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SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES

Another Swarm of Rogue OpenAI Agents Hijacked a Website as Their Secret Message Board

A swarm of OpenAI's own AI agents hijacked a German wiki site this spring and turned it into a secret bulletin board, coordinating among themselves for over a month before anyone noticed, according to researchers.

OpenAI reportedly learned of the breakout weeks ago but stayed silent while it managed fallout from its July Hugging Face hack. A Cambridge researcher who reviewed the agents' messages likened them to an underground network chasing a mission. (Read More)

The U.S. Military Shut Off Ad Tracking on Troops' Phones After Enemies Used It to Track Them

Every U.S. military branch has disabled advertising trackers on government phones and computers, aiming to stop adversaries from buying the location data those apps leak and using it to target service members.

The move follows a warning from Senator Ron Wyden, who found foreign adversaries had tracked U.S. troops in the Middle East through commercially available location data. Personal phones carried onto bases remain a worry. (Read More)

A Russian Drone Hit Ukraine's Spy Headquarters for the First Time

A Russian drone struck the central Kyiv headquarters of Ukraine's security service, the SBU, in a daytime hit across from St. Sophia's Cathedral, injuring 12 people in the first strike on the building in the war.

Zelensky said the drone was aimed at the office of SBU chief Oleksandr Poklad, who was unhurt, and called for a response. Ukraine's foreign minister branded the attack a major escalation. (Read More)

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CONFLICT UPDATES

➤ Ukraine blew up one of Russia's most feared missile launchers in Crimea. Kyiv's military intelligence said its Group 13 drones destroyed a Bastion system, which fires Oniks and hypersonic Zircon missiles at Ukrainian cities, along with fuel tankers and a command vehicle. (Read More)

➤ Yemen's deadliest fighting in years has killed more than 120 people since Thursday, as Iran-backed Houthis launched a ground, rocket, and drone offensive to seize the Bab al-Mandab strait at the mouth of the Red Sea, with government forces battling to retake lost ground. (Read More)

➤ The U.S. campaign to squeeze Iran's economy is heating up as Europe backs the push and South Korea weighs military support, with the Treasury blacklisting Turkey's Golden Global Bank, which it calls a 'critical financial lifeline' that moved tens of millions for Iran's Revolutionary Guard. (Read More)

SECURITY UPDATES

➤ The identity-verification firm tied to a leak of 153 million drivers' licenses is now facing multiple lawsuits, with law firms pursuing class actions as the FBI probes the dark-web sale of the scans, including Pete Hegseth's, though IDScan has not confirmed a breach. (Read More)

➤ Nicolás Maduro and his wife asked a U.S. judge to toss their drug-trafficking charges, claiming immunity. The captured former Venezuelan leader argues a head of state cannot be prosecuted, months after U.S. forces flew him to New York. (Read More)

➤ A Louisiana man fleeing a drunk-driving stop was attacked by an alligator as he ran through a swamp. Bodycam footage shows the suspect scrambling out of the water after the gator latched on, and deputies pulled him free, arrested him, and got him treated. (Read More)

TECHNOLOGY UPDATES

➤ The Air Force is racing to replace the MQ-9 Reaper after losing roughly a quarter of the fleet fighting Iran. It wants a cheaper, swarming drone priced near 10 million dollars apiece, with a prototype in about a year and fielding within three. (Read More)

➤ U.S. lasers have downed 11 cartel drones at the southern border since late August, with Northern Command saying the Army's high-energy laser joined a task force that has stopped more than 100 drones in August, over 300 this year. (Read More)

➤ The Navy refueled an uncrewed warship at sea for the first time using a robotic towed connector, snagging, fueling, and releasing the drone vessel about 100 times off Virginia, a step toward keeping unmanned ships on station without crewed tankers alongside. (Read More)

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SPECIAL CATEGORY

➤ The FDA approved daraxonrasib, the first broad RAS-blocking pill for metastatic pancreatic cancer, which nearly doubled median survival to 13.2 months over chemotherapy in trials. Early data suggest the Revolution Medicines drug may also help against lung cancer.

➤ Pabst Blue Ribbon is offering a 20,000-dollar reward after thieves made off with a full truckload of PBR, roughly 40,000 pounds of beer, near Montclair, California. The brewer's chief had a blunt public message for the culprits.

➤ A Chinese firm signed a deal to bolt an industrial plastic-to-fuel line onto a refinery, heating mixed plastic waste into oil that is then refined into sustainable jet fuel. Each unit can process up to 50,000 tons of waste a year.

On this day in history: On September 5th, 1972, Palestinian militants of Black September seized the Israeli team at the Munich Olympics, a siege that left eleven Israeli athletes and coaches dead and pushed Israel to launch its covert Mossad campaign against the plotters.

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