A US federal magistrate judge in San Francisco ordered former OpenAI engineer Abdulrahman Alfozan to remain in custody, citing flight risk. Prosecutors allege he planted a covert audio recording device, hidden in toilet paper behind a TV, in an executive conference room used for confidential meetings. OpenAI found the device in late Septe…
Federal prosecutors say former OpenAI engineer Abdulrahman Alfozan, a 35-year-old Saudi national, was "mere days" from fleeing to Saudi Arabia before his arrest. A San Francisco federal judge (Alex Tse) denied his request for home confinement. Prosecutors allege he secretly installed an audio recording device in an executive conference ro…
The US Department of Justice has charged Abdulrahman Alfozan, a 35-year-old Saudi national and OpenAI engineer, with attempting to intercept oral communications. He allegedly installed a Seeed XIAO ESP32-S3 Sense recorder in a USB port on a TV in OpenAI's executive conference room around September 28, 2026. Staff found the device conceale…
Rapid7's Q3 2026 threat landscape report finds that high-severity vulnerabilities were exploited an average of three days after disclosure, with 71% exploited within the first seven days. 79% of them are classed as 'holy grail' flaws, meaning remote and needing no credentials or user interaction. Ransomware remains the dominant threat. Th…