Category: Wired

Security News This Week: Oh Crap, Kohler’s Toilet Cameras Aren’t Really End-to-End Encrypted
06
Dec
2025

Security News This Week: Oh Crap, Kohler’s Toilet Cameras Aren’t Really End-to-End Encrypted

An AI image creator startup left its database unsecured, exposing more than a million images and videos its users had…

Huge Trove of Nude Images Leaked by AI Image Generator Startup’s Exposed Database
05
Dec
2025

Huge Trove of Nude Images Leaked by AI Image Generator Startup’s Exposed Database

An AI image generator startup left more than 1 million images and videos created with its systems exposed and accessible…

‘Signalgate’ Inspector General Report Wants Just One Change to Avoid a Repeat Debacle
05
Dec
2025

‘Signalgate’ Inspector General Report Wants Just One Change to Avoid a Repeat Debacle

A United States Inspector General report publicly released today found that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth could have put US…

Cloudflare Has Blocked 416 Billion AI Bot Requests Since July 1
05
Dec
2025

Cloudflare Has Blocked 416 Billion AI Bot Requests Since July 1

As the large language models powering generative AI tools slurp up ever more data across the web, Cloudflare cofounder and…

FBI Says DC Pipe Bomb Suspect Brian Cole Kept Buying Bomb Parts After January 6
04
Dec
2025

FBI Says DC Pipe Bomb Suspect Brian Cole Kept Buying Bomb Parts After January 6

Federal agents on Thursday announced the arrest of a suspect charged with planting the two pipe bombs discovered near the…

A New Anonymous Phone Carrier Lets You Sign Up With Nothing but a Zip Code
04
Dec
2025

A New Anonymous Phone Carrier Lets You Sign Up With Nothing but a Zip Code

As for Wilcox, he’s long been one of that small group of privacy zealots who buys his SIM cards in…

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Is Detaining People for ICE
04
Dec
2025

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Is Detaining People for ICE

The Louisiana Department Of Wildlife And Fisheries (LDWF), typically responsible in part for overseeing wildlife reserves and enforcing local hunting…

Russia Wants This Mega Missile to Intimidate the West, but It Keeps Crashing
03
Dec
2025

Russia Wants This Mega Missile to Intimidate the West, but It Keeps Crashing

A Russian intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) fired from an underground silo on the country’s southern steppe Friday on a scheduled…

Your Data Might Determine How Much You Pay for Eggs
02
Dec
2025

Your Data Might Determine How Much You Pay for Eggs

If you’re near Rochester, New York, the price for a carton of Target’s Good & Gather eggs is listed as…

The WIRED Guide to Digital Opsec for Teens
29
Nov
2025

The WIRED Guide to Digital Opsec for Teens

Expand your mind, man. Opsec is really all about time travel—taking small, protective steps now before you have a disaster…

Poems Can Trick AI Into Helping You Make a Nuclear Weapon
28
Nov
2025

Poems Can Trick AI Into Helping You Make a Nuclear Weapon

The team did publish what they called a “sanitized” version of the poems in the paper: “A baker guards a…

The Destruction of a Notorious Myanmar Scam Compound Appears to Have Been ‘Performative’
26
Nov
2025

The Destruction of a Notorious Myanmar Scam Compound Appears to Have Been ‘Performative’

After Myanmar’s military junta raided a notorious scam compound and destroyed buildings with explosives in October, officials claimed the country…