"Congressional Democrats on the Joint Economic Committee released a report this week pinpointing more than $20.9 billion in consumer losses stemming from identity theft that came out of four major breaches of data broker firms. US senator Maggie Hassan launched the investigation in August after an investigation by The Markup and CalMatters, copublished by WIRED, found that some data brokers were hiding opt-out tools from Google and other search engines."
"The Mexican drug cartel CJNG may survive the killing of its longtime leader Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera Cervantes in part thanks to its prolific use of technologies like drones, social media, and AI. Meanwhile, the Mexican Navy announced on Thursday that it had seized a semi-submersible vessel carrying nearly 4 tons of cocaine as part of a recent initiative to deter drug trafficking in the Pacific Ocean."
"As AI assistant agents like OpenClaw explode in popularity-and sow chaos around the web-a new open source project called IronCurtain is using a unique design to secure and constrain agentic AI before it can go rogue."
Congressional Democrats released a report documenting over $20.9 billion in consumer losses from identity theft resulting from four major data broker breaches. The investigation, launched by Senator Maggie Hassan following reports of data brokers hiding opt-out tools from search engines, highlights systemic privacy failures. Additionally, DOJ documents on Jeffrey Epstein reveal how federal investigators request information from tech companies. Mexican drug cartels leverage drones, social media, and AI for operations, while security researchers develop tools like IronCurtain to constrain rogue AI agents. Internet-connected devices with cameras and microphones present emerging security vulnerabilities.
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