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…
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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…
Zero-Click Flaw Exposes Potentially Millions of Popular Storage Devices to Attack
The researchers also said the photo application, which helps users organize photos, provided easy access whether customers connect their NAS device directly to the internet…
Inside Sophos’ 5-Year War With the Chinese Hackers Hijacking Its Devices
For years, it’s been an inconvenient truth within the cybersecurity industry that the network security devices sold to protect customers from spies and cybercriminals are,…
The Untold Story of Trump’s Failed Attempt to Overthrow Venezuela’s President
On September 26, 2018, Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro approached the lectern at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. Hulking and mustachioed, wearing…