The New Surveillance State Is You
Privacy isn’t dead. Just ask Kristi Noem. The Department of Homeland Security secretary has spent 2025 trying to convince the American public that identifying roving…
Category: Wired
The Most Dangerous People on the Internet in 2025
In 2025, people who built their careers by being some form of Very Online are now some of the most powerful people in the world.…
The US Must Stop Underestimating Drone Warfare
In 2026, we won’t see terrorism incidents similar to 9/11, when hijacked airplanes struck the World Trade Center, or the Oklahoma City bombing, when ammonium…
The Age of the All-Access AI Agent Is Here
For years, the cost of using “free” services from Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and other Big Tech firms has been handing over your data. Uploading your…
NYPD Sued Over Possible Records Collected Through Muslim Spying Program
A New Jersey man who previously sued the New York City Police Department in an unsuccessful quest to find out whether the NYPD’s Intelligence Division…
Chinese Crypto Scammers on Telegram Are Fueling the Biggest Darknet Markets Ever
When black markets for drugs, guns, and all manner of contraband first sprang up on the dark web more than a decade ago, it seemed…
The ‘Epstein’s Suicide’ Video in the Latest DOJ Release Isn’t What It Seems
An unlabeled video from the most recent release of Jeffrey Epstein files from the Department of Justice is circulating on social media. While the 12-second…
The Justice Department Just Released More Epstein Files
On Monday, the Justice Department released three new data sets comprising files related to Jeffrey Epstein. The DOJ had previously released nearly 4,000 documents prior…
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 small drones to using them…
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 photo of a framed Times…
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 that governs how employee activity…
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 Telegram. The service integrates easily…