The United Nations' top internet governance body will allegedly host its next two annual meetings in countries known for repressive internet policies and human rights abuses.
Xβs Trust and Safety team says itβs working to remove false information related to the Israel-Hamas war. Meanwhile, Elon Musk is sharing conspiracies and chatting with QAnon promoters.
Since the conflict escalated, hackers have targeted dozens of government websites and media outlets with defacements and DDoS attacks, and attempted to overload targets with junk traffic to bring them down.
People who have turned to X for breaking news about the Israel-Hamas conflict are being hit with old videos, fake photos, and video game footage at a level researchers have never seen.
The same chaotic day FTX declared bankruptcy, someone began stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from its coffers. A WIRED investigation reveals the companyβs βvery crazy nightβ trying to stop them.
Hundreds dead, thousands woundedβHamasβ surprise attack on Israel shows the limits of even the most advanced and invasive surveillance dragnets as full-scale war erupts.
A βfriendlierβ front for racist extremism has spread rapidly across the US in recent months, as active club channels network on Telegram's encrypted messaging app.
Location-enabled tech designed to make our lives easier is often exploited by domestic abusers. Refuge, a UK nonprofit, helps women to leave abusive relationships, secure their devices, and stay safe.
A civil liberties group has asked the DOJ to investigate deployment of the ShotSpotter gunfire-detection system, which research shows is often installed in predominantly Black neighborhoods.
SoundThinking is purchasing parts of Geolitica, the company that created PredPol. Experts say the acquisition marks a new era of companies dictating how police operate.
Egged on by a far-reaching conservative media ecosystem, right-wing hardliners are forcing Washington to bend to their reality as the federal government careens toward a possible shutdown.
Plus: MGM hackers hit more than just casinos, Microsoft researchers accidentally leak terabytes of data, and China goes on the PR offensive over cyberespionage.
Senators are meeting with Silicon Valley's elite to learn how to deal with AI. But can Congress tackle the rapidly emerging tech before working on itself?
Civil rights groups say efforts to get US intelligence agencies to adopt privacy reforms have largely failed. Without those changes, renewal of a post-911 surveillance policy may be doomed.
Authorities have sanctioned 11 alleged members of the cybercriminal groups, while the US Justice Department unsealed three federal indictments against nine people accused of being members.
Posts praising the Wagner Group boss following his death in a mysterious plane crash last month indicate he was still in control of his "troll farm," researchers claim.
Child safety group Heat Initiative plans to launch a campaign pressing Apple on child sexual abuse material scanning and user reporting. The company issued a rare, detailed response on Thursday.
The sabotage of more than 20 trains in Poland by apparent supporters of Russia was carried out with a simple βradio-stopβ command anyone could broadcast with $30 in equipment.
The US Secret Serviceβs relationship with the Oath Keepers gets revealed, Tornado Cash cofounders get indicted, and a UK court says a teen is behind a Lapsus$ hacking spree.
Social normsβnot lawsβare the underlying fabric of democracy. The Georgia indictment against Donald Trump is the last tool remaining to repair that which heβs torn apart.
Russia tightly controls its information spaceβmaking it hard to get accurate information out of the country. But open source data provides some clues about the crash.
The social media giant filed a lawsuit against a nonprofit that researches hate speech online. Itβs the latest effort to cut off the data needed to expose online platformsβ failings.
Soon after Russian troops invaded Ukraine in February 2022, sensors in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone reported radiation spikes. A researcher now believes heβs found evidence the data was manipulated.
The US Congress is trying to tame the rapid rise of artificial intelligence. But senatorsβ failure to tackle privacy reform is making the task a nightmare.
Generative AI won't just flood the internet with more liesβit may also create convincing disinformation that's targeted at groups or even individuals.
Plus: Microsoft expands access to premium security features, AI child sexual abuse material is on the rise, and Netflixβs password crackdown has its intended effect.
A landmark $13 million settlement with the City of New York is the latest in a string of legal wins for protesters who were helped by a video-analysis tool that smashes the βbad appleβ myth.
A bill to prevent cops and spies from buying Americansβ data instead of getting a warrant has a fighting chance in the US Congress as lawmakers team up against surveillance overreach.
The FBI has collected sensitive data on millions of Americans without warrants, drawing intense scrutiny from Congress and turning the agency into a punching bag across the political divide.
The National Defense Authorization Act may include new language forbidding government entities from buying Americans' search histories, location data, and more.
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.
The AI era promises a flood of disinformation, deepfakes, and hallucinated βfacts.β Psychologists are only beginning to grapple with the implications.
Plus: The arrest of an alleged Lockbit ransomware hacker, the wild tale of a problematic FBI informant, and one of North Koreaβs biggest crypto heists.
The US government warns encryption chipmaker Hualan has suspicious ties to Chinaβs military. Yet US agencies still use one of its subsidiaryβs chips, raising fears of a backdoor.
Fresh claims from a former US intelligence officer about an βintactβ alien craft may get traction on Capitol Hill, where some lawmakers want to believe.
A newly declassified report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence reveals that the federal government is buying troves of data about Americans.