Category: Wired

AI Toys for Kids Talk About Sex, Drugs, and Chinese Propaganda
13
Dec
2025

AI Toys for Kids Talk About Sex, Drugs, and Chinese Propaganda

Two people allegedly linked to China’s infamous Salt Typhoon espionage hacking group seem to have previously received training through Cisco’s…

Warnings Mount in Congress Over Expanded US Wiretap Powers
12
Dec
2025

Warnings Mount in Congress Over Expanded US Wiretap Powers

“The commercial landlords of the buildings where tens of millions of Americans go to work every day can be forced…

Doxers Posing as Cops Are Tricking Big Tech Firms Into Sharing People's Private Data
11
Dec
2025

Doxers Posing as Cops Are Tricking Big Tech Firms Into Sharing People’s Private Data

When a privacy specialist at the legal response operations center of Charter Communications received an emergency data request via email…

The US Won't Sanction China for Salt Typhoon Hacking
10
Dec
2025

The US Won’t Sanction China for Salt Typhoon Hacking

An AI image creator startup left its database unsecured, exposing more than a million images and videos its users had…

2 Men Linked to China’s Salt Typhoon Hacker Group Likely Trained in a Cisco ‘Academy’
10
Dec
2025

2 Men Linked to China’s Salt Typhoon Hacker Group Likely Trained in a Cisco ‘Academy’

To try to determine the probability of those name repetitions being a coincidence, Cary checked two databases of Chinese names…

A Complete Guide to the Jeffrey Epstein Document Dumps
10
Dec
2025

A Complete Guide to the Jeffrey Epstein Document Dumps

For the past few months, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has engaged in a sprawling and extremely public…

Security News This Week: Oh Crap, Kohler’s Toilet Cameras Aren’t Really End-to-End Encrypted
06
Dec
2025

Security News This Week: Oh Crap, Kohler’s Toilet Cameras Aren’t Really End-to-End Encrypted

An AI image creator startup left its database unsecured, exposing more than a million images and videos its users had…

Huge Trove of Nude Images Leaked by AI Image Generator Startup’s Exposed Database
05
Dec
2025

Huge Trove of Nude Images Leaked by AI Image Generator Startup’s Exposed Database

An AI image generator startup left more than 1 million images and videos created with its systems exposed and accessible…

‘Signalgate’ Inspector General Report Wants Just One Change to Avoid a Repeat Debacle
05
Dec
2025

‘Signalgate’ Inspector General Report Wants Just One Change to Avoid a Repeat Debacle

A United States Inspector General report publicly released today found that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth could have put US…

Cloudflare Has Blocked 416 Billion AI Bot Requests Since July 1
05
Dec
2025

Cloudflare Has Blocked 416 Billion AI Bot Requests Since July 1

As the large language models powering generative AI tools slurp up ever more data across the web, Cloudflare cofounder and…

FBI Says DC Pipe Bomb Suspect Brian Cole Kept Buying Bomb Parts After January 6
04
Dec
2025

FBI Says DC Pipe Bomb Suspect Brian Cole Kept Buying Bomb Parts After January 6

Federal agents on Thursday announced the arrest of a suspect charged with planting the two pipe bombs discovered near the…

A New Anonymous Phone Carrier Lets You Sign Up With Nothing but a Zip Code
04
Dec
2025

A New Anonymous Phone Carrier Lets You Sign Up With Nothing but a Zip Code

As for Wilcox, he’s long been one of that small group of privacy zealots who buys his SIM cards in…