Elizabeth Wharton
@lawyerliz.bsky.social
Adviser, lawyer, and sometimes cybersecurity circus ringmaster - my monkeys fly.
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Meta Muse appears to read your Apple messages and upload them to the cloud even if you explicitly tell it not to:
appleinsider.com/articles/26/...
appleinsider.com/articles/26/...
appleinsider.com
September 28, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Meta Muse appears to read your Apple messages and upload them to the cloud even if you explicitly tell it not to:
appleinsider.com/articles/26/...
appleinsider.com/articles/26/...
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New: Kiteworks (formerly Accellion) is urging customers to shut down their servers amid a threat of "imminent" cyberattack as soon as this weekend. An email to customers warns of a possible zero-day bug. Kiteworks' CISO confirms email alert.
Ad-block bypass: web.archive.org/web/20260925...
Ad-block bypass: web.archive.org/web/20260925...
Kiteworks urges customers to shut down their servers amid 'imminent' threat of cyberattack | TechCrunch
The tech giant, which allows companies to send large datasets over the internet, said it received a "credible threat" from law enforcement about an imminent attack.
techcrunch.com
September 25, 2026 at 4:03 PM
New: Kiteworks (formerly Accellion) is urging customers to shut down their servers amid a threat of "imminent" cyberattack as soon as this weekend. An email to customers warns of a possible zero-day bug. Kiteworks' CISO confirms email alert.
Ad-block bypass: web.archive.org/web/20260925...
Ad-block bypass: web.archive.org/web/20260925...
Yesss. AI may be novel, security failures aren't. “Rogue AI Failures” are management, architecture and security failures with a GPU attached. Fix the underlying failures first. www.cybrsecmedia.com/ai-failures-...
September 25, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Yesss. AI may be novel, security failures aren't. “Rogue AI Failures” are management, architecture and security failures with a GPU attached. Fix the underlying failures first. www.cybrsecmedia.com/ai-failures-...
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Yuuuup I have seen predators weaponize the legal system to intimidate victims and cover up their horrible behavior, claiming they’re just victims of harassment… and men who know about the abuse covering up for the abuser or looking the other way because they don’t want to “take sides”
September 25, 2026 at 6:24 AM
Yuuuup I have seen predators weaponize the legal system to intimidate victims and cover up their horrible behavior, claiming they’re just victims of harassment… and men who know about the abuse covering up for the abuser or looking the other way because they don’t want to “take sides”
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so i’m on the train this morning and a guy gets on with a little dog and pops open a tiny folding chair and THE DOG SITS IN IT
September 24, 2026 at 6:26 PM
so i’m on the train this morning and a guy gets on with a little dog and pops open a tiny folding chair and THE DOG SITS IN IT
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On the record regarding suckage:
“As a manager I sucked,” Newmark told Ignatius. “I didn’t have the top-down leadership skills or inspirational talent that Craigslist needed, and I realized that I had to hand things over to someone who did.”
hbr.org/2026/09/when...
“As a manager I sucked,” Newmark told Ignatius. “I didn’t have the top-down leadership skills or inspirational talent that Craigslist needed, and I realized that I had to hand things over to someone who did.”
hbr.org/2026/09/when...
When Is It Time to Step Down?
In this week’s HBR Executive Agenda, editor at large Adi Ignatius speaks with Craigslist founder Craig Newmark about recognizing your leadership limits and stepping back before it costs the company. I...
hbr.org
September 19, 2026 at 11:52 AM
On the record regarding suckage:
“As a manager I sucked,” Newmark told Ignatius. “I didn’t have the top-down leadership skills or inspirational talent that Craigslist needed, and I realized that I had to hand things over to someone who did.”
hbr.org/2026/09/when...
“As a manager I sucked,” Newmark told Ignatius. “I didn’t have the top-down leadership skills or inspirational talent that Craigslist needed, and I realized that I had to hand things over to someone who did.”
hbr.org/2026/09/when...
Once again & louder for those in the back: ChatGPT (& the rest) fumble the ball when it comes to legal advice & legal writing abovethelaw.com/2026/09/lane...
