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The $2.3 Billion Tornado Cash Case Is a Pivotal Moment for Crypto Privacy

By Andy Greenberg
Tuesday’s verdict in the trial of Alexey Pertsev, a creator of crypto-privacy service Tornado Cash, is the first in a string of cases that could make it much harder to skirt financial surveillance.

The Dangerous Rise of GPS Attacks

By Matt Burgess
Thousands of planes and ships are facing GPS jamming and spoofing. Experts warn these attacks could potentially impact critical infrastructure, communication networks, and more.

2054, Part VI: Standoff at Arlington

By Elliot Ackerman, Admiral James Stavridis
β€œThis eruption of violence had been brewing for years, through successive economic collapses, pandemics, and the utter dysfunction that had become American life.” An exclusive excerpt from 2054: A Novel.

2054, Part V: From Tokyo With Love

By Elliot Ackerman, Admiral James Stavridis
β€œHad this all been contrived? Had his life become a game in which everyone knew the rules but him?” An exclusive excerpt from 2054: A Novel.

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.

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.

Facebook Marketplace Is Being Ruined by Zelle Scammers

By Amanda Hoover
I tried to sell a futon on Facebook Marketplace and nearly all I got were scammers.

The Bin Laden Letter Is Being Weaponized by the Far Right

By David Gilbert
Far-right influencers and right-wing lawmakers are using the spread of Osama bin Laden’s β€œLetter to America” to call for a TikTok ban and boost decades old conspiracies.

A Spy Agency Leaked People's Data Onlineβ€”Then the Data Was Stolen

By Matt Burgess
The National Telecommunication Monitoring Center in Bangladesh exposed a database to the open web. The types of data leaked online are extensive.

The QAnon Shaman Isn’t Even the Most Extreme Candidate in His Race for Congress

By David Gilbert
Jacob Chansley, the January 6 rioter known as the QAnon Shaman, will run for Congress in Arizona. The most remarkable thing about his campaign so far is how unremarkable it is in a state that’s embraced election conspiracies.

This Is the Ops Manual for the Most Tech-Savvy Animal Liberation Group in the US

By Andy Greenberg
For the first time, guerrilla animal rights group Direct Action Everywhere reveals a guide to its investigative tactics and toolkit, from spy cams to night vision and drones.

Citing Hamas, the US Wants to Treat Crypto "Mixers" as Suspected Money Launderers

By Andy Greenberg
With a new emphasis on the Hamas attacks on Israel, the US Treasury has proposed designating foreign cryptocurrency β€œmixer” services as money launderers and national security threats.

Rumors of a β€˜Global Day of Jihad’ Have Unleashed a Dangerous Wave of Disinformation

By David Gilbert
The rapid spread of violent videos and photos, combined with a toxic stew of mis- and disinformation, now threatens to spill over into real-world violence.

White Supremacist Active Clubs Are Breeding on Telegram

By David Gilbert
A β€œfriendlier” front for racist extremism has spread rapidly across the US in recent months, as active club channels network on Telegram's encrypted messaging app.

Your Cheap Android TV Streaming Box May Have a Dangerous Backdoor

By Matt Burgess
New research has found that some streaming devices and dozens of Android and iOS apps are secretly being used for fraud and other cybercrime.

The Twisted Eye in the Sky Over Buenos Aires

By Karen Naundorf
A scandal unfolding in Argentina shows the dangers of implementing facial recognitionβ€”even with laws and limits in place.

Unmasking Trickbot, One of the World’s Top Cybercrime Gangs

By Matt Burgess, Lily Hay Newman
A WIRED investigation into a cache of documents posted by an unknown figure lays bare the Trickbot ransomware gang’s secrets, including the identity of a central member.

Pornhub Accused of Illegal Data Collection

By Matt Burgess
Complaints filed in the European Union claim the porn site fails to follow basic data-collection policies under GDPR.

American College of Pediatricians Leak Exposes 10,000 Confidential Files

By Dell Cameron, Dhruv Mehrotra
A Google Drive left public on the American College of Pediatricians’ website exposed detailed financial records, sensitive member details, and more.

The East Palestine, Ohio Train Derailment Created a Perfect TikTok Storm

By Amanda Hoover
The social media platform helped push the story into the mainstream while also fueling misinformation and conspiracy theories.

Most Criminal Cryptocurrency Funnels Through Just 5 Exchanges

By Andy Greenberg
The crypto money-laundering market is tighter than at any time in the past decade, and the few big players are moving a β€œshocking” amount of currency.

Celsius Exchange Data Dump Is a Gift to Crypto Sleuthsβ€”and Thieves

By Andy Greenberg
By releasing half a million users’ transactions in a bankruptcy court filing, the company has opened a vast breach in its users’ financial privacy.

Bitcoin Fog Case Could Put Cryptocurrency Tracing on Trial

By Lily Hay Newman, Andy Greenberg
Roman Sterlingov, accused of laundering $336 million, is proclaiming his innocenceβ€”and challenging a key investigative tool.

Google Warns of New Spyware Targeting iOS and Android Users

By Lily Hay Newman
The spyware has been used to target people in Italy, Kazakhstan, and Syria, researchers at Google and Lookout have found.
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