Daily Digest - June 13, 2026
Inside the FBI's fake town built to be hacked, ShinyHunters' university-wide Oracle zero-day spree, Google's lawsuit over Gemini-built scams, and the world's first trillionaire.
Chapters
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Intro
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The F B I built a fake town to get it hacked
https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/13/the-fbi-built-its-own-replica-small-town-to-simulate-real-world-cyberattacks/ -
ShinyHunters tears through universities via an Oracle zero-day
https://databreaches.net/2026/06/12/shinyhunters-targets-education-sector-with-oracle-peoplesoft-exploit/?pk_campaign=feed&pk_kwd=shinyhunters-targets-education-sector-with-oracle-peoplesoft-exploit -
Attackers exploit a Check Point V P N authentication bypass
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/06/12/cve-2026-50751-poc-exploit/ -
Labcorp settles the American Medical Collection Agency breach for thirty-five million
https://databreaches.net/2026/06/12/labcorp-reaches-35m-settlement-over-american-medical-collection-agency-breach/?pk_campaign=feed&pk_kwd=labcorp-reaches-35m-settlement-over-american-medical-collection-agency-breach -
Google sues a network that used Gemini to build scams
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/06/12/google-china-based-cybercrime-network-lawsuit/ -
A popular Perl password library shipped weak defaults
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2026/q2/900 -
The F C C wants to end anonymous phone activation
https://www.wired.com/story/security-news-this-week-the-fcc-wants-to-kill-burner-phones/ -
SpaceX goes public and Musk becomes the first trillionaire
https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/12/elon-musk-becomes-the-worlds-first-trillionaire-after-spacexs-historic-ipo/ -
Talking to an A I model about your documents, by voice
https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/12/openai-webrtc/#atom-everything -
A satirical take on A I's circular accounting
https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/12/andrew-singleton/#atom-everything -
Sign-off
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