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OpenAI’s Rogue AI Agent Hacked More Than Just Hugging Face

29 July 2026 at 00:15
In a new disclosure, OpenAI says its agent used exposed logins to gain access to at least four “publicly available services” in its unhinged quest to solve a test.

Dialog Claims It Was Hacked. A Misconfigured Website Left Its Members Exposed

23 June 2026 at 19:18
The private events group, cofounded by Peter Thiel, says a “criminal” hacker is behind a breach that exposed members’ personal details. WIRED found no evidence a break-in was needed to access the files.

Leak Exposes Members of Peter Thiel’s Secretive ‘Dialog’ Society

16 June 2026 at 20:21
More than 200 of the world's elites registered for a retreat whose agenda runs from panels on cult-building and sex to prepping for World War III. An associated app offers matchmaking.

Wrongful Arrest Exposes Failures in One of the Oldest Police Face-Recognition Tools in the US

10 June 2026 at 14:00
The ACLU is suing two Florida police departments over the arrest of a Fort Myers man in a child-abduction case, saying officers treated a flawed face-recognition match as a near-certain ID.

Meta Silently Added Face-Recognition Code for Its Smart Glasses to Millions of Phones

4 June 2026 at 17:28
Code reviewed by WIRED uncovered an unreleased face-recognition system embedded in Meta’s smart glasses platform. It’s designed to identify people via biometric data stored on users’ phones.

The White House’s Aliens.gov Site Brags That ICE Arrested More Than 700 US Citizens

29 May 2026 at 20:53
The website, which compares human beings to extraterrestrials, touts arrest numbers from the Trump administration’s sweeping immigration crackdown. But some of its details are really out there.

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