Hackers demand leak of stolen Madison Square Garden data

Meta is being tested Face recognition software It was built by Rank One, a supplier to the U.S. Military and Regional Police Department, WIRED found in an investigation this week. Meta is exploring the possibility of adding facial recognition technology to its smart glasses, WIRED previously reported The app for glasses has an icon– now deleted – which would have enabled the company to enable facial recognition features on devices.

Anthropic is Still negotiating with the Trump administrationafter the White House’s apparent concerns about the safety of the new generic model Claude Fable 5 led Anthropic to pull the product from the market entirely. But security experts point out that AI models with advanced capabilities to detect and exploit software vulnerabilities — in other words, create potentially dangerous hacking tools —It will soon be everywhere around the world.

Leak reveals identity Members of Peter Thiel’s secret “Dialogue” society This week it was revealed more than 200 high-profile names have signed up for a retreat including panels on cult building, sex and preparing for World War III. WIRED also revealed that the community has A secret way to classify its members.

UK It will soon begin scanning the faces of asylum seekers As part of age verification processes although there is evidence that these age assessment and verification tools are deeply flawed and can make errors that lead to life-altering consequences.

In a more sophisticated use of surveillance technology, Knicks fans around the world had the opportunity to watch tape on Thursday Parade in New York City on traffic surveillance cameras Thanks to live broadcast by artist Maury Coleman.

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The hacking and extortion group ShinyHunters has loudly claimed a slew of high-profile victims in recent months: including the education technology company Instructure, causing… Thousands of schools are closed In this process; Photography company Kodak; And major European Human rights organization. This week it also published data allegedly stolen from Madison Square Garden, according to the British newspaper “Daily Mail”. Reports by 404 Media.

The published data, which allegedly includes millions of records across 45GB of files, includes potentially personal information from customers and references to Knicks players and coaches. The data was published shortly after the Knicks won their first NBA championship since 1973. Sample of data reviewed 404 media It included one file that allegedly included the names of “talent,” including members of the Knicks.

WIRED recently published a report on Madison Square Garden’s Widespread use of surveillance technologiesIncluding facial recognition systems. The emails allegedly in the stolen data seen by 404 Media include a man complaining about facial recognition technology. MSG did not respond to the publication’s request for comment and after the story broke, a federal class action lawsuit was filed over the alleged data breach.

At least three bars in San Francisco’s Castro District, a well-known LGBTQ district of the city, are using facial scanners at their entrances to collect detailed information about customers. The bars use technology from Patronscan, an identity verification company, to collect facial images, names and gender, according to Scientific Dictionary SFWho went to bars using technology. In addition to collecting data, if staff at bars detect customers fighting, engaging in theft, or other negative behaviors, they can record this in the system. Facial recognition can then identify the person the next time they are at the bar. Recorded information may be shared as part of “safety net“Among other companies using the technology, creating an extensive surveillance network.

For several months, governments and companies in Europe has abandoned American technologyciting surveillance and security risks. France’s domestic spy agency, the General Directorate of Internal Security (DGSI), announced this week that it will stop using Palantir data and artificial intelligence tools in the coming years. Replace them with A program from the French company ChapsVision. “We must use our own artificial intelligence models,” French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said. “We cannot rely on tools developed by foreign powers. France must have its own tools.”

While it was France Particularly proactive in trying to remove American technology Of its public enterprises — where it has gone so far as to build its own open source equivalents of Zoom and Microsoft Office — it is not the first European intelligence agency to ignore Palantir in favor of ChapsVision. Last month, the German intelligence agency BfV announced She will use French technology instead of.

Apple’s Hide My Email tool lets you create a random email address that you can use Particularly subscribe to new websites and appswhich avoids handing over your personal information to more websites. However, the company is ready to change the way it creates these email addresses. Nowadays, they all use the @icloud.com domain. Go ahead, as well TechCrunch This week I reported that Apple plans to use the domain: @private.icloud.com. This subtle change could make it easier for companies to detect people using the privacy-preserving service and requesting to sign up using an alternate email address.