"Federal contracting records reviewed by WIRED this week show that United States Customs and Border Protection is transitioning from testing small drones to using them as standard surveillance tools, a move that will further expand CBP's already extensive dragnet that in some cases extends far beyond US land borders. Meanwhile, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is planning to incorporate a broad cybersecurity contract that will include expanding employee surveillance and monitoring."
"The Chinese-language artificial intelligence app Haotian can be used to create "nearly perfect" face swaps during live video chats, and it is a favorite tool of Southeast Asian scammers. A WIRED investigation along with independent research indicates that the company has actively marketed its tools to scammers, often via Telegram. Haotian's main Telegram channel vanished after WIRED contacted Telegram for comment."
"The hacker collective known as the Com has rampaged across the internet for years, breaching hundreds of companies for nihilistic fun and profit. Now they've hit a particularly large and sensitive trove of highly personal data: user records for PornHub, the world's biggest porn site. ShinyHunters, a subgroup within the Com, appears to have stolen more than 200 million records for PornHub premium users, a total of 94 gigabytes of data detailing users' histories on the site linked to their account information, including email addresses."
United States Customs and Border Protection is shifting small drones from tests to routine surveillance, expanding a dragnet that can extend beyond US land borders. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans a broad cybersecurity contract that will expand employee surveillance and monitoring amid intensified leak investigations and condemnation of internal dissent. The Haotian AI app can produce nearly perfect live-video face swaps and has been marketed to Southeast Asian scammers via Telegram. Fraudsters use AI-generated images of defective or damaged goods to claim refunds on ecommerce sites. The Com's ShinyHunters subgroup stole over 200 million PornHub records totaling about 94 gigabytes.
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