Lily Hay Newman
@lhn.bsky.social
Security reporter for WIRED Magazine. she/her/my man. Signal +1 (347) 722-1347
“People are YOLO-ing really hard” @alex.zenla.io www.wired.com/story/openai...
OpenAI’s Hacking Debacle Was a Human Mistake
If the generative AI giant had followed well-known security best practices, it’s likely that its AI agent would never have escaped to the open internet and hacked multiple companies.
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Analysis of satellite images of Myanmar shows dozens of alleged scam compounds have appeared in recent months, despite a purported crackdown on the criminal organizations. www.wired.com/story/satell...
Satellite Images Reveal How Suspected Scam Compounds Appear Out of Nowhere
Analysis of satellite images of Myanmar shows dozens of alleged scam compounds have appeared in recent months, despite a purported crackdown on the criminal organizations.
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The AI software development pipeline is creating new automation/trust relationships where attackers can live www.wired.com/story/a-snea...
A Sneaky Hacking Tool Targeting AI Infrastructure Is Lurking in Victims’ Blind Spots
A new type of malware can worm deep into AI coding systems to steal data and logins—and can flip a “death switch” to destroy files and keep out real users.
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There is no way that "278,000 noncitizens" are voting in US elections, as Trump claims in his speech. Its just not physically possible, as WIRED and other outlets have consistently reported. This is a scare tactic, and it's working. And the repercussions are endless:
Election Officials Are Getting Ready for ICE to Show Up at the Polls
The Trump administration keeps threatening to send federal agents to oversee elections. State and local officials are preparing, and even gaming out what happens if they're arrested.
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Not only do we stand by our reporting. Madison Square Garden’s ridiculous lawsuit actually confirms it, noting the company did, in fact, track the sexual orientation of LGBTQIA celebrities in its talent database.
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San Francisco police accidentally livestreamed their drones’ video and data on the open web. The hours of footage—including several apparent arrests—should never have been made public, but now offer a glimpse of modern aerial urban surveillance. www.wired.com/story/sfpd-d... w/ @dmehro.bsky.social
A Leak of San Francisco Police Drone Footage Exposes the New Reality of Urban Surveillance
The SFPD’s exposure of hours of videos from drone platform Skydio reveals how broadly it’s watching the city from above—and how the results can spill online.
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⚠️ @citizenlab.ca notes that whoever perpetrated the #spyware attacks on MEP Stelios Kouloglou would have potentially gotten access to internal information about 🇪🇺PEGA's activities & findings. ✍️ @lhn.bsky.social @mattburgess1.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/eu-pol...
EU Politicians Investigated Pegasus Spyware. Then It Ended Up on One of Their Phones
“It is a direct attack on the rule of law,” says one European Parliament member of the new findings from Citizen Lab.
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Amazing, but deeply sobering, insight into an AI predictive policing program and its impacts thanks to records requests and a full investigation by @mattburgess1.bsky.social and Mark Wilding www.wired.com/story/britis...
British Police Built a Sprawling Crime-Prediction Machine. Some Results Couldn’t Be Trusted
As UK police embrace the AI revolution, a WIRED investigation reveals the messy inside story of one region’s experiment with predictive analytics.
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OpenAI and Trail of Bits founding essentially an all hands on deck security consulting effort to give open source maintainers (who want it) some help preparing for The AI Cyber Reckoning www.wired.com/story/openai...
OpenAI Launches Full-Scale Effort to Patch Open-Source Bugs as It Takes on Anthropic’s Mythos
Amid concerns about AI models’ cybersecurity capabilities, OpenAI revealed an improved version of GPT-5.5-Cyber and its “Patch the Planet” initiative to fix open-source software bugs.
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"The same data lays out a program of off-the-record sessions, including: 'Money (Does?) Buy Happiness,' 'Bring Back Nuclear,' 'Navigating WWIII,' 'Battlefield Technologies,' and 'How’s Your Sex Life?' Other talks include 'Build-a-Cult'" www.wired.com/story/leak-e...
