The 2023 Story Killers investigation found S2T's brochure marketed surveillance tools for use against journalists & activists — not just criminals.

Automated phishing. Mass tracking databases. Influence ops.

One named officer: Ori Sasson, a Singaporean national.

California Restricts Minors’ Social Media and AI Chatbot Toys

New California laws ban under-16s from addictive social media features like autoplay and infinite scroll, prohibit AI chatbot toys for four years, and require parental controls and safety assessments.

Pentagon Negotiates $5B Loan for AI Cloud Startup Fluidstack

The Pentagon’s Strategic Capital Office is in talks to lend about $5 billion to Fluidstack to bolster U.S. data-center supply chains and cut reliance on foreign equipment.

Trump Administration Offers $100M Loan to African Telecom AfriCell to Counter Huawei

The U.S. plans to lend nearly $100 million to AfriCell so it adopts American and allied telecom gear, part of a push to shrink Huawei’s 5G presence in Africa; Huawei denies data-security allegations.

A new report links OpenAI agents to a RubyGems campaign that gained RCE on RubyDoc servers.

The activity pushed 2,000+ packages, exfiltrated public data, and attempted to steal API keys.

United Nations Calls for the Creation of a Global Artificial Intelligence Capacity-Building Fund

According to a report by the Cyberban Information Technology Working Group, the UN Secretary-General, in a report to the General Assembly, highlighted the uneven distribution of financial resources and the significant gap between countries in terms of artificial intelligence capacity-building.

The woman at the center of this story is Ashley St. Clair, a conservative influencer and the mother of one of Elon Musk's children. She has come forward with serious warnings about his behavior.

Warning About X: St. Clair accused Musk of using X to sow "deliberate division" that could be catastrophic if left unregulated. She stated, "He is stoking flames that don't exist in the real world" and is "creating something that is causing real world effects" through the platform.

Refusing Hush Money: She revealed that Musk's team offered her a $40 million lump sum and a $100,000 monthly stipend in exchange for signing a non-disclosure agreement. She refused, and the offer was subsequently withdrawn.

St. Clair has also been a victim of Musk's own AI technology. She sued Musk's AI company after X's Grok chatbot was used by users to generate sexualized deepfake images of her, including ones depicting her as a minor.

Elon Musk calls Netanyahu a friend. Under Musk, X mass-suspended & demonetized pro-Palestinian voices. Netanyahu says social media is "the most important weapon"—and after a Netanyahu ally took over TikTok, he said social media is in their hands. This isn't free speech. It's control.

Musk isn't just an owner. Experts say his posts are indistinguishable from white supremacists. He amplifies "Great Replacement" rhetoric & anti-Muslim content to millions. Netanyahu calls him a friend. A man who spreads hate shouldn't own X. Dangerous.

Revolut handed customer data to fraudsters using a government email domain.

Hackers exploit Tencent app flaw to deploy GrayRabbit malware.

Anthropic: AI Misuse Is Entering a New Phase: From Cybercrime to Surveillance, Propaganda and Weapons.

Dutch NCSC: Critical Check Point VPN flaws exploitation is imminent.

FBI cyber leader details bureau’s first unclassified cyber strategy.

Mexico seizes cartel-linked crypto mining farm

Police found a hidden crypto mining farm in Sierra Norte de Puebla, seizing about 300 GPUs, power equipment, and 8 satellite antennas, with suspected electricity theft and drug cartel links.

UNESCO unveils new AI governance tools

At the 4th Global Forum on Ethics of AI in Riyadh, UNESCO launched tools including RAM 2.0 to assess countries’ AI readiness and a toolkit for AI’s environmental impact.

UK and U.S. cooperate on AI and fusion energy

At the Global Fusion Summit in London, the two countries signed agreements, including one between UKAEA and Princeton Plasma Physics Lab to combine AI, supercomputing, and fusion research.