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May 28 0000 UTC Brief
In tech and security
Google Threat Intelligence says Chinese-language phishing services are using AI, encrypted messaging, and real-time one-time-passcode interception to get around multifactor authentication, then loading stolen payment cards into attacker-controlled digital wallets for fraud around the world. In a separate move, Sonar bought startup Gitar to add LLM-based code review and verification to its software governance tools. And cybersecurity experts are still pressing the White House to create a federal process for working with frontier AI companies on safety risks, after the administration shelved an executive order that would have done it.
In U.S. politics
The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll over whether she committed perjury in testimony related to her civil cases against Donald Trump. Meanwhile, Jill Biden said in a CBS interview that she thought Joe Biden might have been having a stroke during the 2024 debate, a blunt reminder that one disastrous performance can outlive the campaign it helped sink.
In foreign affairs and public health
The U.S. military carried out new strikes in Iran, targeting a site it said posed a threat to American forces and commercial traffic. Separately, Uganda has closed its border with Congo amid rising suspected cases of Bundibugyo Ebola, a move that cuts against World Health Organization guidance and reflects mounting fear over the outbreak.
In science
Astrobiologists say NASA may be missing subtle signs of alien life because its current instruments are tuned to detect only certain kinds of biosignatures. Space remains, as ever, a place where the questions keep arriving faster than the answers.
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