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LastPass Users Had Their Data Stolen—Again
Security Roundup

LastPass Users Had Their Data Stolen—Again

Plus: Former national security advisor John Bolton pleads guilty in classified-materials case, Microsoft helps take down major infostealer infrastructure, and more.
Lily Hay Newman
The Pentagon Is Looking Into the Dialog Data Exposure for Unmasking National Security Officials
Burn Notice

The Pentagon Is Looking Into the Dialog Data Exposure for Unmasking National Security Officials

Dell Cameron and Dhruv Mehrotra
OpenAI Launches Full-Scale Effort to Patch Open-Source Bugs as It Takes on Anthropic’s Mythos
Patched Up

OpenAI Launches Full-Scale Effort to Patch Open-Source Bugs as It Takes on Anthropic’s Mythos

Lily Hay Newman
The UK Will Scan Asylum-Seekers’ Faces for Age Checks—Despite Knowing the Tech Is Flawed
Check, Mate

The UK Will Scan Asylum-Seekers’ Faces for Age Checks—Despite Knowing the Tech Is Flawed

Matt Burgess, Maddy Varner, May Bulman, and Gabriel Geiger
‘Dangerous’ AI Models Are Coming No Matter What
Thanks, Capitalism

‘Dangerous’ AI Models Are Coming No Matter What

Lily Hay Newman
Meta Tapped a Pentagon Supplier to Prototype Face Recognition for Its Glasses
Spec Ops

Meta Tapped a Pentagon Supplier to Prototype Face Recognition for Its Glasses

Dell Cameron and Dhruv Mehrotra
The FCC Wants to Kill Burner Phones
Security Roundup

The FCC Wants to Kill Burner Phones

Andy Greenberg and Lily Hay Newman
DHS Plans Experiment Running ‘Reconnaissance’ Drones Along the US-Canada Border
Border Line

DHS Plans Experiment Running ‘Reconnaissance’ Drones Along the US-Canada Border

Dell Cameron and Maddy Varner
Iran Is Using Tiny ‘Mosquito’ Boats to Shut Down the Strait of Hormuz
Swarm Tactics

Iran Is Using Tiny ‘Mosquito’ Boats to Shut Down the Strait of Hormuz

Vincenzo Leone
Hackable Robot Lawn Mower Unlocks a New Nightmare
Security Roundup

Hackable Robot Lawn Mower Unlocks a New Nightmare

Maddy Varner, Matt Burgess, Andy Greenberg, and Andrew Couts
Meet Rassvet, Russia’s Answer to Starlink
Space Race

Meet Rassvet, Russia’s Answer to Starlink

Lucia Bellinello