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That Marketplace Listing in Your Name Was Never Yours
A text message arrives about a Facebook Marketplace listing with your own name as the seller. You never posted it, and the reply is…
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He Told 240 Million People to Photograph Their Credit Card for an AI
Elon Musk told his followers to photograph a credit card and drop the picture into an AI chat so the bot could shop for…
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They Made a Fake Nude Photo of a Teenager. Then the Blackmail Started.
AI tools can turn an ordinary photo of a child into a fake explicit image, and then use it to demand money. Here is…
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A Scary Message Popped Up in the Asos App. The Hackers Wrote It.
A scary notification appeared in the Asos app, and the hackers wrote it. What was stolen, and the messages to expect next.
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A Google Security Alert Landed in Your Inbox. Google Didn’t Send It.
A warning from Google about your account is one of the few emails most people open without a second thought. This month, real inboxes…
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Someone Hid Instructions in an Ordinary Email. Only the AI Could Read Them.
A scam email can now carry two messages: the one you see, and a hidden set of instructions written for the AI that summarises…
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You Were Warned About the Robot Uprising. Nobody Warned You About Your Job.
The robot-apocalypse story fills the news and asks nothing of anyone. What is already happening to ordinary work is quieter, and it is the…
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You Signed In to a Drawing. It Wasn’t Google.
Scammers built fake AI advertising tools that draw a Google sign-in window inside the page, then take your password — and the code from…
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Denmark Kept a File on Everyone. Someone Went Through 8.8 Million of Them.
Denmark’s register of residents was searched without permission for the details of 8.8 million people. Here is what that means for you — and…
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You Bought a Concert Ticket. It Was Never Real.
Fans with paid-for tickets in their email were turned away at a Berlin concert last Friday. The tickets were fake, and this is happening…