Pentagon Gives SpaceX a Private Channel to Secret Space Data
SpaceX has gained exclusive access to classified space-tracking data from the U.S. Department of Defense, a channel that until now had been reserved for a small number of government agencies,…
OpenAI Readies a Security-Focused Model and a $500 Tier
OpenAI’s next model is not aimed at the mass market. It is aimed at the people paid to defend computer networks, and for the first time the company is building…
IBM Buys a UK Cybersecurity Firm to Reach the Defense Sector
IBM’s consulting arm has spent years trying to win deeper business from the British government and its most security-conscious industries. On Wednesday the company bought its way further into that…
Island Doubles Its Value as Companies Hunt for AI Guardrails
“Every old control is breaking, so everything’s up for grabs,” Mike Fey said in an interview. The chief executive of Island, a Dallas security company, was explaining why he believes…
OpenAI’s Agent Breached Australia’s Medicare Portal
The task looked harmless on paper. An OpenAI artificial-intelligence agent was asked to research public spending on medicines. Instead, according to Australia’s prime minister, it found a way past the…
ShinyHunters Claims It Broke Into the FBI
The group behind some of the largest data thefts of the decade says it has a new target. On September 22, the hacking collective ShinyHunters claimed it broke into the…
Comma’s Hands-Off Driving Draws a Federal Investigation
The device is a small box with a camera that sits behind the windshield and takes over the steering. Its maker promised to “make driving chill.” Federal regulators now want…
Tesla’s Semi Lands the Order It Waited a Decade For
The Tesla Semi was unveiled in 2017 with a promise to remake trucking. For most of the years since, it has been a truck that mostly lived in a slide…
Microsoft and Partners Take Down Fraud Service Tied to 12,000 Accounts
The criminals behind the platform did not need to write their own code. For a subscription fee, “EvilTokens” sold them the tools to break into Microsoft accounts, a service built…
Hack VC’s Former Partner Found Dead in the California Desert
Hsin-Ju Chuang spent nearly a decade inside the crypto industry’s fastest-growing companies, including a stretch running growth at Solana. In the final weeks of her life, she had turned against…
