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xAI Dev Leaks API Key for Private SpaceX, Tesla LLMs

Posted on 1 May, 2025 by [email protected]

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May

An employee at Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI leaked a private key on GitHub that for the past two months could have allowed anyone to query private xAI large language models (LLMs) which appear to have been custom made for working with internal data from Musk’s companies, including SpaceX, Tesla and Twitter/X, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. […]

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DOGE Worker’s Code Supports NLRB Whistleblower

Posted on 23 April, 2025 by [email protected]

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Apr

A whistleblower at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) alleged last week that denizens of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) siphoned gigabytes of data from the agency’s sensitive case files in early March. The whistleblower said accounts created for DOGE at the NLRB downloaded three code repositories from GitHub. Further investigation into one […]

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Whistleblower: DOGE Siphoned NLRB Case Data

Posted on 21 April, 2025 by [email protected]

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Apr

A security architect with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) alleges that employees from Elon Musk‘s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) transferred gigabytes of sensitive data from agency case files in early March, using short-lived accounts configured to leave few traces of network activity. The NLRB whistleblower said the unusual large data outflows coincided with […]

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A Single Cloud Compromise Can Feed an Army of AI Sex Bots

Posted on 3 October, 2024 by [email protected]

03
Oct

Organizations that get relieved of credentials to their cloud environments can quickly find themselves part of a disturbing new trend: Cybercriminals using stolen cloud credentials to operate and resell sexualized AI-powered chat services. Researchers say these illicit chat bots, which use custom jailbreaks to bypass content filtering, often veer into darker role-playing scenarios, including child […]

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This Windows PowerShell Phish Has Scary Potential

Posted on 19 September, 2024 by [email protected]

19
Sep

Many GitHub users this week received a novel phishing email warning of critical security holes in their code. Those who clicked the link for details were asked to distinguish themselves from bots by pressing a combination of keyboard keys that causes Microsoft Windows to download password-stealing malware. While it’s unlikely that many programmers fell for […]

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GitHub to scan codes for sensitive information before upload to detect potential leaks

Posted on 4 March, 2024 by [email protected]

GitHub, which recently launched the $20/month Copilot Enterprise, has announced a new security feature for public repositories. Effective immediately, GitHub will begin automatically scanning code for sensitive information, such as API keys and tokens, before it is uploaded. If a potential leak is detected, the push will be blocked. This change comes in response to […]

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GitHub launches Copilot Enterprise, costs $20/month more than Copilot Business plan

Posted on 27 February, 2024 by [email protected]

GitHub has released a new, pricier version of its AI-powered coding tool, Copilot Enterprise. This new version costs $39 per user per month and is designed to help new engineers get up to speed and enable veteran coders to work faster. Copilot Enterprise includes AI chat features that can answer questions based on a company’s […]

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