Flock
Judge Rules Flock Surveillance Images Are Public Records That Can Be Requested By Anyone
A Washington judge said images taken by Flock cameras are "not exempt from disclosure" in public record requests.
YouTube
Deepfaked Celebrity Ads Promoting Medicare Scams Run Rampant on YouTube
Joe Rogan, Taylor Swift, Andrew Tate, Steve Harvey, The Rock, and Oprah have been cloned by AI for scam ads that, in total, have been viewed more than 195 million times on YouTube.
News
Sealed Indictment Shows Case Against Hacker Behind Massive T-Mobile Data Breach
A sealed indictment obtained by 404 Media describes the case against John Binns, who allegedly hacked into T-Mobile, stole 40 million user records, and then sold them.
age verification
Texas Health Department Claims It Has Nothing to Do With Warnings on Porn From Texas Health Department
An age verification law in Texas demands that porn sites put up a warning from Health and Human Services about the dangers of porn. But the department claims it has nothing to do with it, and no records to show.
AI
'Dogs Will Pass Away': Hackers Steal Dog Rescue's Facebook Page, Turn It Into AI Content Farm
Facebook pages that are posting stolen, AI-generated content have hacked and rebranded pages previously owned by a dog rescue, a dance studio, and a metal music concert promoter.
News
Inside a $20 Million Coinbase Phishing Ring
404 Media spoke to a victim of a hacking ring the Secret Service believes stole millions of dollars by setting up fake Coinbase login pages.
News
Download the Huge New Cache of Unsealed Jeffrey Epstein Documents Here
The court released a gigantic new dump of Epstein documents Friday night, which you can download here.
Behind The Blog
Behind the Blog: Face-Scanning Kids, Epstein Documents, and Internet Bike Fandoms
This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss Google face-scanning children, accessing the Epstein documents, and a viral Peloton moment.
cinema
Watch Peloton Instructor Dunk on ‘Tenet’ to Christopher Nolan’s Face
Director Christopher Nolan apparently sweated through Peloton instructor Jenn Sherman calling his 2020 film impossible to understand during a workout class.
News
Google Contractor Pays Parents $50 to Scan Their Childrens' Faces
Google is having parents film their children wearing hats and sunglasses, with the collected data to include eyelid shape and skin tone.
repair
Polish Hackers Say Manufacturer's Repair DRM Killed Train's Power, Broke Compressor
They found code that killed power to the train and broke a train's compressor: "We are 100% certain of our findings."
Podcast
Podcast: Inside a $7 Million Airbnb Scam
On this week's episode of the 404 Media Podcast, we go into a massive, nationwide Airbnb scam; talk about Pornhub cutting off access to Montana and North Carolina; and finish up with the death of Wickr.
News
Download the Newly Unsealed Jeffrey Epstein Documents Here
Hundreds of pages of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell were unsealed Wednesday. Here they are.