Joseph Cox

Joseph Cox

Joseph is an award-winning investigative journalist focused on generating impact. His work has triggered hundreds of millions of dollars worth of fines, shut down tech companies, and much more.
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Hackers Advertise Stolen Verizon Push-to-Talk ‘Call Logs’
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Hackers Advertise Stolen Verizon Push-to-Talk ‘Call Logs’

The breach does not appear to impact the main consumer Verizon network, and instead involves the company’s push to talk (PTT) product, marketed to public sector agencies and enterprises.
Thousands of Internal AI Training Datasets, Tools Exposed to Anyone on the Internet
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Thousands of Internal AI Training Datasets, Tools Exposed to Anyone on the Internet

“In addition to the ML models themselves, the exposed data can include training datasets, hyperparameters, and sometimes even raw data used to build models,” a security researcher said.
Podcast: The Smart Glasses That Dox Strangers
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Podcast: The Smart Glasses That Dox Strangers

Looking at someone and doxing them instantly; how a data archive was knocked offline during a recent hurricane; and a hack of an AI companion.
Hacked ‘AI Girlfriend’ Data Shows Prompts Describing Child Sexual Abuse
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Hacked ‘AI Girlfriend’ Data Shows Prompts Describing Child Sexual Abuse

A hacked database from AI companion site Muah.ai exposes peoples' particular kinks and fantasies they've asked their bot to engage in. It also shows many of them are trying to use the platform to generate child abuse material.
Podcast: One Year Anniversary Subscriber Bonanza
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Podcast: One Year Anniversary Subscriber Bonanza

In this special podcast episode, we talk subscriber numbers, what people value, how to get our articles in front of people, and what we're looking to do next year.
Telegram Confirms it Gave U.S. User Data to the Cops
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Telegram Confirms it Gave U.S. User Data to the Cops

Telegram finally updated its transparency bot to provide data on law enforcement requests.
Someone Put Facial Recognition Tech onto Meta's Smart Glasses to Instantly Dox Strangers
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Someone Put Facial Recognition Tech onto Meta's Smart Glasses to Instantly Dox Strangers

The technology, which marries Meta’s smart Ray Ban glasses with the facial recognition service Pimeyes and some other tools, lets someone automatically go from face, to name, to phone number, and home address.
Podcast: AI Companies Are Opting You In By Default
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Podcast: AI Companies Are Opting You In By Default

LinkedIn, Udemy, PayPal, they've all had weird opt-in, opt-out stories. And, a dangerous side effect of Waymo's driverless cars.
A Network of AI ‘Nudify’ Sites Are a Front for Notorious Russian Hackers
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A Network of AI ‘Nudify’ Sites Are a Front for Notorious Russian Hackers

Fin7 has made multiple ‘nudify’ sites that promise to use AI to undress photos of people but which are actually vehicles for malware, according to researchers. 404 Media found one advertised on one of the web's biggest porn aggregators.
NASA Bought Facial Recognition Tech Clearview AI
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NASA Bought Facial Recognition Tech Clearview AI

The oversight body of NASA bought access to the powerful facial recognition tool, according to U.S. government procurement data.
AI Avatars Are Doing Job Interviews Now
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AI Avatars Are Doing Job Interviews Now

“This HR AI avatar is a perfect demonstration of late stage capitalism,” Jack Ryan, someone who was interviewed by a tool called Fairgo.ai, told 404 Media.
Eric Adams Told FBI He Forgot His Phone’s Passcode
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Eric Adams Told FBI He Forgot His Phone’s Passcode

“But, Adams further claimed, he had forgotten the password he had just set, and thus was unable to provide the FBI with a password that would unlock the phone.”