Category: Wired

Change Healthcare’s New Ransomware Nightmare Goes From Bad to Worse
16
Apr
2024

Change Healthcare’s New Ransomware Nightmare Goes From Bad to Worse

Change Healthcare is facing a new cybersecurity nightmare after a ransomware group began selling what it claimed is Americans’ sensitive…

US Senate to Vote on a Wiretap Bill That Critics Call ‘Stasi-Like’
16
Apr
2024

US Senate to Vote on a Wiretap Bill That Critics Call ‘Stasi-Like’

The United States Senate is poised to vote on legislation this week that, for the next two years at least,…

The US Government Has a Microsoft Problem
15
Apr
2024

The US Government Has a Microsoft Problem

These incidents occurred as security experts were increasingly criticizing Microsoft for failing to promptly and adequately fix flaws in its…

How Israel Is Defending Against Iran's Drone Attack
14
Apr
2024

How Israel Is Defending Against Iran’s Drone Attack

On Saturday, Iran launched more than 200 drones and cruise missiles at Israel. As the drones made their way across…

Space Force Is Planning a Military Exercise in Orbit
13
Apr
2024

Space Force Is Planning a Military Exercise in Orbit

The Victus Haze mission is more complicated than Victus Nox, involving two prime contractors, two spacecraft, and two rocket launches…

Roku Breach Hits 567,000 Users
13
Apr
2024

Roku Breach Hits 567,000 Users

After months of delays, the US House of Representatives voted on Friday to extend a controversial warrantless wiretap program for…

House Votes to Extend—and Expand—a Major US Spy Program
12
Apr
2024

House Votes to Extend—and Expand—a Major US Spy Program

A controversial US wiretap program that was days from expiration cleared a major hurdle on its way to being reauthorized….

Change Healthcare Faces Another Ransomware Threat—and It Looks Credible
12
Apr
2024

Change Healthcare Faces Another Ransomware Threat—and It Looks Credible

For months, Change Healthcare has faced an immensely messy, months-long ransomware debacle that has left hundreds of pharmacies and medical…

DuckDuckGo Is Taking Its Privacy Fight to Data Brokers
11
Apr
2024

DuckDuckGo Is Taking Its Privacy Fight to Data Brokers

Under the hood, things are more complex. Greg Fiorentino, a product director at DuckDuckGo, says when you enter your personal…

Trump Loyalists Kill Vote on US Wiretap Program
10
Apr
2024

Trump Loyalists Kill Vote on US Wiretap Program

For the third time since December, House Speaker Mike Johnson has failed to wrangle support for reauthorizing a critical US…

How to Stop Your Data From Being Used to Train AI
10
Apr
2024

How to Stop Your Data From Being Used to Train AI

On its help pages, OpenAI says ChatGPT web users without accounts should navigate to Settings and then uncheck Improve the…

Section 702: The Future of the Biggest US Spy Program Hangs in the Balance
09
Apr
2024

Section 702: The Future of the Biggest US Spy Program Hangs in the Balance

The United States government, like its rivals in Moscow and Beijing, has poured untold millions of dollars into quietly turning…