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 two years. Known as Section…
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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. After months of delays, false…
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 practices across the United States…
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 data into the system, it’s…
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 surveillance program, raising questions about…
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 model for everyone. If you…
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 the phones and internet browsers…
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. They need you to send…
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 released a new proposal on…
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 Project network, a complex, encrypted…
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 his discovery of a backdoor…
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 approach to cyberattacks stems from…