Category: Wired

The Official DOGE Website Launch Was a Security Mess
15
Feb
2025

The Official DOGE Website Launch Was a Security Mess

As well as being insecure, the DOGE website heavily leans on X, the social media platform owned by Musk. DOGE’s…

Top US Election Security Watchdog Forced to Stop Election Security Work
15
Feb
2025

Top US Election Security Watchdog Forced to Stop Election Security Work

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has frozen all of its election security work and is reviewing everything it has…

The Loneliness Epidemic Is a Security Crisis
13
Feb
2025

The Loneliness Epidemic Is a Security Crisis

UTA’s Wang notes that while she hasn’t assessed whether scammers are using generative AI to produce romance scam scripts, she…

China’s Salt Typhoon Spies Are Still Hacking Telecoms—Now by Exploiting Cisco Routers
13
Feb
2025

China’s Salt Typhoon Spies Are Still Hacking Telecoms—Now by Exploiting Cisco Routers

When the Chinese hacker group known as Salt Typhoon was revealed last fall to have deeply penetrated major US telecommunications…

A Hacker Group Within Russia’s Notorious Sandworm Unit Is Breaching Western Networks
12
Feb
2025

A Hacker Group Within Russia’s Notorious Sandworm Unit Is Breaching Western Networks

Over the last decade, the Kremlin’s most aggressive cyberwar unit, known as Sandworm, has focused its hacking campaigns on tormenting…

This Ad-Tech Company Is Powering Surveillance of US Military Personnel
12
Feb
2025

This Ad-Tech Company Is Powering Surveillance of US Military Personnel

Last year, a media investigation revealed that a Florida-based data broker, Datastream Group, was selling highly sensitive location data that…

US Funding Cuts Are Helping Criminals Get Away With Child Abuse and Human Trafficking
10
Feb
2025

US Funding Cuts Are Helping Criminals Get Away With Child Abuse and Human Trafficking

Over the years, the programs have been effective. For instance, a four-year partnership between the US and the Philippines, which…

The Rise of the Drone Boats
10
Feb
2025

The Rise of the Drone Boats

A Lethal Miniature Aerial Missile System launches munitions from a MARTAC T-38 Devil Ray unmanned surface vehicle, attached to U.S….

UK Secret Order Demands That Apple Give Access to Users’ Encrypted Data
08
Feb
2025

UK Secret Order Demands That Apple Give Access to Users’ Encrypted Data

As Elon Musk and his so-called Department of Government Efficiency rampage through United States federal institutions, WIRED reported extensively this…

ACLU Warns DOGE’s ‘Unchecked’ Access Could Violate Federal Law
08
Feb
2025

ACLU Warns DOGE’s ‘Unchecked’ Access Could Violate Federal Law

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) told federal lawmakers on Friday that Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency…

DOGE Teen Owns ‘Tesla.Sexy LLC’ and Worked at Startup That Has Hired Convicted Hackers
06
Feb
2025

DOGE Teen Owns ‘Tesla.Sexy LLC’ and Worked at Startup That Has Hired Convicted Hackers

At Path Network, Coristine worked as a systems engineer from April to June of 2022, according to his now-deleted LinkedIn…

The Collapse of USAID Is Fueling Human Trafficking and Slavery at Scammer Compounds
05
Feb
2025

The Collapse of USAID Is Fueling Human Trafficking and Slavery at Scammer Compounds

“Our partners say that for some survivors they are in touch with inside the scam centers, even if they can…