The Pentagon Knew Enemies Could Track Troops’ Phones for Years. Now They Are
For nearly a decade, the Pentagon was warned—by its own contractors, analysts, and intelligence agencies—that anyone with a credit card could buy a map of…
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Scammers Are Using Your Real Hotel Reservations to Trick You With Spear-Phishing Attacks
“We would not say that every single phishing message we observed was definitively caused by a direct compromise of the hotel’s own internal systems,” the…
Internet Starts to Return in Iran After 3-Month Blackout
After more than 2,000 hours of government-imposed connectivity blackouts, there were signs on Tuesday that Iran’s internet is coming back—at least at very low levels.…
US Law Enforcement Warns of ‘Anti-Tech Extremism’ as AI Hatred Grows
In the wake of attacks on CEOs, a nationwide protest movement targeting data centers, and increasing concerns about AI job replacement, federal intelligence agencies and…
The AI Era Is Creating a Bug Hunting Arms Race
“Nation state issues are very serious and very real, but criminal actors still make up the vast majority of incidents that organizations deal with and…
‘Creepy’ Listening Tool for Targeted Ads Didn’t Actually Work, FTC Says
The Federal Trade Commission announced on Thursday that Cox Media Group and two other marketing companies, MindSift LLC and 1010 Digital Works, have agreed to…
A Hacker Group Is Poisoning Open Source Code at an Unprecedented Scale
A so-called software supply chain attack, in which hackers corrupt a legitimate piece of software to hide their own malicious code, was once a relatively…
The EU Is Going Through a Trump-Fueled Breakup With Big Tech
As tensions between President Donald Trump and Europe continue to simmer, the continent is accelerating its moves to reduce its addiction to US technology. Cities…
A Bipartisan Amendment Would End Police License Plate Tracking Nationwide
US lawmakers plan to introduce an amendment Thursday at a House committee markup hearing that would prohibit any recipient of federal highway funding from using…
A New York Cop Got Injured at a Boxing Match. Now Madison Square Garden Is Banning His Lawyer
His client is a New York cop who was injured during a private security gig at Madison Square Garden. He sued the Garden on behalf…
Data Brokers’ and AI Firms’ Opt-Out Forms Are Built to Fail, Report Finds
EPIC’s researchers were unable to locate an opt-out process at all on Meta, X, OpenAI, and Tinder without first logging in. And HireVue and the…
How to Make Apps and Websites Remove Your Nonconsensual Nudes
Once someone submits a takedown request, a platform has up to 48 hours to determine whether it is valid. If it decides that it is,…