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Hacker Breaks Into GPS Tracker Tool, Looks Up User Locations
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Hacker Breaks Into GPS Tracker Tool, Looks Up User Locations

A set of credentials related to the GPS tracking company Trackimo let a hacker access an internal troubleshooting tool and retrieve customers’ recent locations.
Inside the FBI's Dashboard for Wiretapping the World
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Inside the FBI's Dashboard for Wiretapping the World

Never-before-published screenshots of an internal FBI tool show how the agency monitored millions of messages from the secretly backdoored messaging app Anom.
Co-Founder of DDoSecrets Was Dark Web Drug Kingpin
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Co-Founder of DDoSecrets Was Dark Web Drug Kingpin

Thomas White ran the Silk Road 2.0 drug marketplace and was convicted of child abuse imagery-related crimes. He was also a co-founder of transparency activist organization Distributed Denial of Secrets.
Here are the Hacker Tools a DEF CON Hotel is Hunting For
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Here are the Hacker Tools a DEF CON Hotel is Hunting For

Resorts World is searching rooms daily for hacker tools. 404 Media obtained the list of hunted items.
‘Airbnb Hopping’: How Hunted Hackers Stay on the Run From Kidnappers
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‘Airbnb Hopping’: How Hunted Hackers Stay on the Run From Kidnappers

Hackers are using false identities to book Airbnbs after being doxed and hunted by violent criminals.
Google Search Includes Paid Promotion of “Nudify” Apps
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Google Search Includes Paid Promotion of “Nudify” Apps

Google Search is providing promoted links to nonconsensual AI “undress” apps.
Reddit Hentai Community Fights Over AI-Generated Monster Girls
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Reddit Hentai Community Fights Over AI-Generated Monster Girls

r/MonsterGirl members are tired of AI-generated slop in its subreddit.
Leaked Documents Show Nvidia Scraping ‘A Human Lifetime’ of Videos Per Day to Train AI
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Leaked Documents Show Nvidia Scraping ‘A Human Lifetime’ of Videos Per Day to Train AI

Internal emails, Slack conversations and documents obtained by 404 Media show how Nvidia created a yet-to-be-released video foundational model.
Hotel to Search Rooms During DEF CON Hacking Conference
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Hotel to Search Rooms During DEF CON Hacking Conference

“As you may or may not know, a well-known hacking convention will be held in Las Vegas during your stay,” Resorts World Las Vegas writes. “We will be conducting scheduled, brief visual and non-intrusive room inspections daily,” it adds.
Microsoft and Reddit Are Fighting About Why Bing’s Crawler Is Blocked on Reddit
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Microsoft and Reddit Are Fighting About Why Bing’s Crawler Is Blocked on Reddit

Reddit says that it doesn’t want companies scraping the site for AI. Microsoft says it’s not doing that.
AI Companion Device Releases Diss Track Against ‘Friend’
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AI Companion Device Releases Diss Track Against ‘Friend’

The maker of Friend said he had “no relation” to the person who released the diss track.
AI ‘Friend’ Company Spent $1.8 Million and Most of Its Funds on Domain Name
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AI ‘Friend’ Company Spent $1.8 Million and Most of Its Funds on Domain Name

AI companion Friend appears to have spent most of its funds on buying friend.com.