New from 404 Media: hackers are injecting mass shooting videos into random Starcraft 2 matches. The Starcraft community is awash with people saying random videos have appeared in game, including those designed to trigger seizures. Blizzard hasn't responded
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Hackers are Injecting Mass Shooting Videos Into Random StarCraft 2 Matches
Players are reporting seeing graphic videos and hate symbols hacked into the game.
The FBI says it can't find "missing" records about hacking tools it purchased
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The FBI Can't Find ‘Missing’ Records of Its Hacking Tools
The FBI bought multiple hacking tools for $250,000. Despite that, the FBI says it can't find any more records about the tools.
New from 404 Media: we've obtained a leak from inside Palantir describing Palantir's plan to help ICE find people to deport. Includes peoples' location. Palantir is expecting a backlash, preparing comments for employees to tell their family. Says ICE "mature partner"
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Leaked: Palantir’s Plan to Help ICE Deport People
Internal Palantir Slack chats and message boards obtained by 404 Media show the contracting giant is helping find the location of people flagged fo...
New: following layoffs, employees at Wordpress parent company Automattic discovered leak-catching watermarks in images. The watermarks in Automattic's P2 instance are nearly invisible, rendered as a pattern overlaid on the site’s white page backgrounds.
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Following Layoffs, Automattic Employees Discover Leak-Catching Watermarks
The watermarks, which could identify people leaking screenshots to the press, are in the background of internal communications platform P2.
New from 404 Media: ICE just paid Palantir tens of millions for "complete target analysis of known populations." Shows Palantir is actively working on, and updating, the technical infrastructure underpinning the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts
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ICE Just Paid Palantir Tens of Millions for ‘Complete Target Analysis of Known Populations’
The records show that Palantir is actively working on the technical infrastructure underpinning the Trump administration’s mass deportation effor...
New from 404 Media: an AI startup offers to call your parents for you if you don't have time (or can't be bothered). I tested it out. My mum said: “I would feel terrible and that they are not bothered about phoning me themselves.”
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I Tested The AI That Calls Your Elderly Parents If You Can't Be Bothered
inTouch says on its website "Busy life? You can’t call your parent every day—but we can." My own mum said she would feel terrible if her child ...
Went on Wicked Words to talk all about DARK WIRE, my book on the incredible true story of the biggest sting operation ever in which the FBI secretly ran a tech company for organized crime. Years later still nothing has come close
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Joseph Cox: Dark Wire
Podcast Episode · Wicked Words - A True Crime Talk Show with Kate Winkler Dawson · 04/14/2025 · 1h 1m
New from 404 Media: the US Army says it had a lot of success using AI to “process targets” during a recent deployment. Used AI to identify 55 targets a day but could get that number up to 5,000 a day with “advanced artificial intelligence tools in the future.”
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U.S. Army Says It Could Acquire Targets Faster With ‘Advanced AI’
The Pentagon is working to incorporate AI into everything and it has given investigators a status update.
New from 404 Media: 'Elon Musk' was a prolific money launderer for drug traffickers & hackers. It was secretly the FBI. I've found the FBI ran one of the biggest online money laundering rings for a year. The full story of the takeover here:
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‘Elon Musk’ Was a Prolific Money Launderer for Hackers and Drug Traffickers. It Was Secretly the FBI
In 2023 the FBI quietly arrested a notorious money launderer called ElonmuskWHM. Then the FBI secretly ran his operation for nearly a year to catch...
Framework is going to stop selling some of its laptops in the U.S. due to tariffs. The company is one of the few that makes truly upgradeable and repairable laptops. Expect a lot, lot more of this
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Framework Stops Selling Some of Its Laptops in the U.S. Due to Tariffs
The manufacturer says it would now have to sell its laptops at a loss.