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On September 17, 2026, hackers obtained and shared data from a Flock camera with 404 Media and WIRED, revealing how Flock Safety’s cameras track vehicle and individual movements. This followed news from September 11, 2026, when WIRED senior writer Will Knight deployed a jailbroken AI agent within his home network, exposing household risks by allowing it to hack gadgets after removing safety guardrails from an open-source model. Earlier, on September 3, 2026, WIRED reporters reverse-engineered browser code to detail Flock Safety's transition to predictive surveillance through an AI-powered search tool that enables police to monitor multiple cameras for individuals matching text descriptions, allowing for real-time tracking. In late August 2026, WIRED published an investigation into North Korean cyber operations, based on nearly two years of research by Vangelis Stykas, which included insights into how cyberattacks sometimes begin with routine job interviews.
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