AI Found a Root Bug in Linux That Everyone Missed for 15 Years
2026-07-13T08:52:17Z•76227866e38d3fa761cae771983c857c2ed78fb347232cc6c2284edefd4f12c4
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What happened
A WIRED roundup of mid-2026 security stories: an AI-assisted discovery revealed a 15-year Linux local root bug; multiple data exposures and misconfigurations (Dialog, Madison Square Garden) leaked sensitive records; mobile/spyware concerns persist (Pegasus on an EU politician’s device); a simulated Chinese cyberattack on US water infrastructure highlighted catastrophic risk from nation-state actors; LastPass users had another data theft; OpenAI launched a large-scale effort to patch open-source bugs while researchers abused chatbots (Claude) to find real-world attack paths (ticketing fraud); U
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- 2026-07-13T08:52:17Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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