Interesting developing story. Can't wait for more details. From Risky Biz: "A cyberattack has wreaked havoc across Russia on Monday after the servers of the Delta smart alarm system went down. Per reports in local media, car owners using Delta's alarm system couldn't unlock cars or stop active alarms. In some cases, owners couldn't start engines or their engines jammed while driving. The company confirmed the incident but did not provide other details besides calling it a "large-scale external attack." Delta's phone lines and website were down all day on Monday and the disruption continued the next day."

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Letting AI agents run your life is like handing the car keys to your 5-year-old. What could go wrong? I was marveling while reading this PCMag piece, which describes how to secure an agentic AI setup that essentially mimics malware: To do it's job properly, the AI agent has to be able to read private messages, store credentials, execute commands, and maintain a persistent state. How do you do that? You chase after it like you would your child. "The important thing is to make sure you limit "who can talk to your bot, where the bot is allowed to act, [and] what the bot can touch" on your device, the bot's support documentation says."

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Ten feet of sledding in our plastic sled told me that to continue down meant almost certain manglement or death. The entire hill is a thick, glistening layer of frozen rain and sleet on top of snow, where breaking through requires some serious force. So I ditched the sled and slid down the hill in my snowpants. As I feared, stopping was terrifying, difficult and somewhat painful. Worse, took about 10 seconds to go down, and about 10 minutes to go back up. 2/10 for the smooth ride till the violent end.

We knew this was coming, but now the clock is running. From Privacy International: "Yesterday the Trump Administration announced a proposed change in policy for travellers to the U.S. It applies to the powers of data collection by the Customs and Border Police (CBP)." "If the proposed changes are adopted after the 60-day consultation, then millions of travellers to the U.S. will be forced to use a U.S. government mobile phone app, submit their social media from the last five years and email addresses used in the last ten years, including of family members. They’re also proposing the collection of DNA." PI linked to and summarized a Federal Register entry describing the proposed requirements: -All visitors must submit ‘their social media from the last 5 years’ -ESTA (Electronic System for Travel Authorization) applications will include ‘high value data fields’, ‘when feasible’ ‘telephone numbers used in the last five years’ -‘email addresses used in the last ten years’ -‘family number telephone numbers (sic) used in the last five years’ -biometrics – face, fingerprint, DNA, and iris -business telephone numbers used in the last five years -business email addresses used in the last ten years. https://www.privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/5713/trump-administration-wants-your-dna-and-social-media The Federal Register entry says comments are encouraged and must be submitted (no later than February 9, 2026) to be assured of consideration Federal Register entry: 📄.pdf