Humans Aren’t Mentally Ready for an AI-Saturated ‘Post-Truth World’
Artificial intelligence is arguably the most rapidly advancing technology humans have ever developed. A year ago you wouldn’t often hear AI come up in a…
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A Newly Named Group of GRU Hackers is Wreaking Havoc in Ukraine
Finally, the Russia-based ransomware gang Clop went on a hacking spree that hit US government agencies and international companies including Shell and British Airways. Clop…
Clop Hacking Rampage Hits US Agencies and Exposes Data of Millions
United States cybersecurity officials said yesterday that a “small number” of government agencies have suffered data breaches as part of a broad hacking campaign that…
How Shady Chinese Encryption Chips Got Into the Navy, NATO, and NASA
When WIRED reached out to the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security, a spokesperson responded that the BIS is restricted by law from commenting…
UFO Whistleblower, Meet a Conspiracy-Loving Congress
Gillibrand is sponsoring an amendment she hopes to attach to this year’s must-pass National Defense Authorization Act to mandate that no money can be spent…
The US Is Openly Stockpiling Dirt on All Its Citizens
The United States government has been secretly amassing a “large amount” of “sensitive and intimate information” on its own citizens, a group of senior advisors…
A Massive Vaccine Database Leak Exposes IDs of Millions of Indians | WIRED
On the evening of June 11, a journalist from the Kerala-based news portal The Fourth reported that a Telegram bot in a channel called “hak4learn” was…
An Anti-Porn App Put Him in Jail and His Family Under Surveillance
Molly Greene, The Appeal’s strategy and legal director, calls the censorship alarming. “It’s incredibly concerning to hear readers say they can no longer access our…
Talitrix Prison-Monitoring System Tracks Inmates Down to Their Heart Rate
The conditions inside the Fulton County Jail system are dire. Inmates at one of the jails in Atlanta, Georgia, are sleeping on the floor in…
9 Years After the Mt. Gox Hack, Feds Indict Alleged Culprits
Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference this week included an array of announcements about operating system releases and, of course, the company’s anticipated mixed-reality headset, Vision Pro.…
The Bizarre Reality of Getting Online in North Korea
Over the past decade, there has been an increased number of digital devices in North Korea. Around 50 to 80 percent of adults may now have…
The Bold Plan to Create Cyber 311 Hotlines
The idea for the UT-Austin project emerged from discussions in CISA’s Cybersecurity Advisory Committee, a group of experts from the private sector, academia, civil society,…