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A reporter writes about a visit from the FBI in 2020, following his story about a hack, and the long-term personal impact, along with eroding press freedoms (Zack Whittaker/~this week in security~)
https://this.weekinsecurity.com/fbi-ag

FBI agents visited my home about an article I wrote, and now I can't go to Mexico
Mexico formally requested the FBI's help in seeking answers about one of my stories. Having federal agents on my doorstep sparked my own years-long effort to pry information out of the FBI to explain why it came to my house to begin with.

The Trump administration appeared to acknowledge on Monday that its investigation into
the killing of a Veterans Affairs nurse, Alex Pretti, by federal agents this weekend
was limited to a “use of force” review meant to establish whether government employees had violated training standards.
Such a move, disclosed in court filings, would represent a much narrower inquiry
-- focused on tactics and conduct
-- than one that would examine whether federal agents shoul…

Greg Bovino Set to Leave Minneapolis as Trump Shakes Up Immigration Operation: Live Updates
Gregory Bovino, a Border Patrol official who became a target of fierce criticism, is set to depart as President Trump moves to deflect anger over a second fatal shooting. Mr. Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, will now direct ICE operations in the state.

Ich hab keine Ahnung, wie der Phishing-Angriff auf Signal-Accounts im Detail aussah. Und die einfache Reaktion ist: „die sind alle zu dumm.“
Letztlich heißt das: die Menschen, die da Signal (oder andere Messenger) nutzen, haben kein gutes mentales Modell, das ihnen intuitiv erlaubt zu merken, wenn da irgendwas seltsam ist. Wir sind einfach nicht gut darin, Systeme zu bauen, die diesbezüglich von ihren Usern so gut verstanden werden- und Banken, die Newsletter von Domains Dritter versc…

heise | Geknackte Verschlüsselung: Was hinter dem Angriff auf TeleGuard steckt
Der Schweizer Messenger verspricht „weltbeste Verschlüsselung“. Sicherheitsforscher haben dennoch eine Lücke ausgenutzt. Aber TeleGuard wiegelt die Kritik ab.

In Agent Running in the Field, Le Carré gave himself a variety of characters through which he could vent his anger at Brexit, Trump, oligarchs, the state of the world & its intelligence services: Ed, Florence, Prue.
The main character, as ever, remains more circumspect but has clear sympathy for the other characters' views #Bookstodon #LeCarré #AmReading

The local waste collection company has this freak on their website, and they claim 'live agents' are available, so maybe these depraved half man half garbage can creatures are actually at their facilities answering questions

»Hunderte verseuchte Skills — Angreifer schleusen Trojaner in KI-Agent OpenClaw ein:
Hunderte Skills für den KI-Agenten OpenClaw enthielten Trojaner und Datendiebe. OpenClaw und VirusTotal reagieren mit einer Partnerschaft. Doch das grundlegende Sicherheitsproblem von KI-Agenten bleibt.«
Ich behaupte mal, die KI an sich ist ein Sicherheitsproblem in der IT, denn das ist der Virus.
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Hunderte verseuchte Skills: Angreifer schleusen Trojaner in KI-Agent OpenClaw ein
Hunderte Skills für den KI-Agenten OpenClaw waren mit Trojanern und Datendieben verseucht. Jetzt reagieren OpenClaw und VirusTotal, doch das grundlegende Sicherheitsproblem von KI-Agenten bleibt.

The sales analyst leans back and types a question into her company’s shiny new AI data agent: “Which leads from last quarter should we follow up on?”
Simple enough. The kind of question that used to eat up half a junior analyst’s afternoon. The agent spins for a few seconds. Then it either returns a confidently wrong answer, crashes without a word, or does the thing I find most telling of all: it gives up before it even tries.
https://levelup.gitconnected.com/why-sql-agents-fail-62-of-the-time-on-real-enterprise-queries-5da9eeb48ede

Turkey launches a review of how social media platforms handle children's data as it prepares new rules that include identity verification and age restrictions (Turkish Minute)
https://www.turkishminute.com/2026/02/21/turkey…

Turkey reviews major social media platforms' handling of children’s data - Turkish Minute
Turkey’s data protection watchdog has opened a review of how six major social media platforms process children’s personal data, as Ankara prepares separate legislation that would tighten state control over online accounts and content.

Angriff der KI-Schwärme: Wie simulierte Mehrheiten die Demokratie bedrohen
Ein Forschungsteam warnt vor koordinierten KI-Agenten, die durch vorgetäuschten Konsens und soziale Dynamiken die öffentliche Meinung manipulieren könnten.