The ‘Ghost Gun’ Linked to Luigi Mangione Shows Just How Far 3D-Printed Weapons Have Come
More than a decade after the advent of the 3D-printed gun as an icon of libertarianism and a gun control nightmare, police say one of…
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Poker Cheaters Allegedly Use Tiny Hidden Cameras to Spot Dealt Cards
Some Vegas casinos, per multiple sources, have begun banning phones from being set down at felt level on tables. Many casinos have long had policies…
Police Arrest UHC CEO Shooting Suspect, App Developer Luigi Mangione
Authorities arrested a man in Pennsylvania on Monday who police say is connected to the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York…
US Officials Recommend Encryption Apps Amid Chinese Telecom Hacking
A consortium of global law enforcement agencies led by Britain’s National Crime Agency announced a takedown operation this week against two major Russian money-laundering networks…
The Real Story of “The Order”
Terrorgram’s materials, which include viable bomb-making instructions, camouflage and tactical guides, and instructions on how to disable critical infrastructure like electrical substations, water treatment plants…
She Escaped An Abusive Marriage—Now She Helps Women Battle Cyber Harassment
Nighat Dad grew up in a conservative family in Jhang, in Pakistan’s Punjab province. The threat of early marriage hung over her childhood like a…
Senators Warn the Pentagon: Get a Handle on China’s Telecom Hacking
The senators also provide evidence in their letter that US telecoms have worked with third-party cybersecurity firms to conduct audits of their systems related to…
She Was a Russian Socialite and Influencer. Cops Say She’s a Crypto Laundering Kingpin
OFAC announced sanctions against the founder, as well as Elena Chirkinyan and Andrej Bradens, who also goes by the surname Carenoks, both of whom work…
A New Phone Scanner That Detects Spyware Has Already Found 7 Pegasus Infections
In recent years, commercial spyware has been deployed by more actors against a wider range of victims, but the prevailing narrative has still been that…
With Threats to Encryption Looming, Signal’s Meredith Whittaker Says ‘We’re Not Changing’
“We don’t want to be the outlier that proves the rule, we want to be a new set of rules leading the way to a…
FTC Says Data Brokers Unlawfully Tracked Protesters and US Military Personnel
The United States Federal Trade Commission is taking action against two American data brokers accused of unlawfully trafficking in people’s sensitive location data. The data…
He Got Banned From X. Now He Wants to Help You Escape, Too
At around 5 pm on a Thursday in December 2022, a privacy- and information-freedom-focused programmer named Micah Lee learned, to his shock, that he had…