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…
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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…
Mike Waltz Left His Venmo Friends List Public
Many of the accounts appear to belong to local and national politicians and political operatives ranging from US representative Dan Crenshaw of Texas to a…
Trump’s Aggression Sours Europe on US Cloud Giants
Dave Cottlehuber, the founder of SkunkWerks, a small tech infrastructure firm in Austria, says he has been moving the company’s few servers and databases away…
How to Avoid US-Based Digital Services—and Why You Might Want To
Law enforcement requests for user data from Apple, Google, and Meta mean that these companies can decide whether government authorities have access to your personal…
Low-Cost Drone Add-Ons From China Let Anyone With a Credit Card Turn Toys Into Weapons of War
In December the Kyiv Post reported of the Ukrainian military’s own long-range, tethered drones, that, “currently about 40 percent of the components [are] sourced locally…
End-to-End Encrypted Texts Between Android and iPhone Are Coming
Knifings, firebombings, shootings, and murder-for-hire plots—all linked to a splinter group of the 764 crime network called “No Lives Matter.” According to its own manifesto,…