Leak Exposes Members of Peter Thiel’s Secretive ‘Dialog’ Society
More than 200 of the world's elites registered for a retreat whose agenda runs from panels on cult-building and sex to prepping for World War III. An associated app offers matchmaking.
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NEW: the US government intervened Monday on behalf of xAI in a lawsuit over its gas turbines, claiming that the company needs to run the turbines in order to power Grok, which is "vital" for national security lots of wild stuff in the filing:
DOJ Lawyers Argue xAI Is ‘Vital’ for National Security in NAACP Lawsuit
In a bid to dismiss a lawsuit over xAI's polluting gas turbines, the Justice Department claimed the company is integral to military operations—including the Iran War.
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WIRED has new details on the talks between Anthropic and the White house today. Still no agreement, Claude Fable 5 still offline. from @hugolowell.bsky.social @lhn.bsky.social @mzeff.bsky.social
Anthropic Is Still at Odds With the White House Over Claude Fable 5
Anthropic leaders flew to Washington, DC, to meet with White House officials on Monday. After high-level talks, they're still split on the risk Claude Fable 5 presents.
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"WIRED reviewed hundreds of public Grok Imagine links hosted on Grok.com and found dozens led to sexualized AI images and videos, including those created without the subject’s consent." really difficult but important work from @mattburgess1.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/grok-i...
Grok Is Still Hosting Sexualized Deepfakes of Famous Women
A WIRED investigation found dozens of “nudified” deepfake images and videos on Grok's website, including nonconsensual depictions of celebrities and at least one prominent US politician.
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look how that worked out! www.wired.com/story/anthro...
Anthropic Offers Mythos Upgrade for Cyber Partners and a ‘Safe’ Version for the Rest of You
Anthropic is releasing Claude Mythos 5 to trusted organizations and Claude Fable 5 to the public, a version it says can’t be used for cyberattacks.
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Pediatricians in Utah are trying to adjust to this sad, new reality. One doctor teared up talking about an unvaccinated toddler who died in her care from whooping cough. “It’s hard,” she said, “because I also see how much grief these parents are holding.” www.wired.com/story/anguis...
Anguished Parents, Crying Doctors: Life Amid Utah’s Measles Outbreak
The state’s outbreak means adapting to America’s new reality, in which vaccine-preventable diseases become common again.
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Love the Knicks, but a reminder of how the Garden’s ownership approaches security.
The Shocking Secrets of Madison Square Garden’s Surveillance Machine
Famously vengeful Knicks owner Jim Dolan has long spied on people at his iconic arenas. WIRED goes deep inside the operation that allegedly tracked a trans woman, lawyers, protesters, and more.
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“Having stripped them of their clothes, xAI now seeks to strip Plaintiffs of their pseudonyms" www.wired.com/story/xai-as...
xAI Asks Court to Strip Alleged Grok Deepfake Nudes Victims of Anonymity
Four people suing Elon Musk's AI firm under pseudonyms due to the risks of being identified may face a difficult choice: Reveal your real names, or drop the lawsuit.
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For nearly a decade, the Pentagon was warned—by its own contractors, analysts, and intelligence agencies—that anyone with a credit card could buy a map of where American troops sleep, work, and store nuclear weapons. Now the bill has come due in a war zone. My latest at @wired.com
The Pentagon Knew Enemies Could Track Troops’ Phones for Years. Now They Are
The US military has long known that cheap fixes could stop location data from exposing its troops. It adopted almost none—and now says adversaries are using the data to target soldiers during a war.
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NEW: Criminals are stealing real hotel and vacation rental booking details to target travelers with spear-phishing attacks. @mattburgess1.bsky.social reports: www.wired.com/story/hundre...
