The Axe Report.
Official company announcements, tactical service deployments, strategic partnerships, and community action updates from the Grab The Axe team.
Clearview's Role in ICE Protest Surveillance (08/18/2026)
Court records detail Clearview AI's role in ICE protest surveillance, agents built protester photo sets during Operation Metro Surge, and all 50 states got plate-reader ranked.
A One-Click Copilot Leak and Zombie Visa Cards (08/18/2026)
Three Copilot Personal flaws let one click pull your mail and Drive, researchers revived expired Visa cards at contactless terminals, and a crew extorts victims twice.
The FTC Settlement Is the Cheap Part (08/17/2026)
A 20-year consent decree costs more after signing than the penalty did, Justice stood up a Fraud Division, and a vishing call reached a health plan administrator.
The Push for Your Medical Records (08/17/2026)
Washington wants unprecedented access to medical records as protections weaken, Homeland Security surveilled churches and libraries, and firms sell dossiers on critics.
A Polish Health Platform Breach Reaches 19 Million (08/17/2026)
Poland is investigating a MyDr breach touching 19 million people, Flashpoint counted 1.7 billion stolen credentials in six months, and a video call reaches the Android kernel.
The Safety Filter That Was Off for a Year (08/16/2026)
Anthropic's bioweapon classifiers ran disabled for eleven months across 133 million chats, and AmnesiaStealer now drives the victim's authenticated browser live.
Apple's Spyware Alerts Reach 110 Countries (08/15/2026)
Apple notified mercenary spyware targets in 110 countries, the ChainDrop worm poisoned 444 npm packages through rebuilt tarballs, and a Rust infostealer is hitting macOS.
FinCEN Will Delete the Ownership Data It Collected (08/14/2026)
FinCEN will delete the beneficial ownership data it collected, ZOLL Medical settles for $3.5 million, and one vendor breach reached two dozen healthcare provider clients.
ICE Wants an AI Over Billions of Records (08/14/2026)
ICE is shopping for an AI to query billions of investigative records, federal courts will start counting government spyware use, and Meta patented face-matching glasses.
RingCentral Dump, a SAP 10.0 and a macOS Root Flaw (08/14/2026)
ShinyHunters dumped 1.6 million RingCentral accounts, a maximum severity SAP Commerce Cloud flaw came under attack in three days, and macOS Screen Sharing hands out root.
The Corporate Transparency Act Is Finally Dead (08/13/2026)
Beneficial ownership reporting is over, the EU AI Act's transparency rules took effect August 2, and four more healthcare organizations settled breach litigation.
Flock Tightens Its Rules & Georgia Reaffirms Medical Privacy (08/13/2026)
Flock is changing its policies under surveillance backlash, Georgia's court reaffirmed a constitutional privacy right in medical records, and Egypt expanded biometric SIM rules.