An OpenAI Employee Allegedly Used a Chatbot to Help Plant a Recording Device at the Office

2026-10-15T08:52:04Z•fc9ddf431a127e4db9da701b78ab041b43b09832ce64a114f7f64c3b3cd08083
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A WIRED Security feed covering reported incidents and investigations involving AI-enabled cyberattacks, software vulnerabilities, privacy exposure, surveillance technologies, malware, phishing, and cybersecurity policy. Notable items include alleged AI-assisted breaches of health and government systems, vulnerabilities in ChatGPT and Meta Muse applications, autonomous AI-guided malware, spyware and cell-site simulators, and large-scale personal-data profiling. The feed is primarily threat-intelligence relevant, though several entries are broader civil-liberties and security-policy reporting.

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