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AI agents have now broken into many companies and a government. What's being done about it?

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AI agents have now broken into many companies and a government. What's being done about it?
Dan Thorp-Lancaster
The best early October Prime Day deals on tech: Anker, AirPods, Amazon devices and more are up to 64% off
Amy Skorheim

AI agents have now broken into many companies and a government. What's being done about it?

Dan Thorp-Lancaster

The best early October Prime Day deals on tech: Anker, AirPods, Amazon devices and more are up to 64% off

Amy Skorheim

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Tech layoffs 2026: Tracking the job losses across Xbox, Apple, Oracle, Uber, TikTok, Meta and others
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AI agents have now broken into many companies and a government. What's being done about it?

Dan Thorp-Lancaster

The best early October Prime Day deals on tech: Anker, AirPods, Amazon devices and more are up to 64% off

Amy Skorheim

AI

AI Safety Commitments Need A Way To Measure Success

Both the 2023 and 2026 AI safety commitments share the challenge of stating goals only in broad terms without explaining how success should be measured.

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WhatsApp has announced new tools for parents to supervise their teenage children's use of the messaging app. The controls can be linked to existing accounts held by young people aged 13 and over, according to WhatsApp's parent company Meta.

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FortiMail’s Encryption Feature Was Supposed to Protect Email. It Became the Attack Vector.

A path traversal vulnerability in Fortinet FortiMail’s Identity-Based Encryption GUI component allows unauthenticated attackers to write arbitrary files on the underlying system through crafted HTTP or HTTPS requests. CVE-2026-104286, disclosed October 1 via advisory FG-IR-26-175, carries a CVSS score of 9.8. It combines CWE-22 (path traversal) with CWE-158 (improper null byte neutralization) in the management […]