Category: Wired

Here's the Company That Sold DHS ICE's Notorious Face Recognition App
28
Jan
2026

Here’s the Company That Sold DHS ICE’s Notorious Face Recognition App

On Wednesday, the Department of Homeland Security published new details about Mobile Fortify, the facial recognition app that federal immigration…

He Leaked the Secrets of a Southeast Asian Scam Compound. Then He Had to Get Out Alive
27
Jan
2026

He Leaked the Secrets of a Southeast Asian Scam Compound. Then He Had to Get Out Alive

The next morning in Bangkok, he called the agent, an East African man who summarily told him to take a…

Revealed: Leaked Chats Expose the Daily Life of a Scam Compound’s Enslaved Workforce
27
Jan
2026

Revealed: Leaked Chats Expose the Daily Life of a Scam Compound’s Enslaved Workforce

Just before 8am one day last April, an office manager who went by the name Amani sent out a motivational…

Judge Delays Minnesota ICE Decision While Weighing Whether State Was Being Illegally Punished
27
Jan
2026

Judge Delays Minnesota ICE Decision While Weighing Whether State Was Being Illegally Punished

A federal judge on Monday declined to immediately curb the federal operation that has put armed agents on the streets…

Deepfake ‘Nudify’ Technology Is Getting Darker—and More Dangerous
26
Jan
2026

Deepfake ‘Nudify’ Technology Is Getting Darker—and More Dangerous

Open the website of one explicit deepfake generator and you’ll be presented with a menu of horrors. With just a…

The Instant Smear Campaign Against Border Patrol Shooting Victim Alex Pretti
25
Jan
2026

The Instant Smear Campaign Against Border Patrol Shooting Victim Alex Pretti

Within minutes of Alex Pretti being shot and killed by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis on Saturday, the Trump…

ICE Asks Companies About ‘Ad Tech and Big Data’ Tools It Could Use in Investigations
25
Jan
2026

ICE Asks Companies About ‘Ad Tech and Big Data’ Tools It Could Use in Investigations

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is asking companies to provide information about “commercial Big Data and Ad Tech” products that…

DOGE May Have Misused Social Security Data, DOJ Admits
24
Jan
2026

DOGE May Have Misused Social Security Data, DOJ Admits

Law enforcement authorities in the United States have for years circumvented the US Constitution’s Fourth Amendment by purchasing data on…

US Judge Rules ICE Raids Require Judicial Warrants, Contradicting Secret ICE Memo
24
Jan
2026

US Judge Rules ICE Raids Require Judicial Warrants, Contradicting Secret ICE Memo

A federal judge in Minnesota ruled last Saturday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents violated the Fourth Amendment after…

CBP Wants AI-Powered ‘Quantum Sensors’ for Finding Fentanyl in Cars
23
Jan
2026

CBP Wants AI-Powered ‘Quantum Sensors’ for Finding Fentanyl in Cars

United States Customs and Border Protection is paying General Dynamics to create a prototype of “quantum sensors” alongside a “database…

149 Million Usernames and Passwords Exposed by Unsecured Database
23
Jan
2026

149 Million Usernames and Passwords Exposed by Unsecured Database

A database containing 149 million account usernames and passwords—including 48 million for Gmail, 17 million for Facebook, and 420,000 for…

ICE Agents Are ‘Doxing’ Themselves
22
Jan
2026

ICE Agents Are ‘Doxing’ Themselves

Last week, a website called ICE List went viral after its creators said that they had received what they described…