OpenAI Rolls Out ‘Advanced’ Security Mode for At-Risk Accounts

2026-05-01T08:52:16Z1f4bd89b8e7a28588586498f6c016e77954ebf578f203f021000b36c359570d1
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What happened

A WIRED security roundup covering multiple high-risk incidents and industry responses: OpenAI is rolling out an "Advanced Account Security" option for at-risk ChatGPT/Codex users amid growing phishing threats; spyware/stalkerware exposed ~90,000 screenshots from a celebrity’s phone; Discord investigators gained unauthorized access to Anthropic’s Mythos; researchers decoded Fast16 sabotage malware (predating Stuxnet); half-million UK health records and other datasets appeared for sale; the EU age-verification app was trivially hackable; and AI is amplifying fraud and malware operations. The mix

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