AI Found a Root Bug in Linux That Everyone Missed for 15 Years
2026-07-12T08:52:09Z•21ee51792eaa1e2f74e566f8ca3028a4ce48a8c4f5f988e2a1fdc36baee83fd4
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What happened
A WIRED security roundup covering multiple high-impact incidents and trends: an AI discovered a long‑missed Linux root vulnerability (potential local privilege escalation); widespread privacy and surveillance concerns including Pegasus spyware on an EU politician’s phone, Madison Square Garden’s database labeling and license‑plate reader errors, and EU “Chat Control” legislation enabling message scanning; several data exposures and breaches — Dialog’s misconfigured site exposing member records, fresh LastPass thefts, and hijacked government sites used to host OnlyFans scam ads; national‑level,
Why it matters
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Evidence and limitations
- Source ID
- wired_security
- Record identifier
- 21ee51792eaa1e2f74e566f8ca3028a4ce48a8c4f5f988e2a1fdc36baee83fd4
- Enrichment time
- 2026-07-12T08:52:09Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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