Category: Wired

Roku Breach Hits 567,000 Users
13
Apr
2024

Roku Breach Hits 567,000 Users

After months of delays, the US House of Representatives voted on Friday to extend a controversial warrantless wiretap program for…

House Votes to Extend—and Expand—a Major US Spy Program
12
Apr
2024

House Votes to Extend—and Expand—a Major US Spy Program

A controversial US wiretap program that was days from expiration cleared a major hurdle on its way to being reauthorized….

Change Healthcare Faces Another Ransomware Threat—and It Looks Credible
12
Apr
2024

Change Healthcare Faces Another Ransomware Threat—and It Looks Credible

For months, Change Healthcare has faced an immensely messy, months-long ransomware debacle that has left hundreds of pharmacies and medical…

DuckDuckGo Is Taking Its Privacy Fight to Data Brokers
11
Apr
2024

DuckDuckGo Is Taking Its Privacy Fight to Data Brokers

Under the hood, things are more complex. Greg Fiorentino, a product director at DuckDuckGo, says when you enter your personal…

Trump Loyalists Kill Vote on US Wiretap Program
10
Apr
2024

Trump Loyalists Kill Vote on US Wiretap Program

For the third time since December, House Speaker Mike Johnson has failed to wrangle support for reauthorizing a critical US…

How to Stop Your Data From Being Used to Train AI
10
Apr
2024

How to Stop Your Data From Being Used to Train AI

On its help pages, OpenAI says ChatGPT web users without accounts should navigate to Settings and then uncheck Improve the…

Section 702: The Future of the Biggest US Spy Program Hangs in the Balance
09
Apr
2024

Section 702: The Future of the Biggest US Spy Program Hangs in the Balance

The United States government, like its rivals in Moscow and Beijing, has poured untold millions of dollars into quietly turning…

AI Scam Calls: How to Protect Yourself, How to Detect
08
Apr
2024

AI Scam Calls: How to Protect Yourself, How to Detect

You answer a random call from a family member, and they breathlessly explain how there’s been a horrible car accident….

A Breakthrough Online Privacy Proposal Hits Congress
08
Apr
2024

A Breakthrough Online Privacy Proposal Hits Congress

Congress may be closer than ever to passing a comprehensive data privacy framework after key House and Senate committee leaders…

Best Privacy Browsers (2024): Brave, Safari, Ghostery, Firefox, DuckDuckGo
06
Apr
2024

Best Privacy Browsers (2024): Brave, Safari, Ghostery, Firefox, DuckDuckGo

The browser is part of a bigger project to keep internet browsing anonymous: Use Tor and you use the Tor…

Identity Thief Lived as a Different Man for 33 Years
06
Apr
2024

Identity Thief Lived as a Different Man for 33 Years

It’s been a week since the world avoided a potentially catastrophic cyberattack. On March 29, Microsoft developer Andres Freund disclosed…

A Vigilante Hacker Took Down North Korea’s Internet. Now He’s Taking Off His Mask
04
Apr
2024

A Vigilante Hacker Took Down North Korea’s Internet. Now He’s Taking Off His Mask

“That’s not nice, and it’s not a good norm,” says Schneider. She says that much of the US government’s slow…