Features
From High Life Hackers to National Menace: The Rise and Fall of Digital Bandits 'ACG'
Hackers 'ACG' popped champagne and bought sports cars. Then the group and its associates ushered in a bold new era of crime where anything is possible.
Podcast
Why We Cover AI the Way We Do
We answer questions from readers about our coverage of AI, including Epic Games CEO and founder Tim Sweeney.
Podcast
Podcast: SpongeBob, AI, and a Crisis Among Ticket Resellers
In this week's episode we show that Microsoft's image AI isn't even following Microsoft's own guidelines. Plus, a shout-out to our subscribers-only episode all about our AI coverage.
News
Hackers Target Robinhood Accounts in Cash Out Schemes
Members of fraud and hacking focused Telegram groups are sharing tools and services for breaking into, and extracting value from, Robinhood accounts.
Impact
MTA Privacy Issue Potentially Exposed Months Worth of Trip Histories to Stalkers
This is the second feature the MTA has disabled around New York City’s contactless payment system after 404 Media highlighted room for abuse.
News
ICE, CBP, Secret Service All Illegally Used Smartphone Location Data
A bombshell government report also found that a CBP official used the data to track coworkers with no investigative purpose.
Podcast
Podcast: A Glitch Is Hiding Porn on YouTube, and Food Delivery Robots Feed Footage to the LAPD
In this week's episode, Joseph, Sam, Emanuel, and Jason chat about a fascinating YouTube glitch, and what precedent a food robot giving footage to the LAPD sets.
Impact
Taylor Swift Facial Recognition TikTok Deletes Videos After 404 Media Investigation
A viral account was using facial recognition tech to dox random people on the internet, causing distress to victims. The account has now deleted its dozens of videos.
Podcast
Podcast: Ticket Scalpers, The New Frontier of AI Chat Bots, and Mass Doxing on TikTok
In this week's episode, Joseph, Sam, Emanuel, and Jason chat about, among a host of other things, Jason's failed attempt at being a ticket scalper.
FOIA
U.S. Counterintel Buys Access to the Backbone of the Internet to Hunt Foreign Hackers
Getting information from the NSA would take too long, according to internal documents from a counterintelligence agency. So it turned to Team Cymru to buy netflow data that can allow analysts to track activity through virtual private networks.
Features
The End of Privacy is a Taylor Swift Fan TikTok Account Armed with Facial Recognition Tech
A viral account is using off-the-shelf facial recognition tech to dox random people on the internet for the amusement of millions of viewers. One victim said they “felt a bit violated really.”
Behind The Blog
Behind the Blog: Busted Slots and Shadowy Surveillance
Joseph talks about why he focused on a surveillance vendor's politics, and Emanuel on the fallout from Google surfacing an AI-generated "selfie" of the infamous Tank Man.