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"From Hot Dogs to Government subpoenas:  Tech's biggest fails this week."

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From Hot Dog Bots to Government Subpoenas: Tech's Biggest Security Fails This Week When Microsoft cut off support for the millions of PCs still running Windows 10, the goal was to force people to either upgrade to Windows 11 or buy new PCs that came preinstalled with it. Predictably, the move was incredibly unpopular, and many of those people are sticking with Windows 10, which opens the door for bad actors to exploit the OS Microsoft gave up on or try to prey on users looking for cheap upgrades, like these Facebook ads we covered this week. Remember, if it seems too good to be true, it definitely is, especially these days. In other news, AI giveth and AI taketh away. In the same week that Anthropic, famously known for stealing books en masse and also for its Claude AI chatbot, announced that Claude Code can now autonomously scour your code for potential security vulnerabilities. That’s good news. On the other hand, Anthropic has come out accusing Chinese AI developers of stealing their code and trade secrets, which, as you can imagine, hasn’t gone over very well with people who have paid any attention to AI development over the past couple of years. One user amusingly responded to Anthropic’s announcement that its data was being stolen with a meme asking where it had gotten the data in the first place. Meanwhile, there’s proof that raising your voice (and threatening to cancel your paid services) does actually matter when it comes to controversial topics like age verification and privacy. Discord, which announced it would implement age verification a few weeks ago, backed down this week after user backlash and cut ties with Persona, the Peter Thiel-backed verification company the company had initially planned to work with. Discord delayed the move until later this year, though, so don’t expect the issue to go away anytime soon. That's not all that happened in cybersecurity this week, though, and it only gets wilder from here. Read More INSIDE THIS WEEK'S SECURITY WRAP-UP • Here’s What a Google Subpoena Response Looks Like, Courtesy of the Epstein Files • AI (Food) Poisoning Made Shockingly Easy • Across Party Lines and Industry, the Verdict Is the Same: CISA Is in Trouble MORE SECURITY NEWS US Nabs Man Behind OnlyFake, Which Trafficked in AI-Powered Digital Fake IDs Read More   Protect Your Accounts Instantly With This One Simple Password Tool Read More Got a Public Amazon Wishlist? Upcoming Change Could Reveal Your Address Read More   Discord Delays Global Age Verification Rollout After User Backlash Read More

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