It Takes 2 Minutes to Hack the EU’s New Age-Verification App
2026-04-19T08:52:22Z•f94be554a1367f0d182b69b4a025efb89eeb69ca949aaecd3c838b207262347e
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What happened
Wired's security roundup covers multiple high-risk developments: Europe’s new age‑verification app can be hacked in minutes, raising privacy and authentication concerns; major breaches hit a gym chain and a hotel giant; a disruptive DDoS targeted Bluesky; Iran‑linked actors are conducting sabotage against US energy and water infrastructure; deepfake nude image campaigns are impacting hundreds of students worldwide; Telegram continues to host a sanctioned $21B crypto‑scam marketplace; Anthropic’s Mythos and OpenAI’s new GPT‑5.4‑Cyber model are reshaping AI‑security debates; surveillance abuses—
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- 2026-04-19T08:52:22Z
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- Yes
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