Identities of More Than 80 Americans Stolen for North Korean IT Worker Scams
For years, the North Korean government has found a burgeoning source of sanctions-evading revenue by tasking its citizens with secretly applying for remote tech jobs…
Category: Wired
ICE Rolls Facial Recognition Tools Out to Officers’ Phones
WIRED published a shocking investigation this week based on records, including audio recordings, of hundreds of emergency calls from United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement…
US Supreme Court Upholds Texas Porn ID Law
If you try to access Pornhub, one of the world’s biggest websites, from any of 17 US states, you’ll be blocked. Pornhub’s parent company, Aylo…
‘They’re Not Breathing’: Inside the Chaos of ICE Detention Center 911 Calls
During visits in recent months, Emelie says her husband, who was detained at Stewart until he was deported last month, described severe overcrowding. “He told…
Telegram Purged Chinese Crypto Scam Markets—Then Watched as They Rebuilt
Before they were taken down by Telegram, Xinbi Guarantee and Haowang Guarantee displayed similar posts offering explicitly illegal services in all those categories and more.…
Taiwan Is Rushing to Make Its Own Drones Before It’s Too Late
In the span of just a few years, drones have become instrumental in warfare. Conflicts in Ukraine, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh, Sudan, and elsewhere have shown how…
What Satellite Images Reveal About the US Bombing of Iran’s Nuclear Sites
When the United States bombed Iran in the early hours of Sunday local time, it targeted three facilities central to the country’s nuclear ambitions: the…
Truth Social Crashes as Trump Live-Posts Iran Bombing
Truth Social malfunctioned on Saturday night amid President Donald Trump’s announcement that the United States had bombed Iran’s nuclear facilities. Starting around 8 pm ET…
Iran’s Internet Blackout Adds New Dangers for Civilians Amid Israeli Bombings
Alimardani says that it appears mobile data services are patchy, and for many people virtual private networks, which can be used to avoid censorship, have…
Israel-Tied Predatory Sparrow Hackers Are Waging Cyberwar on Iran’s Financial System
The Israel-linked hacker group known as Predatory Sparrow has carried out some of the most disruptive and destructive cyberattacks in history, twice disabling thousands of…
Minnesota Shooting Suspect Allegedly Used Data Broker Sites to Find Targets’ Addresses
The man who allegedly assassinated a Democratic Minnesota state representative, murdered her husband, and shot a state senator and his wife at their homes in…
6 Tools for Tracking the Trump Administration’s Attacks on Civil Liberties
In just a few months, Donald Trump’s second presidential term has drastically reshaped the United States federal government and moved to consolidate the power of…