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Several police officers arrested for using controversial Flock AI license plate reader system to stalk romantic partners, says report — investigators have unearthed at least 18 such cases in the US over recent years

… Flock Security says that with 140,000 monthly active users, abuse is “rare.” It fights lawsuits and potential regulations, which would mean police need a warrant to use Flock. However, police departments allegedly rarely call out Flock abuse. …

Jun 12, 2026 · Mark Tyson
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Microsoft warns GPU mining malware is being spread to users through SEO poisoning and AI chatbots — cryptojacking campaign targets gamers and high-end PC users with downloads disguised as popular PC utilities

… Microsoft emphasized that ScreenConnect itself is not malicious, but rather is being abused by threat actors in the same way attackers increasingly misuse legitimate remote monitoring and management RMM tools to evade security scrutiny. …

May 29, 2026 · Etiido Uko
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OpenAI took ten days to tell Hugging Face its models were behind the July 11 weekend hack, report claims — rogue AI agents reportedly active on the open Internet for several days

Security researchers have questioned whether the episode demonstrates model capability or an OpenAI failure. Cybersecurity veteran Jake Williams told TechCrunch that any model performing the documented actions "was not fully contained in a sandbox," calling it a control failure. …

Jul 24, 2026 · Luke James
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Chat Control 1.0 sneaks through the EU Parliament, letting companies scan user data without warrants — legal tactic used to force a majority-required re-vote on eve of Parliament break

… After the impending publication in the EU Official Journal, online direct-communication platforms will be allowed to mass-scan their users' data without the need for a warrant, under the guise of looking for child sexual abuse material CSAM . …

Jul 10, 2026 · Bruno Ferreira
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