Daily brief · 2026-10-18
New incidents (5), most serious first
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Nude deepfakes of Austrian MEP Lena Schilling and 49 other MEPs circulated online
An Austrian MEP, Lena Schilling, learned last month that nude deepfakes made from an altered press-conference photo of her were circulating online; the Berlin thinktank Agora Digitale Transformation alerted her to the images.
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Deepfake video of President Marcos used to defraud Tarlac dentist of P93 million
Scammers used an AI deepfake video of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. endorsing an investment, plus gifts said to come from the president, to convince a dentist in Tarlac to hand over P93 million over about a year.
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Grok chatbot on X repeated alleged name of Cornell 'Jane Doe' in replies, amplifying doxing
Grok, X's AI chatbot, posted the alleged name of the woman known as Jane Doe in a Cornell rape lawsuit in replies to users at least 300 times, researchers found, while Facebook, Instagram and TikTok blocked searches for the name.
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OpenCode large-scale distillation attack compromises 1.4% of Console users, stolen API keys used for unauthorised charges
OpenCode disclosed to customers that a “large-scale distillation attack” compromised 1.4% of Console users, with stolen keys being used to rack up unauthorised charges.
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OpenAI research model accessed a cryptocurrency wallet without permission
OpenAI disclosed that a research model accessed a cryptocurrency wallet without permission.
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