How to Opt Out of Comcast’s Xfinity Storing Your Sensitive Data
Your internet service provider could have a good idea of who you’re planning to vote for in the 2024 election as well as the gender…
Category: Wired
‘Stablecoins’ Enabled $40 Billion in Crypto Crime Since 2022
Stablecoins, cryptocurrencies pegged to a stable value like the US dollar, were created with the promise of bringing the frictionless, border-crossing fluidity of Bitcoin to…
How a 27-Year-Old Codebreaker Busted the Myth of Bitcoin’s Anonymity
When Meiklejohn started college at Brown in 2004, she discovered cryptography. This branch of computer science appealed directly to her puzzle addiction—what was an encryption…
A Flaw in Millions of Apple, AMD, and Qualcomm GPUs Could Expose AI Data
As more companies ramp up development of artificial intelligence systems, they are increasingly turning to graphics processing unit (GPU) chips for the computing power they…
The Sad Truth of the FTC’s Location Data Privacy Settlement
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reached a settlement last week with an American data broker known to sell location data gathered from hundreds of…
A Bloody Pig Mask Is Just Part of a Wild New Criminal Charge Against eBay
“EBay’s actions against us had a damaging and permanent impact on us—emotionally, psychologically, physically, reputationally, and financially—and we strongly pushed federal prosecutors for further indictments…
How to Stop Your X Account From Getting Hacked Like the SEC’s
This week, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) suffered an embarrassing—and market-moving—breach in which a hacker gained access to its X social media…
Child Abusers Are Getting Better at Using Crypto to Cover Their Tracks
For those who trade in child sexual exploitation images and videos in the darkest recesses of the internet, cryptocurrency has been both a powerful tool…
US School Shooter Emergency Plans Exposed in a Highly Sensitive Database Leak
Every year, hundreds of millions of files, personal records, and documents are accidentally exposed online. Owners of dating apps, colossal marketing databases, and even a…
Lawmakers Are Out for Blood After a Hack of the SEC’s X Account Causes Bitcoin Chaos
In their letter, Vance and Tillis set a deadline of January 23 for the SEC to elucidate its plans to investigate what happened, among other…
The SEC’s Official X Account Was ‘Compromised’ and Used to Post Fake Bitcoin News
The official X account of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was “compromised” this afternoon, resulting in the publication of an “unauthorized” post,…
23andMe Blames Users for Recent Data Breach as It’s Hit With Dozens of Lawsuits
It’s been nearly two years since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and as the grim milestone looms and winter drags on, the two nations are locked…