Scammers Are Using Your Real Hotel Reservations to Trick You With Spear-Phishing Attacks
Customer data from more than 350 hotels around the world may have been accessed as part of realistic reservation-hijacking scams.
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Condé Nast shit the bed so hard when it fired four journalists last year that it's now settled with the union and given three out of the four reporters "two years’ pay and furnished [them] with positive letters of recommendation." UNIONS, PEOPLE. UNIONS! www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
Before long, many gig workers in the US may start delivering reality to make ends meet, as well as the typical room-temperature takeout. My latest for @wired.com www.wired.com/story/househ...
I Spent a Week Recording Myself Doing Chores for Money. Who's the Robot Now?
Cooking. Doing laundry. Tidying up. All your household tasks can be turned into data to train future humanoids—if you’re prepared for the consequences.
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Debt is rising in the United States. Now, when you owe money, you're likely to get a phone call from an AI collector asking you to pay up—sometimes even when you *don't* owe anything: www.wired.com/story/ai-tak...
AI Is Taking Over the Most Cursed Job in the World
There’s a mad dash to automate the world’s most hated calls. Have an unpaid bill? You’ll hear from an AI debt collector sometime soon.
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NEW: As Trump continues to threaten Europe and Nato allies, no country has arguably done more to get off of US technology than France. The gov is building a full Office/Docs alternative. Lyon has moved 70% of staff away from Office. And open source is key. Story by me and @telliotter.bsky.social
The EU Is Going Through a Trump-Fueled Breakup With Big Tech
France is already moving on from Zoom and Microsoft Teams in favor of homegrown alternatives. Other countries are quickly following suit.
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For this.weekinsecurity.com, these are the most urgent threats facing the internet in 2026. From restricting access to abusing it for hacking and spying, these are the top six issues that everyone should think about. (And yes, one is Trump, but perhaps not for the reasons you might think.)
The most dangerous threats to the internet in 2026
From surveillance and choking online access to governments going rogue, these are the most pressing threats to face the internet and its billions of users today.
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NEW: Foxconn, which famously helps build Apple's iPhones, suffered yet another cyberattacks, with a ransomware gang *claiming* to have stolen 8 TB of data. @lhn.bsky.social reports: www.wired.com/story/foxcon...
Foxconn Ransomware Attack Shows Nothing Is Safe Forever
Famous for helping build Apple's iPhones, Foxconn just suffered another cyberattack, highlighting the perils of warehousing some of the world's most valuable data.
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I'm really proud of this profile of A'ja Wilson I've been working on this spring!!!! She's *really* funny and I hadn't really seen that reflected in the other stuff I read about her, so I tried to capture it in here www.vanityfair.com/news/story/a...
A’ja Wilson Is Going for GOAT Status: “I Want to Prove That I’m the Best”
Whether she’s lobbing three-pointers or walking the red carpet, the WNBA’s four-time MVP doesn’t miss. We catch up with the queen of the court—and her king, fellow superstar Bam Adebayo.
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NEW: Huge thanks to @regret.bsky.social who did an ASAP analysis of the FCC complaints I FOIA’d about Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show. www.wired.com/story/bad-bu...
The FCC Received Hundreds of Complaints About Bad Bunny’s ‘Vulgar’ Super Bowl Performance
The complaints, obtained by WIRED, described Bad Bunny’s performance as being overly sexual and protested that the show was in Spanish.
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Y’all, this is a friend of a friend’s son. He’s been missing since Tuesday afternoon, last seen near Howard. Please amplify if you can. Thanks.
NEW: Around 90,000 screenshots from a celebrity's phone have been exposed after an apparent worst-case stalkerware scenario. The screenshots were all placed in a database named after well-known spyware. And then that database was available to anyone online Story with @lhn.bsky.social
Exposed Data Illustrates the Nightmare Scenario for a Stalkerware Victim
Extremely sensitive personal data from a European celebrity that appears to have been compiled using spyware was publicly accessible until a researcher flagged the exposure.
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