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Exclusive-Hacked FBI data has sensitive information about employees’ intelligence roles

Exclusive-Hacked FBI data has sensitive information about employees’ intelligence roles WASHINGTON, Sept 23 : FBI data allegedly stolen by the hacking group ShinyHunters carries granular detail about scores of bureau officials’ job assignments, including sensitive work against Chinese spies, Russian intelligence, drug cartels, and more, Reuters has found. The 5,000-line spreadsheet – said by the hackers to represent only a small piece of their claimed two- to three-terabyte trove – includes...

The Pope’s AI Guy Is Worried About ‘Cartel’ Behavior Among Big Labs

Recently, warnings from researchers inside the world’s largest artificial intelligence labs about the rapid pace of development have led to panic about the possibility that the technology could extinguish humanity. Those warnings are predicated on the idea that—propelled by ferocious competition and a rivalry between the US and China—labs are barreling toward superintelligent models whose abilities will far surpass those of humans. But according to Father Paolo Benanti, a priest who advises...

How Customizable AI Models Are Enabling Hackers to Conduct Cybercrime Sprees

FBI investigating hacking group’s claim of massive breach of agent info

The FBI said Wednesday that it is investigating a notorious hacking group over its claims to have stolen data on agents. “The FBI is aware of a cyber-criminal enterprise group claiming a compromise of the FBIJobs.gov portal and alleged impact to FBI employee personally identifiable information (PII),” the FBI said in a statement. “While the point of breach is still undetermined — whether a third-party or the FBI’s enterprise — we are actively and aggressively investigating this matter and...