AI Found a Root Bug in Linux That Everyone Missed for 15 Years
2026-07-12T20:52:11Z•acedb75fa60ad7dd61108b3a543148f35faf69e62044f6c98de43237fa99c2a6
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What happened
A roundup of recent high-impact security and privacy stories: researchers (using AI) uncovered a Linux local-root bug that went unnoticed for 15 years; Europe’s “Chat Control” proposal will re-enable large-scale scanning of personal messages; Citizen Lab/others found Pegasus spyware on EU politicians’ phones; a misconfigured Dialog site exposed sensitive member data; Madison Square Garden maintained an intrusive celebrity database; scammers are hijacking government sites with OnlyFans DMCA abuse; Anthropic’s Claude helped discover a widespread ticketing-system exploit; LastPass users suffered又
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- wired_security
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- acedb75fa60ad7dd61108b3a543148f35faf69e62044f6c98de43237fa99c2a6
- Enrichment time
- 2026-07-12T20:52:11Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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