Teen Behind Hundreds of Swatting Attacks Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges
In perhaps the largest swatting case to ever be prosecuted, an 18-year-old from Lancaster, California, has pleaded guilty to federal charges stemming from a nationwide…
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These Guys Hacked AirPods to Give Their Grandmas Hearing Aids
The group, which has a mixture of hardware and software skills and first detailed their hack as part of a technology collective called Lagrange Point,…
ICE Started Ramping Up Its Surveillance Arsenal Immediately After Donald Trump Won
Compared to its recent November notice, ICE was more detailed about its 2025 plans in a different notice released last year. This earlier notice shows…
The WIRED Guide to Protecting Yourself From Government Surveillance
“If you’re trying to not be tracked, not having a phone is often the easiest,” Sandvik says. “Leave it at home.” For most people most…
The Real Problem With Banning Masks at Protests
“There are lots of different tools that are available to law enforcement. Facial recognition is one of those tools that it’s about expediency,” said Dr.…
The AI Machine Gun of the Future Is Already Here
Amid a rising tide of low-cost weaponized adversary drones menacing American troops abroad, the US military is pulling out all the stops to protect its…
Auto-Rebooting iPhones Are Causing Chaos for Cops
Maybe you already heard, but Donald Trump will be president of the United States again. The far-right is celebrating by calling for mass executions. The…
764 Terror Network Member Richard Densmore Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison
In the government’s sentencing memorandum, federal prosecutors asked that Densmore receive the maximum 30-year penalty for his role in creating and leading “online chat rooms…
Russia Is Going All Out on Election Day Interference
As the 2024 US presidential election comes to a close, and with Donald Trump on the ballot once again, Russian actors are spreading disinformation with…
Man Arrested for Snowflake Hacking Spree Faces US Extradition
For much of this summer, a mysterious group of hackers carried out a landmark spree of major data breaches, all targeting customers of the cloud…
Inside the Massive Crime Industry That’s Hacking Billion-Dollar Companies
On October 20, a hacker who calls themselves Dark X said they logged in to a server and stole the personal data of 350 million…
Florida Man Accused of Hacking Disney World Menus, Changing Font to Wingdings
With just days to go until the 2024 presidential election in the United States, WIRED reported on documents that revealed US government assessments about multiple…