Category: Wired

A Newly Named Group of GRU Hackers is Wreaking Havoc in Ukraine
17
Jun
2023

A Newly Named Group of GRU Hackers is Wreaking Havoc in Ukraine

Finally, the Russia-based ransomware gang Clop went on a hacking spree that hit US government agencies and international companies including…

Clop Hacking Rampage Hits US Agencies and Exposes Data of Millions
16
Jun
2023

Clop Hacking Rampage Hits US Agencies and Exposes Data of Millions

United States cybersecurity officials said yesterday that a “small number” of government agencies have suffered data breaches as part of…

How Shady Chinese Encryption Chips Got Into the Navy, NATO, and NASA
15
Jun
2023

How Shady Chinese Encryption Chips Got Into the Navy, NATO, and NASA

When WIRED reached out to the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security, a spokesperson responded that the BIS is…

UFO Whistleblower, Meet a Conspiracy-Loving Congress
13
Jun
2023

UFO Whistleblower, Meet a Conspiracy-Loving Congress

Gillibrand is sponsoring an amendment she hopes to attach to this year’s must-pass National Defense Authorization Act to mandate that…

The US Is Openly Stockpiling Dirt on All Its Citizens
12
Jun
2023

The US Is Openly Stockpiling Dirt on All Its Citizens

The United States government has been secretly amassing a “large amount” of “sensitive and intimate information” on its own citizens,…

A Massive Vaccine Database Leak Exposes IDs of Millions of Indians
| WIRED
12
Jun
2023

A Massive Vaccine Database Leak Exposes IDs of Millions of Indians | WIRED

On the evening of June 11, a journalist from the Kerala-based news portal The Fourth reported that a Telegram bot in…

An Anti-Porn App Put Him in Jail and His Family Under Surveillance
12
Jun
2023

An Anti-Porn App Put Him in Jail and His Family Under Surveillance

Molly Greene, The Appeal’s strategy and legal director, calls the censorship alarming. “It’s incredibly concerning to hear readers say they…

Talitrix Prison-Monitoring System Tracks Inmates Down to Their Heart Rate
11
Jun
2023

Talitrix Prison-Monitoring System Tracks Inmates Down to Their Heart Rate

The conditions inside the Fulton County Jail system are dire. Inmates at one of the jails in Atlanta, Georgia, are…

9 Years After the Mt. Gox Hack, Feds Indict Alleged Culprits
10
Jun
2023

9 Years After the Mt. Gox Hack, Feds Indict Alleged Culprits

Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference this week included an array of announcements about operating system releases and, of course, the company’s…

The Bizarre Reality of Getting Online in North Korea
08
Jun
2023

The Bizarre Reality of Getting Online in North Korea

Over the past decade, there has been an increased number of digital devices in North Korea. Around 50 to 80 percent…

The Bold Plan to Create Cyber 311 Hotlines
07
Jun
2023

The Bold Plan to Create Cyber 311 Hotlines

The idea for the UT-Austin project emerged from discussions in CISA’s Cybersecurity Advisory Committee, a group of experts from the…

Apple Expands Its On-Device Nudity Detection to Combat CSAM
05
Jun
2023

Apple Expands Its On-Device Nudity Detection to Combat CSAM

In December, Apple announced that it was killing a controversial iCloud photo-scanning tool the company had devised to combat child…