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Binance Code and Internal Passwords Exposed on GitHub for Months
A takedown request said the GitHub account was “hosting and distributing leaks of internal code which poses significant risk to BINANCE.”

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How a Single ‘Pig Butchering’ Scam Netted $40 Million
Pig butchering scams—in which fraudsters continuously extract money from a target—are a multibillion dollar epidemic. Court records show that just one scam operation can make at least tens of millions of dollars.

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Encrypted Phone ‘Sky’ Linked to Murder-for-Hire Plot in Maryland
Sky was an encrypted phone used by drug traffickers and other criminals. Now, those phones are linked to a murder-for-hire scheme on U.S. soil involving an arm of the Iranian state.

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Microsoft Closes Loophole That Created AI Porn of Taylor Swift
Following 404 Media’s reporting, Microsoft has made changes to a tool people were using to make AI nudes of celebrities.

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AI-Generated Taylor Swift Porn Went Viral on Twitter. Here's How It Got There
404 Media traced back the viral and abusive images of Taylor Swift to a specific Telegram community. That group sometimes uses Microsoft's AI tools.

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Founder of Neo-Nazi Group the Base Instructs Followers to Use 'Uncensored' AI
A large language model by the same company previously produced instructions on how to kill someone or carry out ethnic cleansing.

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Feds Charge Alleged ‘TLO’ Underground Data Broker
In August we revealed the secret weapon hackers can use to dox nearly anyone in America for $15. Now, authorities have targeted at least one of the data sellers.

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Palworld Gave Bootleg Pikachu a Glock and Sold 5 Million Copies Instantly
Palworld is not the Pokémon game of your dreams, but it’s awesome.

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How to Upload Porn to Instagram
Users are uploading stolen porn to Instagram with one easy trick, while adult content creators are banned for no reason.

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Google News Is Boosting Garbage AI-Generated Articles
404 Media reviewed multiple examples of AI rip-offs making their way into Google News. Google said it doesn't focus on how an article was produced—by an AI or human—opening the way for more AI-generated articles.

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Is Your Local Police Department Using Fusus AI-Enabled Cameras? Find Out Here
404 Media has obtained a new dataset which shows the spread of Fusus cameras across the country. Check the map to see if your local law enforcement agency has signed up.

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Hackers Break into AI Hiring Chatbot, Could Hire and Reject Fast Food Applicants
Chat logs sent to 404 Media show the chatbot automatically denying at least one applicant on certain criteria.