Best Infosec-Related Long Reads for the Week of 2/10/24
Marginalized communities hit harder by cyberattacks, Deepfakes complicate elections, AI threatens robots.txt files, Data centers scar Ireland
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Unrestrained AI, moral dilemmas, and regulatory failures: Best infosec long reads 10/3/26
Meet the "rogue" AI hunters, Trump and Anthropic clashed over AI control, Anthropic searches for AI’s moral compass, Trump scraps AI transparency rules, "Rogue" AI puts the law to the test
OpenAI fires three safety researchers over alleged information leaks
The company says the researchers mishandled sensitive information; alleged violations included sharing confidential material with outside safety organizations including METR and Redwood Research.
Authorities seize KillSec leak site, identify 16-year-old as suspected leader
The German-led international operation secured at least 110 terabytes of data and led to three provisional arrests in an investigation into roughly 1,000 suspected attacks worldwide.
OpenAI reportedly ignored security warnings but Trump backs AI self-policing
Employee accounts of ignored warnings and a lawsuit over autonomous hacking sharpen questions about accountability as the White House embraces voluntary safeguards and AI labs pursue their own standards body.