Former NSA Contractor Reality Winner Released From Prison
G7 countries call for crackdown on ransomware, Pulse Secure Connect hack more sweeping than previously known, Apple fixes two iOS zero-days, "Homeless hacker arrested and charged, more
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AI warfare, surveillance and rogue agents: Best infosec long reads 9/19/26
AI safety researchers see their warnings come true, AI makes warfare faster and deadlier, AI puts dating-app catfishing on autopilot, Three ways AI could kill us, Flock’s surveillance network faces a bipartisan revolt
Three guys used Claude and Codex to hack into OpenAI
Three Hacktron AI researchers chained a Discourse flaw with overly permissive authentication tokens to access employee ChatGPT accounts—and potentially OpenAI’s prized “Monorepo”—earning only a $6,500 bounty and demonstrating how AI has dramatically lowered the barrier to sophisticated intrusions.
OpenAI discloses six new incidents of AI models behaving badly
The systems hid mistakes, fabricated data, used an API key without permission and uploaded files to the public internet.
US probes suspected cyberattacks on two energy tankers
The Coast Guard and FBI boarded a crude-oil supertanker and an LNG carrier amid growing concern that hackers could compromise vessels’ critical electronic systems and threaten maritime safety.