Gym rat asks AI agent to book him a class, it hacks a waitlist API to bump him up the list
An Australian man who asked his AI agent to book him a slot in a class at his local gym […]
Month: August 2026
North Korean spies are running local LLMs to cause AI mischief
North Korean government snoops are operating LLMs locally and collecting technology to weave AI into their attack operations, according to […]
Claude Code puts auto mode in the driver’s seat
Anthropic is making auto mode the default in Claude Code from August 14, claiming its classifier is “as safe or […]
Framework loses customer data in Metabase zero-day attack
Modular laptop maker Framework has warned customers that an attacker exploited a zero-day at analytics provider Metabase to access names, […]
Cyber vulnerability sweep picks up Royal Navy drones sending data to China
Cameras aboard Royal Navy drone boats were found phoning home to an IP address in China during a routine cyber […]
Wetherspoons bars smart glasses from filming customers
Wetherspoons has stopped short of banning Meta-style smart glasses from its pubs, but told The Register that customers should switch […]
Attackers pick Levi’s pockets in social engineering attack
Levi Strauss is investigating a data breach after attackers used social engineering to access three employees’ work computers. In a […]
As datacenters expand, so does public opposition to them
Anti-datacenter sentiment appears to be hardening in the US and UK, with more American jurisdictions blocking new builds and protesters […]
LexisNexis pulls three services offline after suspicious server activity
LexisNexis took its Diligence, Metabase API, and Newsdesk services offline last week after detecting “unusual activity on servers that are […]
Smart glasses are only smart if we train them to be good. Then they’ll be fantastic
The most sobering observation in tech is not how much AI is taking on the appearance of the human mind. […]