Fifty years ago, a fire ripped through the National Personnel Records Center. It set off a massive project to save crucial pieces of American historyβincluding, I hoped, my grandfatherβs.
In response to an EU proposal to scan private messages for illegal material, the country's officials said it is βimperative that we have access to the data.β
The attackers were in thousands of corporate and government networks. They might still be there now. Behind the scenes of the SolarWinds investigation.
With AlphaBay shuttered, Operation Bayonet enters its final phase: driving the siteβs refugees into a giant trap. But one refugee hatched his own plan.
The team uses a secret technique to locate AlphaBayβs server. But just as the operation heats up, the agents have an unexpected run-in with their target.
AlphaBay was the largest online drug bazaar in history, run by a technological mastermind who seemed untouchableβuntil his tech was turned against him.
In the last two weeks of the war, an ad hoc team armed with group chats, QR codes, and satellite maps launched a mad dash to save imperiled Afghan allies.
The Freedom of Information Act helps Americans learn what the government is up to. The Poseys exploited itβand became unlikely defenders of transparency.