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Anthony Albanese says an artificial intelligence agent developed by OpenAI hacked Medicare in June and the tech giant notified the government earlier this month using an email sent to a “public mailbox”.Australia’s prime minister made the comments at the UN summit in New York, saying it appeared no personal information had been accessed in the AI breach.Investigations assisted by the Australian Signals Directorate were ongoing into how the agent had infiltrated Australia’s government-run universal health care system, as well as three others.They were the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, the Victorian Department of Health, the New South Wales Bureau…

After months of controversy about the privacy of its smart glasses, Meta has unveiled the next iteration of its product lineup. At its Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced all the new glasses the company is putting out into the world.Its popular Meta Ray-Ban glasses are now in their third generation, but two new models steal the show: a powerful, slimmed-down version of Meta’s Quest headsets capable of virtual and augmented reality modes, and a camera-free pair of Ray-Ban–branded smart glasses, called Ray-Ban Meta Audio. Meta is also bringing its Muse AI agent to its smart…

A new Android malware-as-a-service (MaaS) platform called RemControl is targeting users through malvertising campaigns that impersonate the TVTap IPTV application. Although the infrastructure has been active since at least May, the first samples were observed in July and contained more than 30 phishing overlays designed to steal banking credentials. Researchers at cybersecurity company Group-IB say that the malware targets users in Europe (Italy, France, Spain, Poland, Portugal), Canada, and countries in the Middle East. In one of the overlays, the malware displays an AI assistant response, a strong indication that it has been built with the help of AI models.…

Circle has switched on 24-hour stablecoin foreign-exchange settlement on Arc, targeting a global FX market that moves nearly $10 trillion daily.The service, called StableFX, allows screened businesses to request competing quotes from multiple liquidity providers and settle both sides of a stablecoin currency trade simultaneously on Circle’s newly launched blockchain. Users can choose near-instant settlement or defer completion to an agreed window, extending institutional FX activity beyond conventional banking hours.Circle said much of the global currency market still relies on infrastructure designed around banking schedules even as payments, crypto trading and digital commerce increasingly operate continuously. StableFX is its attempt…

The Republic of Croatia became the 74th signatory to the Artemis Accords on Wednesday during a ceremony in the capital city of Zagreb with NASA and U.S. Department of State officials present. “It is my privilege to welcome the Republic of Croatia as the latest signatory of the Artemis Accords,” said NASA Deputy Matt Anderson in pre-recorded remarks during the ceremony. “Joining the Artemis Accords opens another chapter. We’ve aligned on the principles. The opportunities to contribute are growing. And now we can look toward what the United States and Croatia can accomplish together beyond Earth. Humanity’s opportunities in space are endless,…

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at a massive Board of Peace recovery plan for Gaza, Iran defying U.S. threats of annihilation, and calls for global safeguards on AI development. A ‘Spectacle That Should Shame Us All’ The U.S.-led Board of Peace unveiled a $2.45 billion plan on Wednesday for the reconstruction and governance of Gaza. While acknowledging that enormous hurdles continue to stand in the way of progress, the board outlined a lightning-fast, six-month proposal that includes debris removal, temporary housing, hospital reconstruction, electricity and water restoration, and the deployment of a multinational security force. Welcome back…

Minns says OpenAI agent infiltrated NSW crime data agency BoscarAchol ArokNSW premier Chris Minns says OpenAI agents may have also accessed information held by the state’s Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (Boscar).Minns said he was first alerted to the incident after a call from the PM. double quotation markThe prime minister called me late last night in Sydney, it was early morning in New York, and he told me about this breach and his real concerns as it relates to safety and security of information held by government agencies, particularly the circumstances relating to it. Minns described the incident…

The selection process means we will not see Germany’s best starting XI this time around. Instead, Klopp clearly intends to try out new players, some of whom played in Germany’s second tier only a few months ago.Take, for example, Felix Keidel, a 23-year-old full-back-midfielder hybrid from recently promoted SV Elversberg. A year ago, Keidel was as far away from the national team as the Oktoberfest from Rio Carnival. Now Keidel – just like Mika Baur, Bambase Conte, Max Rosenfelder, Philipp Treu, and Vitaly Janelt – has the chance to show he could be a valuable cog in the machine.Klopp has…

Meta is building a dedicated hardware device for its new Muse AI agent. The product, called Muse Charm, was briefly shown off by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg at the end of tonight’s Meta Connect presentation. It looks almost like a chunky smartwatch without the strap — just a big screen, plus a little lanyard for carrying the device around.The Muse Charm has a fingerprint sensor on the top right corner that you can press to activate and begin speaking to the agent. There appears to be a small camera on the device as well, plus what looks like at least…

Swati KhandelwalSep 23, 2026Vulnerability / Web Security A flaw in cPanel’s CalDAV and CardDAV service lets anyone with a cPanel hosting account run code as root and take “full control of the server,” the company said on September 22. A second bug in the WP Toolkit plugin, used to install and manage WordPress sites, allows an account holder to change databases that belong to other accounts. cPanel has released fixed versions for both, along with a fix for a third flaw in the same service, which stores each account’s calendars and contacts. That third flaw lets a local user on…