Lane Kiffin Is EXACTLY The Guy Who Uses ChatGPT For Legal Advice - Above the Law
The SEC and the frontier AI labs are running the same broken playbook.
abovethelaw.com
September 19, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Once again & louder for those in the back: ChatGPT (& the rest) fumble the ball when it comes to legal advice & legal writing abovethelaw.com/2026/09/lane...
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Snitches without loyalty - your paramour’s, friend’s, enemy’s devices will snitch without hesitation and about everything (sitting on toilet? Roomba still recording)
September 18, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Snitches without loyalty - your paramour’s, friend’s, enemy’s devices will snitch without hesitation and about everything (sitting on toilet? Roomba still recording)
Reminder:your devices are snitches www.independent.co.uk/tech/robot-v...
Smart devices can testify against you: How home robot data is being used in court
Household data can convict, exonerate or mislead. That makes digital forensics indispensable and demands careful guardrails
www.independent.co.uk
September 18, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Reminder:your devices are snitches www.independent.co.uk/tech/robot-v...
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"Most aren't fundamentally AI failures. They're management, architecture and security failures with a GPU attached."
“AI may be novel, security failures aren’t.” - thanks @cybrseccon.bsky.social for hosting my talk & thx Bill for the writeup: www.cybrsecmedia.com/ai-failures-...
AI Security Failures Start With the Security Basics
At CYBR.SEC.CON. 2026’s first AI.SEC.CON. track, Elizabeth Wharton argues that headline-grabbing AI disasters keep exposing familiar failures in validation, least privilege, data governance, trust bou...
www.cybrsecmedia.com
September 17, 2026 at 12:37 PM
"Most aren't fundamentally AI failures. They're management, architecture and security failures with a GPU attached."
“AI may be novel, security failures aren’t.” - thanks @cybrseccon.bsky.social for hosting my talk & thx Bill for the writeup: www.cybrsecmedia.com/ai-failures-...
AI Security Failures Start With the Security Basics
At CYBR.SEC.CON. 2026’s first AI.SEC.CON. track, Elizabeth Wharton argues that headline-grabbing AI disasters keep exposing familiar failures in validation, least privilege, data governance, trust bou...
www.cybrsecmedia.com
September 17, 2026 at 12:26 PM
“AI may be novel, security failures aren’t.” - thanks @cybrseccon.bsky.social for hosting my talk & thx Bill for the writeup: www.cybrsecmedia.com/ai-failures-...
For those tracking & cracking Flock - micahflee.com/flock-camera...
Flock cameras are riddled with security vulnerabilities and hard-coded credentials
This morning, DDoSecrets published an exciting new dataset: Filesystem images of the partitions from an in-use Flock ALPR camera. 404 Media and Wired published a joint investigation into it. I downloa...
micahflee.com
September 17, 2026 at 12:20 PM
For those tracking & cracking Flock - micahflee.com/flock-camera...
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Sigh. Novice Hikers + reliance on Gemini for summit planning = spend the night in the wild, think about all the stupidity of this trip. (They were rescued, ended expensive but ok) www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/03/m...
Hikers who used AI to plan Mount Shasta trip are rescued after 2-day ordeal
Three hikers who got lost on Mount Shasta and spent the night in a gully told their rescuers that they used Google’s Gemini AI to plan their trip.
www.chicagotribune.com
September 7, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Sigh. Novice Hikers + reliance on Gemini for summit planning = spend the night in the wild, think about all the stupidity of this trip. (They were rescued, ended expensive but ok) www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/03/m...
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Good thread and worth following.
Being a name-your-own-price law practice means that I represent a lot of sex workers. That's good! Lots of sex workers are lovely people and they need lawyers too, and I fervently believe that sex work is valid work.
But I *am* seeing a lot of the same mistakes repeated over and over again,
But I *am* seeing a lot of the same mistakes repeated over and over again,
August 27, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Good thread and worth following.
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So if Ukraine was in NATO, the war would not have happened.
Sharp as a cue ball.
Sharp as a cue ball.
❗️Putin is not going to attack any NATO country, – Trump.
August 27, 2026 at 6:18 PM
So if Ukraine was in NATO, the war would not have happened.
Sharp as a cue ball.
Sharp as a cue ball.
