DOGE Put Everyone’s Social Security Data at Risk, Whistleblower Claims
As students returned to school this week, WIRED spoke to a self-proclaimed leader of a violent online group known as “Purgatory” about a rash of…
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SSA Whistleblower’s Resignation Email Mysteriously Disappeared From Inboxes
On Friday, the Social Security Administration’s chief data officer, Chuck Borges, sent an email to agency staff claiming that he had been forcibly removed from…
This Is the Group That’s Been Swatting US Universities
A self-proclaimed leader of an online group linked to the violent extremist network The Com tells WIRED he is responsible for the flurry of hoax…
The Era of AI-Generated Ransomware Has Arrived
While such activity so far does not appear to be the norm across the ransomware ecosystem, the findings represent a stark warning. “There are definitely…
The Mysterious Shortwave Radio Station Stoking US-Russia Nuclear Fears
Since early this year, RIA-Novosti has published roughly one story per week on UVB-76, suggesting its coded messages are related to missile strikes on Iran,…
US Government Seeks Medical Records of Trans Youth
“I’m looking over my shoulder driving home,” a doctor whose hospital was targeted by a subpoena told the Post. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has…
Phone Searches at the US Border Hit a Record High
United States Custom and Border Protection officials have sweeping powers to search anyone’s phone when they are entering the country—including US citizens. Newly released figures…
Senate Probe Uncovers Allegations of Widespread Abuse in ICE Custody
A United States Senate investigation has identified more than 500 credible reports of human rights abuses in US immigration detention since January, including alarming allegations…
Highly Sensitive Medical Cannabis Patient Data Exposed by Unsecured Database
As legal cannabis has expanded around the United States for both recreational and medical use, companies have amassed troves of data about customers and their…
493 Cases of Sextortion Against Children Linked to Notorious Scam Compounds
“There are limitations to what we can see with this data, but what we have so far is accurate,” says Heintz. “If anything I think…
Russia Is Cracking Down on End-to-End Encrypted Calls
WIRED copublished an investigation this week with The Markup and CalMatters showing that dozens of data brokers have been hiding their opt-out and personal-data-deletion tools…
The First Federal Cybersecurity Disaster of Trump 2.0 Has Arrived
The second Trump administration has its first federal cybersecurity debacle to deal with. A breach of the United States federal judiciary’s electronic case filing system,…