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2054, Part IV: A Nation Divided

By Elliot Ackerman, Admiral James Stavridis
β€œThe people are in the streets. We can’t ignore them any longer. Really, we have little choice. Either we heal together, or we tear ourselves apart.” An exclusive excerpt from 2054: A Novel.

Ransomware Payments Hit a Record $1.1 Billion in 2023

By Andy Greenberg
After a slowdown in payments to ransomware gangs in 2022, last year saw total ransom payouts jump to their highest level yet, according to a new report from crypto-tracing firm Chainalysis.

2054, Part III: The Singularity

By Elliot Ackerman, Admiral James Stavridis
β€œYou’d have an incomprehensible level of computational, predictive, analytic, and psychic skill. You’d have the mind of God.” An exclusive excerpt from 2054: A Novel.

WhatsApp Chats Will Soon Work With Other Encrypted Messaging Apps

By Matt Burgess
New EU rules mean WhatsApp and Messenger must be interoperable with other chat apps. Here’s how that will work.

2054, Part II: Next Big Thing

By Elliot Ackerman, Admiral James Stavridis
β€œIf molecules really were the new microchips, the promise of remote gene editing was that the body could be manipulated to upgrade itself.” An exclusive excerpt from 2054: A Novel.

2054, Part I: Death of a President

By Elliot Ackerman, Admiral James Stavridis
β€œThey had, quite swiftly, begun an algorithmic scrub of any narrative of the president suffering a health emergency, burying those stories.” An exclusive excerpt from 2054: A Novel.

China’s Hackers Keep Targeting US Water and Electricity Supplies

By Matt Burgess, Dhruv Mehrotra
Plus: Russia was likely behind widespread GPS outages, Vault 7 leaker was sentenced, police claim to trace Monero cryptocurrency, and more.

The Mystery of the $400 Million FTX Heist May Have Been Solved

By Andy Greenberg
An indictment against three Americans suggests that at least some of the culprits behind the theft of an FTX crypto fortune may be in custody.

A Startup Allegedly β€˜Hacked the World.’ Then Came the Censorshipβ€”and Now the Backlash

By Andy Greenberg
A loose coalition of anti-censorship voices is working to highlight reports of one Indian company’s hacker-for-hire pastβ€”and the legal threats aimed at making them disappear.

YouTube, Discord, and β€˜Lord of the Rings’ Led Police to a Teen Accused of a US Swatting Spree

By Dhruv Mehrotra, Andrew Couts
For nearly two years, police have been tracking down the culprit behind a wave of hoax threats. A digital trail took them to the door of a 17-year-old in California.

Apple and Google Just Patched Their First Zero-Day Flaws of the Year

By Kate O'Flaherty
Plus: Google fixes dozens of Android bugs, Microsoft rolls out nearly 50 patches, Mozilla squashes 15 Firefox flaws, and more.

Robots Are Fighting Robots in Russia's War in Ukraine

By Matt Burgess
Aerial drones have changed the war in Ukraine. Now, both Russia’s and Ukraine’s militaries are deploying more unmanned ground robotsβ€”and the two are colliding.

US Lawmakers Tell DOJ to Quit Blindly Funding β€˜Predictive’ Police Tools

By Dell Cameron
Members of Congress say the DOJ is funding the use of AI tools that further discriminatory policing practices. They're demanding higher standards for federal grants.
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