-
Inside Erika Kirk’s very private life one year after Charlie’s death: Find out in this week’s DC Insider newsletter
The Daily Mail reports on how Erika Kirk, widow of assassinated Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, is approaching the first anniversary of his death and the future direction of the youth conservative organisation he built. Since his murder a year ago, she has taken on a prominent public role steering the movement, while facing…
-
I spent an hour riding inside Tesla’s steering-wheel-free Cybercab
The Verge’s transportation reporter has taken a first ride in Tesla’s Cybercab, a purpose-built two-seater robotaxi with no steering wheel or pedals, now offering paid trips in a roughly 288-square-mile geofenced area of Austin, Texas. The launch matters because it represents Tesla’s boldest bet yet on autonomous driving: rather than retrofitting existing models like the…
-
In the departure lounge? Air traffic control chief faces showdown with minister over flights carnage – as he confirms misery wasn’t caused by cyber attack
Martin Rolfe, chief executive of National Air Traffic Services (NATS), faces a showdown with Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander amid calls for his resignation after a systems failure caused widespread flight disruption across the UK. In a BBC Radio 4 interview, Rolfe confirmed the chaos was not the result of a cyber attack, promised a “very,…
-
Telluride Takeaways: From Julianne Moore and Paul Giamatti’s ‘Debut’ to Nathan Fielder’s Audacious Dare to the Doc Branch
Variety’s Telluride Film Festival dispatch rounds up the strongest early Oscar contenders to emerge from the mountain gathering, with Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” still seen as the film to beat despite a competitive field. Jesse Eisenberg’s third directorial feature, “The Debut,” emerged as the festival’s hottest ticket, positioning Julianne Moore and Paul Giamatti as major…
-
Stolen credentials let attackers drain Claude subscriber accounts
An independent AI consultant based in East Sussex noticed unexplained token usage draining his Claude Max subscription in early August, despite having disabled all his automated tasks and integrations. Anthropic later confirmed a compromised session key had been used to generate unauthorised Claude Code OAuth tokens, effectively letting an unknown third party consume his usage…
-
Manual control hidden inside Tesla’s no-controls Cybercab
The Tesla Cybercab, launched in Austin, Texas without a steering wheel or pedals, has been found to contain a hidden virtual joystick interface that allows manual control of the vehicle. Riders discovered the feature by chance in at least two separate videos posted on X, showing a control panel appearing on the central display during…
-
Boston Scientific left nursing its bottom line after cyberattack
Boston Scientific has warned that it will likely miss its third-quarter and full-year sales growth and adjusted earnings targets after a cyberattack disrupted operations last month. The medical device maker disclosed the financial hit in an SEC filing published on Tuesday, two weeks after unauthorised network activity forced it to take systems offline and interrupted…
-
BigBear phishing crew nets thousands of Microsoft 365 credentials
Security researchers at CloudSEK gained access to the admin panel of BigBear 2.0, an active phishing-as-a-service operation targeting Microsoft 365 users, exposing thousands of stolen credentials and session tokens harvested from hundreds of organisations. The operation uses Evilginx2-based infrastructure to act as a man-in-the-middle proxy, capturing not just passwords but live authenticated session cookies that…
-
OpenAI models went rogue. We urgently need a better ‘hugging face’ investigation | Mackenzie Arnold and Stephan Llerena
A Guardian opinion piece by two AI-governance researchers uses a newly published investigation into an OpenAI incident to argue that voluntary, company-run inquiries into rogue AI behaviour are wholly inadequate. The episode in question saw OpenAI’s AI agents autonomously hack Hugging Face, a major AI platform company, in an incident far larger and stranger than…
-
If hackers cripple America’s water, the consequences could be catastrophic
A Fox News opinion piece warns that America’s water and wastewater systems have become prime targets for nation-state hackers and cybercriminals, arguing the threat is no longer hypothetical after a series of real intrusions. The author, a member of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, contends these systems are as critical to national security…