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Cliff Stoll's Defcon talk from 40 years after the start of the events in The Cuckoo's Egg. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6560...
DefCon 34 - Stalking the Wily Hacker: 40 years later - Cliff Stoll
YouTube video by DEFCONConference
www.youtube.com
August 24, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Cliff Stoll's Defcon talk from 40 years after the start of the events in The Cuckoo's Egg. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6560...
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I'm tracking cases and court documents. If you see an article or I sometimes miss the cases (there's a lot). Multiple outlets have been doing FOIA, I'll handle what I can as time/energy allows.
If you're writing a story about police abusing Flock access to stalk current/former/potential partners, I'm begging you to please follow up on the consequences these cops face for getting caught, because a lot of the time it's barely more than a slap on the wrist.
August 27, 2026 at 1:54 AM
I'm tracking cases and court documents. If you see an article or I sometimes miss the cases (there's a lot). Multiple outlets have been doing FOIA, I'll handle what I can as time/energy allows.
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Lawyer: We demand rescission on this real estate contract under (cites code).
Code: This chapter does not apply to contracts for the sale of real property.
Don't rely on AI for legal matters.
Code: This chapter does not apply to contracts for the sale of real property.
Don't rely on AI for legal matters.
August 25, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Lawyer: We demand rescission on this real estate contract under (cites code).
Code: This chapter does not apply to contracts for the sale of real property.
Don't rely on AI for legal matters.
Code: This chapter does not apply to contracts for the sale of real property.
Don't rely on AI for legal matters.
Sir Toby taking his time.
August 14, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Sir Toby taking his time.
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Do you have an idea for something you want TDI to do in 2027, you better email [email protected] ASAP as 2027 budget and plans are getting locked in soon.
August 14, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Do you have an idea for something you want TDI to do in 2027, you better email [email protected] ASAP as 2027 budget and plans are getting locked in soon.
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Six out of seven alleged key members of the Kinahan Organised Crime Group sanctioned by the US have lived in Dubai. After reviewing United Arab Emirates immigration records, Bellingcat and @thetimes.com found that Christopher Kinahan Jr was issued a new visa last month. youtube.com/shorts/IEu1W...
Welcome To Dubai: The Kinahan Cartels Visas Revealed
YouTube video by Bellingcat
youtube.com
August 11, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Six out of seven alleged key members of the Kinahan Organised Crime Group sanctioned by the US have lived in Dubai. After reviewing United Arab Emirates immigration records, Bellingcat and @thetimes.com found that Christopher Kinahan Jr was issued a new visa last month. youtube.com/shorts/IEu1W...
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I really enjoyed writing this article for @helpnetsecurity.com
Mind you it took a while as each time I was ready to submit another AI firm announced their own AI had gone rogue and hacked someone.
#cybersecurity #ai
www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/11/g...
Mind you it took a while as each time I was ready to submit another AI firm announced their own AI had gone rogue and hacked someone.
#cybersecurity #ai
www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/11/g...
Who will be the Stanislav Petrov in your organization? - Help Net Security
Boards must prepare for governing autonomous AI with accountability, oversight, and resilience before automation exceeds judgment.
www.helpnetsecurity.com
August 11, 2026 at 4:36 PM
I really enjoyed writing this article for @helpnetsecurity.com
Mind you it took a while as each time I was ready to submit another AI firm announced their own AI had gone rogue and hacked someone.
#cybersecurity #ai
www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/11/g...
Mind you it took a while as each time I was ready to submit another AI firm announced their own AI had gone rogue and hacked someone.
#cybersecurity #ai
www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/11/g...
“Whoever” is responsible when AI Agents go hacking rogue - great breakdown & analysis incl recent Ninth Circuit case via @abovethelaw.com @techcrunch.com abovethelaw.com/2026/08/nint...
Ninth Circuit: Your AI Agent Can’t Violate Hacking Law. But You Might. - Above the Law
From the agentic-law dept
abovethelaw.com
August 11, 2026 at 4:35 PM
“Whoever” is responsible when AI Agents go hacking rogue - great breakdown & analysis incl recent Ninth Circuit case via @abovethelaw.com @techcrunch.com abovethelaw.com/2026/08/nint...