The hackers did not breach the Treasury Department's email system or access classified data.
failed 1 article 2025-01-03
Chinese state-sponsored hackers US Treasury Department email system classified data
Sources: Chinese state-sponsored hackers accessed senior US Treasury officials' computers but did not breach the department's email system and classified data
Bloomberg · 2025-01-03 · #23
In 2024 the tech industry promoted a practical and prosperous narrative about generative AI that drowned out warnings about AI tools potentially causing catastrophic damage.
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-02
tech industry generative AI warnings about catastrophic AI risk
In 2024, the tech industry promoting a practical and prosperous vision of generative AI drowned out warnings of AI tools potentially causing catastrophic damage
TechCrunch · 2025-01-02 · #9
Hackers are likely using AI analysis of online profiles to obtain personal details used to craft highly personalized phishing emails.
rumored 1 article 2025-01-02
hackers online profiles personal details
Experts warn of a rise in personalized phishing emails targeting corporate executives with personal details probably obtained via AI analysis of online profiles
Financial Times · 2025-01-02 · #8
Sources say Chinese government-linked hackers breached the U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and two other Treasury offices.
rumored 1 article 2025-01-02
Chinese government hackers U.S. Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) two other U.S. Treasury offices
Sources: Chinese government hackers breached the US Treasury Department's OFAC, which administers economic sanctions, and two other Treasury offices
Washington Post · 2025-01-02 · #1
X cites having under 8 million Malaysian users.
rumored 1 article 2025-01-02
X Malaysian users <8M
Malaysia says X and Google haven't applied for a new social media license; X cites under 8M Malaysian users, while Google disputes YouTube's classification
Bloomberg · 2025-01-02 · #20
Commentators argue that Meta's deployment of AI profiles and automation of social interactions risks alienating real users and manipulating perception.
rumored 1 article 2025-01-02
Commentators Meta users
Meta saying it expects AI characters to populate its apps is its friendly rebrand of an effective but alienating overhaul meant to automate social interactions
New York Magazine · 2025-01-02 · #23
Researchers find 4.5 million "stars" on GitHub repositories they suspect are fake, indicating artificial inflation of repository popularity.
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-01
Researchers GitHub repositories
Researchers find 4.5M “stars” on GitHub repos they suspect are fake; in July, Check Point found a network of inauthentic users starring repos containing malware
BleepingComputer · 2025-01-01 · #5
A 20-year-old U.S. Army soldier is suspected of being the hacker known as Kiberphant0m.
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-01
20-year-old U.S. Army soldier Kiberphant0m
The US arrests a US Army soldier on suspicion of being Kiberphant0m, who sold sensitive customer call records stolen from AT&T and Verizon in the Snowflake hack
Krebs on Security · 2025-01-01 · #7
Kiberphant0m sold sensitive customer call records that were stolen in the Snowflake hack.
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-01
Kiberphant0m sensitive customer call records
The US arrests a US Army soldier on suspicion of being Kiberphant0m, who sold sensitive customer call records stolen from AT&T and Verizon in the Snowflake hack
Krebs on Security · 2025-01-01 · #7
Sensitive customer call records belonging to AT&T and Verizon were stolen in the Snowflake hack.
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-01
AT&T Verizon sensitive customer call records Snowflake hack
The US arrests a US Army soldier on suspicion of being Kiberphant0m, who sold sensitive customer call records stolen from AT&T and Verizon in the Snowflake hack
Krebs on Security · 2025-01-01 · #7
Photographers and other men offer to build online followings for young girls on Instagram while presenting themselves as social media professionals.
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-01
photographers other men young girls Instagram parents
An investigation details how predatory men engage in the grooming of child influencers on Instagram under the guise of working as social media professionals
New York Times · 2025-01-01 · #11
Some of the men are pedophiles who work with parents to sexualize young girls.
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-01
some men pedophiles parents young girls
An investigation details how predatory men engage in the grooming of child influencers on Instagram under the guise of working as social media professionals
New York Times · 2025-01-01 · #11
Overall environmental impact of LLM development and use worsened in 2024 despite efficiency gains.
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-01
Large Language Models
Some 2024 LLM takeaways: multimodal vision became common, LLM prices crashed, overall environmental impact worsened despite efficiency gains, and slop arrived
Simon Willison's Weblog · 2025-01-01 · #4
LLMs exhibited increased sloppiness (referred to as 'slop') in 2024.
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-01
Large Language Models
Some 2024 LLM takeaways: multimodal vision became common, LLM prices crashed, overall environmental impact worsened despite efficiency gains, and slop arrived
Simon Willison's Weblog · 2025-01-01 · #4
A Moscow-based entity directed the creation of deepfakes as part of attempted election interference.
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-01
Moscow entity deepfakes
The US Treasury sanctions Iranian and Russian entities over attempted election interference, including a Moscow entity that directed the creation of deepfakes
NBC News · 2025-01-01 · #1
The Treasury says Iran and Russia sought to divide Americans through targeted disinformation campaigns aimed at the 2024 U.S. elections.
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-01
Iran Russia 2024 U.S. elections American public
The US Treasury sanctions Iranian and Russian entities over attempted election interference, including a Moscow entity that directed the creation of deepfakes
NBC News · 2025-01-01 · #1
Link-Busters is responsible for over 50% of the takedown requests sent to Google.
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-01
Link-Busters Google
Link-Busters, an anti-piracy company working for big publishers, passed 2B URL takedown requests sent to Google and is behind 50%+ of Google takedown requests
TorrentFreak · 2025-01-01 · #10
An investigation finds predatory men groom child influencers on Instagram by posing as social media professionals.
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-01
predatory men child influencers Instagram
An investigation details how predatory men engage in the grooming of child influencers on Instagram under the guise of working as social media professionals
New York Times · 2025-01-01 · #11
In July, Check Point found a network of inauthentic users starring repositories that contain malware.
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-01
Check Point GitHub repositories containing malware
Researchers find 4.5M “stars” on GitHub repos they suspect are fake; in July, Check Point found a network of inauthentic users starring repos containing malware
BleepingComputer · 2025-01-01 · #5