Category: Wired

Hackers Stole Millions of PornHub Users’ Data for Extortion
20
Dec
2025

Hackers Stole Millions of PornHub Users’ Data for Extortion

Federal contracting records reviewed by WIRED this week show that United States Customs and Border Protection is transitioning from testing…

Here’s What’s in the DOJ’s Epstein File Release—and What’s Missing
20
Dec
2025

Here’s What’s in the DOJ’s Epstein File Release—and What’s Missing

Much of the imagery is familiar from previous releases, and includes things like a photo of a stuffed tiger, a…

ICE Seeks Cyber Upgrade to Better Surveil and Investigate Its Employees
18
Dec
2025

ICE Seeks Cyber Upgrade to Better Surveil and Investigate Its Employees

As the White House pushes to intensify internal leak investigations, Immigration and Customs Enforcement is quietly renewing a cybersecurity contract…

The Ultra-Realistic AI Face Swapping Platform Driving Romance Scams
18
Dec
2025

The Ultra-Realistic AI Face Swapping Platform Driving Romance Scams

The Chinese-language artificial intelligence app Haotian is so effective that it’s made millions of dollars selling its face-swapping technology on…

Border Patrol Bets on Small Drones to Expand US Surveillance Reach
17
Dec
2025

Border Patrol Bets on Small Drones to Expand US Surveillance Reach

US Customs and Border Protection is quietly doubling down on a surveillance strategy built around human-portable drones, according to federal…

Microsoft Will Finally Kill an Encryption Cipher That Enabled a Decade of Windows Hacks
17
Dec
2025

Microsoft Will Finally Kill an Encryption Cipher That Enabled a Decade of Windows Hacks

Microsoft is killing off an obsolete and vulnerable encryption cipher that Windows has supported by default for 26 years. This…

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…