State-run surveillance operations around the world are using Claude to streamline their operations, Anthropic said in a threat report released Thursday. Why it matters: The barriers for governments interested in spying on dissidents, politicians, journalists and human rights activists are getting lower as AI models get more powerful. Zoom in: Anthropic found people linked to governments in Mali, China and Iran using various Claude models to streamline their surveillance operations. - In Mali, a single consultant working for national security authorities used Claude to create a system that collects data from the country's mobile operators and builds dossiers about people. - Anthropic also disclosed another case where Iranian actors…
Watch 'Final Hours': https://ept.ms/FinalHoursWatchFullFilm Summary: Are your apps leaking data? A recent study shows military app security risks with foreign code tracking U.S. service members. This breakdown examines the concerning findings regarding mobile applications specifically marketed to U.S. military personnel. A first-of-its-kind report indicates that one out of every eight apps targeting this demographic contains foreign code. Some of these software components originate from China and Russia, raising serious questions about the safety of personal information held by those serving in the armed forces. We review the implications of this foreign code and how it relates to recent reports of U.S. service members being targeted in…
An exclusive Grayzone investigation exposes how Britain’s top spying agency secretly influences the country’s state broadcaster
Leaked emails reveal Britain’s domestic spying service attempted to recruit a high-ranking BBC board member as a key agent of influence, at a time when the British state broadcaster was embroiled in a bitter legal and journalistic battle with MI5. By Kit Klarenberg This June, British oligarch Damon Buffini stepped down as deputy chair of the BBC’s board, and chair of the broadcaster’s commercial board. His four year tenure was warmly praised by the BBC board’s chair for the “record profits” generated by the broadcaster’s commercial wings. While mainstream reports on Buffini’s time at the BBC reference his background at the upper echelons of private equity giant Permira, the multi-millionaire’s relationship with a much…Open
Leaked emails reviewed by The Grayzone show both a current and former MI5 director secretly lobbied for the British government’s move to label the IRGC a terrorist entity as well as the UK’s adoption of the draconian National Security Act. The correspondence reviewed here offers extraordinary insight into how the MI5 influences Downing Street and manipulates public perceptions of dubious or non-existent threats. On July 13 , the government of former Prime Minister Keir Starmer officially listed the IRGC as a terrorist organization, citing supposed kidnapping and assassination plots by the Iranian military branch. Now, merely publishing Iranian-supplied casualty figures could be categorized as “terrorism,” potentially landing…Open
Meta has filed for a federal court contempt order against Israeli spyware firm NSO Group, alleging it violated a permanent injunction by targeting WhatsApp users.
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, has filed for a federal court contempt order against NSO Group, accusing the Israeli spyware firm of violating a permanent injunction by targeting WhatsApp users. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: - The injunction was initially put in place to prevent NSO from engaging in activities that threaten national security or foreign policy interests. DETAIL: Meta reports that it disrupted new “spear phishing” attempts linked to NSO, which involved “1-click phishing campaigns” designed to trick users into clicking malicious links. “No technology is off-limits to surveillance-for-hire firms, whose reported targets range from journalists to government officials, military…Open
State of the Union: U.S. intelligence reports raise concerns that Israel is spying on America negotiators and military officials. The post Reports: Israeli Espionage Threat Growing Amid Iran War, Pentagon Finds appeared first on The American Conservative .
Recent U.S. intelligence reports raised alarms about Israel spying on American officials to gain insight into the Trump administration’s approach to the Iran War, according to separate reports from the New York Times and NBC News. The Times reported Saturday that U.S. intelligence offices discern an elevated threat of Israeli espionage operations targeting Steve Witkoff, the top American negotiator with Iran, Elbridge Colby, the Pentagon’s under secretary of defense for policy, and Michael DiMino, one of Colby’s top deputies. Colby and DiMino are widely perceived to be part of an America First faction that is skeptical of military intervention in the Middle East, and the latter is in charge of the Defense Department’s policy for…Open
