Category: Wired

SSA Whistleblower’s Resignation Email Mysteriously Disappeared From Inboxes
30
Aug
2025

SSA Whistleblower’s Resignation Email Mysteriously Disappeared From Inboxes

On Friday, the Social Security Administration’s chief data officer, Chuck Borges, sent an email to agency staff claiming that he…

This Is the Group That's Been Swatting US Universities
27
Aug
2025

This Is the Group That’s Been Swatting US Universities

A self-proclaimed leader of an online group linked to the violent extremist network The Com tells WIRED he is responsible…

The Era of AI-Generated Ransomware Has Arrived
27
Aug
2025

The Era of AI-Generated Ransomware Has Arrived

While such activity so far does not appear to be the norm across the ransomware ecosystem, the findings represent a…

The Mysterious Shortwave Radio Station Stoking US-Russia Nuclear Fears
25
Aug
2025

The Mysterious Shortwave Radio Station Stoking US-Russia Nuclear Fears

Since early this year, RIA-Novosti has published roughly one story per week on UVB-76, suggesting its coded messages are related…

US Government Seeks Medical Records of Trans Youth
23
Aug
2025

US Government Seeks Medical Records of Trans Youth

“I’m looking over my shoulder driving home,” a doctor whose hospital was targeted by a subpoena told the Post. Homeland…

Phone Searches at the US Border Hit a Record High
20
Aug
2025

Phone Searches at the US Border Hit a Record High

United States Custom and Border Protection officials have sweeping powers to search anyone’s phone when they are entering the country—including…

Senate Probe Uncovers Allegations of Widespread Abuse in ICE Custody
19
Aug
2025

Senate Probe Uncovers Allegations of Widespread Abuse in ICE Custody

A United States Senate investigation has identified more than 500 credible reports of human rights abuses in US immigration detention…

Highly Sensitive Medical Cannabis Patient Data Exposed by Unsecured Database
19
Aug
2025

Highly Sensitive Medical Cannabis Patient Data Exposed by Unsecured Database

As legal cannabis has expanded around the United States for both recreational and medical use, companies have amassed troves of…

493 Cases of Sextortion Against Children Linked to Notorious Scam Compounds
19
Aug
2025

493 Cases of Sextortion Against Children Linked to Notorious Scam Compounds

“There are limitations to what we can see with this data, but what we have so far is accurate,” says…

Russia Is Cracking Down on End-to-End Encrypted Calls
16
Aug
2025

Russia Is Cracking Down on End-to-End Encrypted Calls

WIRED copublished an investigation this week with The Markup and CalMatters showing that dozens of data brokers have been hiding…

The First Federal Cybersecurity Disaster of Trump 2.0 Has Arrived
14
Aug
2025

The First Federal Cybersecurity Disaster of Trump 2.0 Has Arrived

The second Trump administration has its first federal cybersecurity debacle to deal with. A breach of the United States federal…

Data Brokers Face New Pressure for Hiding Opt-Out Pages From Google
13
Aug
2025

Data Brokers Face New Pressure for Hiding Opt-Out Pages From Google

United States senator Maggie Hassan is pressing major data brokers after an investigation by The Markup/CalMatters and copublished by WIRED…