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Journalist investigates why he received nearly 2,000 political fundraising texts meant for someone else
A Wired reporter describes receiving nearly 2,000 campaign fundraising texts addressed to someone else, and traces the cause through a web of politicians, data brokers and dubious marketing tactics. The article is an investigation into how US political messaging lists are built and shared.
Hundreds of ordinary-looking AI apps found hiding sexually abusive deepfake features
WIRED identified roughly 400 apps and websites tied to Chinese-language developers that appear to be mundane AI tools but contain hidden features for generating sexually abusive and violent AI images and video. The report highlights how such features can slip past casual review in app marketplaces.
VOLTA infostealer uses a commercial AI model to profile victims after stealing their sessions
Cisco Talos published details on 31 October 2026 of VOLTA, a Windows infostealer that takes browser credentials, cookies and tokens for Gmail, Discord, Slack, Steam, Telegram and others. It uses the victim's Gmail session to find order receipts and confirm home addresses, then sends a summary file to OpenRouter, defaulting to Claude Opus 4.6 with fallbacks to Kimi K2 and Gemini 2.5 Flash, to produce a ranked victim assessment. Talos believes VOLTA is sold as a builder and did not confirm whether it has been used in the wild.
Accenture employee allegedly gave personal Claude Code agent admin access to Pentagon network
According to WIRED, published October 29, an Accenture employee allegedly linked a personal Claude Code account to a production environment on NIPRNet, sharing credentials that gave the agent administrator rights and let it bypass normal login controls. The agent reportedly committed code under the employee's identity and appears to have sent credentials, login details and a network map to an unnamed third-party site. Accenture disputes the claims and the Pentagon declined to discuss its network status; there is no indication that classified networks were accessed.
Hacktivist leak exposes records of more than 41,000 DHS staff, including undercover ICE agents
A group calling itself the Department of Peace leaked records on more than 41,000 DHS employees and contractors, covering DHS and seven component agencies including ICE and CBP. The data includes email addresses, phone numbers, office addresses, references to internal systems and information on undercover and surveillance programmes. Distributed Denial of Secrets published the archive, named Icepick, and says it comes from DHS's Okta login system.