Category: Wired

Porn ID Laws: Your State or Country May Soon Require Age Verification
30
Mar
2023

Porn ID Laws: Your State or Country May Soon Require Age Verification

For the past three months, anyone who lives in Louisiana and opens up Pornhub has been met with a new…

The US Is Sending Money to Countries Devastated by Cyberattacks
30
Mar
2023

The US Is Sending Money to Countries Devastated by Cyberattacks

Last spring, the Costa Rican government suffered a series of ransomware attacks that hobbled critical systems around the country. As…

How Good Smile, a Major Toy Company, Kept 4chan Online
29
Mar
2023

How Good Smile, a Major Toy Company, Kept 4chan Online

Kawakami “was afraid that Nishimura could be arrested by the police,” says Sei, author of the upcoming book The World of…

Microsoft's ‘Security Copilot’ Sics ChatGPT on Security Breaches
28
Mar
2023

Microsoft’s ‘Security Copilot’ Sics ChatGPT on Security Breaches

Jakkal says that while machine learning security tools have been effective in specific domains, like monitoring email or activity on…

North Korea Is Now Mining Crypto to Launder Its Stolen Loot
28
Mar
2023

North Korea Is Now Mining Crypto to Launder Its Stolen Loot

In the cryptocurrency ecosystem, coins have a story, tracked in the unchangeable blockchains underpinning their economy. The only exception, in…

They Posted Porn on Twitter. German Authorities Called the Cops
27
Mar
2023

They Posted Porn on Twitter. German Authorities Called the Cops

Paulita Paupel, who runs the European branch of the adult industry trade body the Free Speech Coalition, says the crackdowns…

The Uniquely American Future of US Authoritarianism
26
Mar
2023

The Uniquely American Future of US Authoritarianism

Assuming democracy remains intact in the years to come, Levitsky thinks the GOP will have to eventually moderate its stance…

Crypto Was Afraid to Show Its Face at SXSW 2023
26
Mar
2023

Crypto Was Afraid to Show Its Face at SXSW 2023

For every one of these companies, however, I saw just as many (if not more) that employed crypto while trying…

India Shut Down Mobile Internet in Punjab Amid Manhunt for Amritpal Singh
25
Mar
2023

India Shut Down Mobile Internet in Punjab Amid Manhunt for Amritpal Singh

A US House of Representatives hearing this week about the social media app TikTok did little to clarify lawmaker’s specific…

The TikTok Hearing Revealed That Congress Is the Problem
24
Mar
2023

The TikTok Hearing Revealed That Congress Is the Problem

In one sense, today’s US congressional hearing on TikTok was a big success: It revealed, over five hours, how desperately…

TikTok Paid for Influencers to Attend the Pro-TikTok Rally in DC
23
Mar
2023

TikTok Paid for Influencers to Attend the Pro-TikTok Rally in DC

Ahead of TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew’s much-anticipated testimony in the United States House of Representatives today, the embattled tech…

Bug in Google Markup, Windows Photo-Cropping Tools Exposes Removed Image Data
22
Mar
2023

Bug in Google Markup, Windows Photo-Cropping Tools Exposes Removed Image Data

At the beginning of March, Google released an update for its flagship Pixel smartphones to patch a vulnerability in the…