{"podcast":{"title":"Surveillance Report: Weekly News For Digital Freedom","slug":"techlore-surveillance-report-1048322","podcast_index_feed_id":1048322,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/techlore-surveillance-report","website_url":"https://techlore.tech/","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/waCJIN-A7ZmqYETA1T819yiZAp6CQynDAePAEsObDRA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zNGMz/NTljMDhmN2NmMTcw/MDk3ZGRhNTIxYjJi/YTBkZC5wbmc.jpg","author":"Techlore, Inc.","episode_count":356,"summary":"Weekly news for digital freedom. Surveillance Report covers privacy, security, surveillance technology, and digital rights news to keep you safer online from the latest threats. Hosted by Henry Fisher, founder of Techlore, a leading digital rights media organization for over 10 years. Each episode cuts through the noise with carefully selected stories, context, historical perspective, and analysis - empowering you to defend your rights with actionable steps. Topics include: data breaches, government and corporate surveillance, Big Tech privacy policies, encryption standards, digital rights legislation, privacy tool updates and vulnerabilities, and accountability journalism. Whether you're new to digital privacy or a seasoned expert tracking the ecosystem, Surveillance Report is the weekly news brief that keeps you informed. New episodes every Wednesday. Learn more about Techlore at techlore.tech.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-02T04:19:02.883935+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/techlore-surveillance-report-1048322"},"episode":{"title":"OpenAI's Hacking Story Got Worse, Plus Iran In US Water Systems & A Felony For Wiping A Phone","slug":"openai-s-hacking-story-got-worse-plus-iran-in-us-water-systems-a-felony-for-wiping-a-phone","published_at":"2026-08-01T04:40:01+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/techlore-surveillance-report-1048322/openai-s-hacking-story-got-worse-plus-iran-in-us-water-systems-a-felony-for-wiping-a-phone","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/techlore-surveillance-report-1048322","url":"https://techlore.tech/openais-hacking-story-got-worse-plus-iran-in-us-water-systems-a-felony-for-wiping-a-phone/","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/2980e033/448ab0ed.mp3","summary":"OpenAI's rogue AI agent turned out to have hacked more than Hugging Face, and the more details come out, the less impressive it seems. Then Anthropic came forward with its own disclosure: three companies accessed during testing, two of which had no idea. Plus Iran-linked hackers burrowing into dozens of US water and energy systems, an activist facing a felony for wiping his GrapheneOS phone at the border with a duress password, and thousands of private Claude chats and Artifacts turning up indexed on Google. An AI-heavy week, with the usual data breaches, threats, and FOSS+ updates. 🗺️ The open-source answer to Google Timeline is finally here! Replay every route and light up every city you've visited on a map nobody else owns; self-host Dawarich free or grab the hosted version at https://dawarich.app/techlore/ with code TECHLORE for 20% off your first year. In this episode: Highlight: OpenAI's escaped agent, the Hugging Face breach, and Anthropic's own disclosure Iran-linked hackers disrupting US water and energy providers, 30+ Minnesota communities hit An activist charged with a felony after a GrapheneOS duress password wiped his phone at the border, plus what US v. Belmonte-Cardozo means for warrantless border searches Thousands of private Claude chats and Artifacts indexed by Google Data Breaches: CareCloud's ~350,000-person silence, Brinks Home, Origin (4.8M), OnTrac, Chick-fil-A, Analog Devices, KT's $39M fine Threats: Breyer on Chat Control 1.0's return, Google's age verification API on the Play Store, JetBrains TeamCity RCE, Mythos killing the Hawk PQC candidate, Mysk's silent macOS executable replacement FOSS+: Proton Pass autofill (now working on iCloud.com), Tails, Thunderbird 153 \"Meadow,\" Firefox's Nova UI, Collabora Online, Wine 11.14 🧡 SUPPORT TECHLORE Be…","meta_description":"OpenAI's rogue AI agent turned out to have hacked more than Hugging Face, and the more details come out, the less impressive it seems. 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