A Spy Agency Leaked People’s Data Online—Then the Data Was Stolen
The list of data is long. Names, professions, blood groups, parents’ names, phone numbers, the length of calls, vehicle registrations, passport details, fingerprint photos. But…
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Google’s New Titan Security Key Adds Another Piece to the Password-Killing Puzzle
Passwords are a woefully insecure—and frustrating—authentication technology, but after decades of digital use, they’re ubiquitous. Recently, though, the global tech industry has been working to…
The QAnon Shaman Isn’t Even the Most Extreme Candidate in His Race for Congress
“The race in general is gonna be wild,” one independent researcher who tracks the far-right in Arizona under the moniker Arizona Right Watch tells WIRED.…
Social Media Sleuths, Armed With AI, Are Identifying Dead Bodies
For all of the challenges presented by volunteer online communities, the reality is that they exist in a vacuum left by the authorities. In 2021,…
Asian Americans Raise Alarm Over ‘Chilling Effects’ of Section 702 Surveillance Program
Dozens of prominent Asian American groups are asking United States lawmakers this morning to hold fast in the face of an anticipated campaign by congressional…
CISA Has a New Road Map for Handling Weaponized AI
Last month, a 120-page United States executive order laid out the Biden administration’s plans to oversee companies that develop artificial intelligence technologies and directives for…
Fermi’s Paradox Proves There’s No Government Alien Conspiracy Around Roswell
Across the 75 years since something—something—crashed outside Roswell in early July 1947, the very name itself has taken on a life of its own: Today,…
The Mirai Confessions: Three Young Hackers Who Built a Web-Killing Monster Finally Tell Their Story
Josiah’s father would take him along to their church’s “car ministry,” where they’d repair congregants’ cars for free and refurbish donated vehicles for missionaries. Josiah…
US Privacy Groups Urge Senate Not to Ram Through NSA Spying Powers
Some of the United States’ largest civil liberties groups are urging Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer not to pursue a short-term extension of the Section…
Signal Is Finally Testing Usernames
Plus: A DDoS attack shuts down ChatGPT, Lockbit shuts down a bank, and a communications breakdown between politicians and Big Tech. Source link
The NSA Seems Pretty Stressed About the Threat of Chinese Hackers in US Critical Infrastructure
The United States National Security Agency is often tight-lipped about its work and intelligence. But at the Cyberwarcon security conference in Washington DC on Thursday,…
Senate Leaders Are Trying to Extend a Controversial NSA Surveillance Program
Leaders in the United States Senate have been discussing plans to extend Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) beyond its December 31…