Spyware Maker NSO Group Is Paving a Path Back Into Trump’s America
Other NSO-connected figures also have close Trump ties: Bryan Lanza, a partner at Mercury Public Affairs, which consulted for the company from 2020 to 2021,…
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NSA Chief Ousted Amid Trump Loyalty Firing Spree
Speaking aboard Air Force One on Thursday, Trump confirmed the NSC dismissals and acknowledged Loomer’s role in advising him. “She makes recommendations … and sometimes…
Cybersecurity Professor Faced China-Funding Inquiry Before Disappearing, Sources Say
Jason Covert, one of attorneys representing Xiaofeng Wang and his wife, Nianli Ma, a library systems analyst whose employee profile was also removed by Indiana…
Cybersecurity Professor Mysteriously Disappears as FBI Raids His Homes
A prominent computer scientist who has spent 20 years publishing academic papers on cryptography, privacy, and cybersecurity has gone incommunicado, had his professor profile, email…
An AI Image Generator’s Exposed Database Reveals What People Really Used It For
As well as CSAM, Fowler says, there were AI-generated pornographic images of adults in the database plus potential “face-swap” images. Among the files, he observed…
Top Trump Officials’ Passwords and Personal Phone Numbers Discovered Online
While millions of people have been caught up in online data breaches and use inadequate privacy settings on their online accounts, high-level government security officials…
Even More Venmo Accounts Tied to Trump Officials in Signal Group Chat Left Data Public
Venmo did not immediately respond to WIRED’s request for comment. In a statement given to WIRED in response to questions about the Waltz and Wiles…
SignalGate Is Driving the Most US Downloads of Signal Ever
SignalGate, as it’s come to be called, may be the biggest scandal to hit the Trump administration in its first months in power. But it’s…
Using Starlink Wi-Fi in the White House Is a Slippery Slope for US Federal IT
As the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) continues to rampage through the United States federal government, essentially guided by Elon Musk, the group…
How to Enter the US With Your Digital Privacy Intact
Finally, Wessler recommends that travelers be sure to update their operating systems on both laptops and phones before crossing the border. That’s because CBP could,…
How to Delete Your Data From 23andMe
Genetic testing company 23andMe, once a Silicon Valley darling valued at $6 billion, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection late Sunday as it prepares for…
SignalGate Isn’t About Signal | WIRED
“Putting aside for a moment that classified information should never be discussed over an unclassified system, it’s also just mind-boggling to me that all of…