Category: Wired

The Notorious Lockbit Ransomware Gang Has Been Disrupted by Law Enforcement
20
Feb
2024

The Notorious Lockbit Ransomware Gang Has Been Disrupted by Law Enforcement

For the last four years, the LockBit ransomware group has been on an unrelenting rampage, hacking into thousands of businesses,…

The Danger Lurking Just Below Ukraine's Surface
19
Feb
2024

The Danger Lurking Just Below Ukraine’s Surface

Oleksandr Kryvtsov had enough. The owner of an agricultural company in Hrakove, near Kharkiv, Kryvtsov found his land littered with…

How to Not Get Scammed Out of $50,000
17
Feb
2024

How to Not Get Scammed Out of $50,000

Plus: State-backed hackers test out generative AI, the US takes down a major Russian military botnet, and 100 hospitals in…

SpaceX Launched Military Satellites Designed to Track Hypersonic Missiles
17
Feb
2024

SpaceX Launched Military Satellites Designed to Track Hypersonic Missiles

Two prototype satellites for the Missile Defense Agency and four missile-tracking satellites for the US Space Force rode a SpaceX…

Leak of Russian ‘Threat’ Part of a Bid to Kill US Surveillance Reform, Sources Say
17
Feb
2024

Leak of Russian ‘Threat’ Part of a Bid to Kill US Surveillance Reform, Sources Say

While redirecting blame away from Turner and his cohorts, the claim is both false and deceptive, relying on assertions that,…

Elon Musk’s X Gave Check Marks to Terrorist Group Leaders, Report Says
16
Feb
2024

Elon Musk’s X Gave Check Marks to Terrorist Group Leaders, Report Says

A watchdog group’s investigation found that terrorist group Hezbollah and other US-sanctioned entities have accounts with paid check marks on…

Section 702 Surveillance Fight Pits the White House Opposite Reproductive Rights
14
Feb
2024

Section 702 Surveillance Fight Pits the White House Opposite Reproductive Rights

As a result, most House members remain confused as to when 702 surveillance would actually end if Congress fails to…

‘AI Girlfriends’ Are a Privacy Nightmare
14
Feb
2024

‘AI Girlfriends’ Are a Privacy Nightmare

You shouldn’t trust any answers a chatbot sends you. And you probably shouldn’t trust it with your personal information either….

A Backroom Deal Looms Over Section 702 Surveillance Fight
12
Feb
2024

A Backroom Deal Looms Over Section 702 Surveillance Fight

Johnson, notably, previously voted in favor of legislation that would have drastically reformed the 702 program with a slew of…

Satellite Images Point to Indiscriminate Israeli Attacks on Gaza’s Health Care Facilities
12
Feb
2024

Satellite Images Point to Indiscriminate Israeli Attacks on Gaza’s Health Care Facilities

International humanitarian law prohibits attacks on hospitals and health care facilities, or against patients, doctors, and their means of transport,…

2054, Part VI: Standoff at Arlington
12
Feb
2024

2054, Part VI: Standoff at Arlington

18:46 April 15, 2054 (GMT‑5) Arlington National Cemetery That night in her apartment Julia Hunt ordered in sushi and watched…

A Celebrated Cryptography-Breaking Algorithm Just Got an Upgrade
11
Feb
2024

A Celebrated Cryptography-Breaking Algorithm Just Got an Upgrade

This is a job for LLL: Give it (or its brethren) a basis of a multidimensional lattice, and it’ll spit…