When Satellite Data Becomes a Weapon
Last month, Iran’s Tehran Times posted what appeared to be damning satellite proof: a before-and-after image of “American radar,” supposedly “completely destroyed.” It wasn’t. The…
Category: Wired
Iranians Don’t Have a Missile Alert System, So Volunteers Built Their Own Warning Map
Since Donald Trump’s war on Iran started more than three weeks ago, United States military forces have allegedly attacked more than 9,000 sites, creating a…
Your Body Is Betraying Your Right to Privacy
Know thyself. It’s an old adage that has new resonance in the digital age. Today, you can buy smart devices that monitor your heartbeat, blood…
‘Get Down! Get Down! They’re Gonna See Us!’: Six Months of Hiding From ICE
The ICE raids in Chicago that have terrorized immigrant neighborhoods like Ava and Sam’s have been both highly performative and extremely random. Six weeks earlier,…
ICE Is Paying the Salaries of This Town’s Entire Police Force
On March 2, the town of Carroll, New Hampshire, population 820, received a $122,515 wire transfer from the Department of Homeland Security, making it among…
Hassan Took a Bike Ride. Now He’s One of the Thousands Missing in Gaza
In the early morning dark, Abeer Skaik turned to her husband, Ali Al-Qatta, and said that today would be the day they would find their…
A Mysterious Numbers Station Is Broadcasting Through the Iran War
“Tavajoh! Tavajoh! Tavajoh!” a man’s voice announces, before going on to narrate a string of numbers in no apparent order, slowly and rhythmically. After nearly…
What Happens When You Can’t Get a Death Certificate in Gaza
In Gaza, registering a death was once—as in most places around the world—a relatively simple administrative task. A body was brought to a hospital, where…
Cyberattack on a Car Breathalyzer Firm Leaves Drivers Stuck
United States law enforcement this week took down the Aisuru, Kimwolf, JackSkid, and Mossad botnets, a slate of cybercriminal tools that have infected more than…
A Top Democrat Is Urging Colleagues to Support Trump’s Spy Machine
United States congressman Jim Himes, the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, is privately lobbying colleagues to preserve the FBI’s power to conduct warrantless…
The Danger Behind Meta’s Decision to Kill End-to-End Encrypted Instagram DMs
As law enforcement agencies scramble to address threats of terrorism, child sexual abuse, and human trafficking—and repressive governments around the world look to broadly expand…
US Takes Down Botnets Used in Record-Breaking Cyberattacks
The collection of millions of hacked computers known as Aisuru and Kimwolf have been used to launch some of the biggest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks…