It Takes 2 Minutes to Hack the EU’s New Age-Verification App
2026-04-20T08:52:10Z•bc7619aa6af46607c300bc9b1a66bf9520440a49a9404b12e84fb30499d30d69
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What happened
A WIRED security roundup covering multiple high-impact stories: researchers say the EU’s new anonymous age‑verification app can be hacked in about two minutes, raising privacy and safety concerns; major data breaches hit a gym chain and a hotel giant; a disruptive DDoS struck Bluesky; Telegram continues to host a sanctioned $21B crypto‑scam marketplace; AI‑driven threats escalate (widespread deepfake nudes targeting students, Anthropic’s Mythos prompting new industry cybersecurity efforts, and OpenAI releasing a cyber‑focused model); Iran‑linked actors are implicated in disruptive attacks on U
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