most relevant information to navigate these challenges effectively.

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