Category: Wired

A Premium Luggage Service’s Web Bugs Exposed the Travel Plans of Every User—Including Diplomats
24
Jul
2025

A Premium Luggage Service’s Web Bugs Exposed the Travel Plans of Every User—Including Diplomats

An airline leaving all of its passengers’ travel records vulnerable to hackers would make an attractive target for espionage. Less…

Microsoft Put Older Versions of SharePoint on Life Support. Hackers Are Taking Advantage
24
Jul
2025

Microsoft Put Older Versions of SharePoint on Life Support. Hackers Are Taking Advantage

Hundreds of organizations around the world suffered data breaches this week, as an array of hackers rushed to exploit a…

How WIRED Analyzed the Epstein Video
21
Jul
2025

How WIRED Analyzed the Epstein Video

Michael Calore: Go to the movies. Lauren Goode: Just go to the movies. Katie Drummond: I like that. Michael Calore:…

At Least 750 US Hospitals Faced Disruptions During Last Year’s CrowdStrike Outage, Study Finds
19
Jul
2025

At Least 750 US Hospitals Faced Disruptions During Last Year’s CrowdStrike Outage, Study Finds

When, one year ago today, a buggy update to software sold by the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike took down millions of…

China’s Salt Typhoon Hackers Breached the US National Guard for Nearly a Year
19
Jul
2025

China’s Salt Typhoon Hackers Breached the US National Guard for Nearly a Year

After reporting last week that the “raw” Jeffrey Epstein prison video posted by the FBI was likely modified in at…

How China’s Patriotic ‘Honkers’ Became the Nation’s Elite Cyber Spies
18
Jul
2025

How China’s Patriotic ‘Honkers’ Became the Nation’s Elite Cyber Spies

Topsec and Venustech were two firms alleged to have assisted these efforts. Topsec employed a number of former Honkers, including…

Hackers Are Finding New Ways to Hide Malware in DNS Records
17
Jul
2025

Hackers Are Finding New Ways to Hide Malware in DNS Records

Hackers are stashing malware in a place that’s largely out of the reach of most defenses—inside domain name system (DNS)…

DHS Faces New Pressure Over DNA Taken From Immigrant Children
16
Jul
2025

DHS Faces New Pressure Over DNA Taken From Immigrant Children

United States Senator Ron Wyden is pressing the United States departments of Homeland Security and Justice to explain how and…

Adoption Agency Data Exposure Revealed Information About Children and Parents
16
Jul
2025

Adoption Agency Data Exposure Revealed Information About Children and Parents

The adoption process is inherently sensitive, involving deeply personal information about children, birth parents, adoptive parents, and other caregivers. So…

The FBI's Jeffrey Epstein Prison Video Had Nearly 3 Minutes Cut Out
15
Jul
2025

The FBI’s Jeffrey Epstein Prison Video Had Nearly 3 Minutes Cut Out

Both analyses found that the two clips, labeled “2025-05-22 16-35-21.mp4” and “2025-05-22 21-12-48.mp4,” were stitched together. The first clip is…

AI 'Nudify' Websites Are Raking in Millions of Dollars
14
Jul
2025

AI ‘Nudify’ Websites Are Raking in Millions of Dollars

For years, so-called “nudify” apps and websites have mushroomed online, allowing people to create nonconsensual and abusive images of women…

4 Arrested Over Scattered Spider Hacking Spree
12
Jul
2025

4 Arrested Over Scattered Spider Hacking Spree

WIRED reported this week on public records that show the United States Department of Homeland Security urging local law enforcement…