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A Link to News Site Meduza Can (Technically) Land You in Russian Prison

By Andy Greenberg, Andrew Couts — January 28th 2023 at 14:00
Plus: Hive ransomware gang gets knocked offline, FBI confirms North Korea stole $100 million, and more.
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The Biggest US Surveillance Program You Didn’t Know About

By Dhruv Mehrotra, Andrew Couts — January 21st 2023 at 14:00
Plus: A leaked US “no fly” list, the SCOTUS leaker slips investigators, and PayPal gets stuffed.
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Russian Ransomware Gang Attack Destabilizes UK Royal Mail

By Lily Hay Newman — January 14th 2023 at 14:00
Plus: Joe Biden’s classified-documents scandal, the end of security support for Windows 7, and more.
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Slack Discloses Breach of Its Github Code Repository

By Matt Burgess — January 7th 2023 at 14:00
Plus: Russian spies uncovered in Europe, face recognition leads to another wrongful arrest, a new porn ID law, and more.
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Russians Hacked JFK Airport Taxi Dispatch in Line-Skipping Scheme

By WIRED Staff — December 24th 2022 at 14:00
Plus: An offensive US hacking operation, swatters hacking Ring cameras, a Netflix password-sharing crackdown, and more.
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An Alleged Russian Smuggling Ring Was Uncovered in New Hampshire

By Lily Hay Newman — December 17th 2022 at 14:00
Plus: An FBI platform got hacked, an ex-Twitter employee is sentenced for espionage, malicious Windows 10 installers circulate in Ukraine, and more.
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Attackers Keep Targeting the US Electric Grid

By Andy Greenberg — December 10th 2022 at 14:00
Plus: Chinese hackers stealing US Covid relief funds, a cyberattack on the Met Opera website, and more.
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China’s Police State Targets Zero-Covid Protesters

By Dhruv Mehrotra — December 3rd 2022 at 14:00
Plus: ICE accidentally doxes asylum seekers, Google fails to uphold a post-Roe promise, and LastPass suffers the second breach this year.
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Apple Tracks You More Than You Think

By Matt Burgess — November 26th 2022 at 14:00
Plus: WikiLeaks’ website is falling apart, tax websites are sending your data to Facebook, and cops take down a big phone-number-spoofing operation.
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A Destabilizing Hack-and-Leak Operation Hits Moldova

By Lily Hay Newman — November 19th 2022 at 14:00
Plus: Google’s location snooping ends in a $391 million settlement, Russian code sneaks into US government apps, and the World Cup apps set off alarms.
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Elon Musk Introduces Twitter Mayhem Mode

By Dhruv Mehrotra — November 12th 2022 at 14:00
Plus: US midterms survive disinformation efforts, the government names the alleged Lockbit ransomware attacker, and the Powerball drawing hits a security snag.
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TikTok Admits Staff in China Can Access Europeans’ Data

By Lily Hay Newman, Andrew Couts — November 5th 2022 at 13:00
Plus: Liz Truss’ phone-hacking trouble, Cash App’s sex-trafficking problem, and the rising cost of ransomware.
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China Operates Secret ‘Police Stations’ in Other Countries

By Matt Burgess — October 29th 2022 at 13:00
Plus: The New York Post gets hacked, a huge stalkerware network is exposed, and the US claims China interfered with its Huawei probe.
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TikTok’s Security Threat Comes Into Focus

By Lily Hay Newman — October 22nd 2022 at 13:00
Plus: A Microsoft cloud leak exposed potential customers, new IoT security labels come to the US, and details emerge about Trump’s document stash.
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX Bails on Starlink Funding for Ukraine

By Andrew Couts — October 15th 2022 at 13:00
Plus: Hackers hit the Mormon Church, Signal plans to ditch SMS for Android, and a Fat Bear election erupts in scandal.
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Binance Hackers Minted $569M in Crypto—Then It Got Complicated

By Lily Hay Newman, Andy Greenberg — October 8th 2022 at 13:00
Plus: The US warns of a mysterious military contractor breach, a "poisoned" version of the Tor Browser is tracking Chinese users, and more.
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Microsoft Exchange Server Has a Zero-Day Problem

By Lily Hay Newman, Dhruv Mehrotra — October 1st 2022 at 13:00
Plus: CIA failures allegedly got US informants killed, a former NSA worker is charged under the Espionage Act, and more.
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Child Predators Mine Twitch to Prey on Kids

By Lily Hay Newman, Matt Burgess — September 24th 2022 at 13:00
Plus: A leaked trove illuminates Russia’s internet regulator, a report finds Facebook and Instagram violated Palestinian rights, and more.
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US Border Agents May Have a Copy of Your Text Messages

By Andrew Couts — September 17th 2022 at 13:00
Plus: An AI artist exposes surveillance of Instagram users, the US charges Iranians over a ransomware campaign, and more.
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Hackers Target Los Angeles School District With Ransomware

By Matt Burgess — September 10th 2022 at 13:00
Plus: Albania cuts ties with Iran, claims of a TikTok data breach that didn’t happen, and much more.
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Police Across US Bypass Warrants With Mass Location-Tracking Tool

By Lily Hay Newman — September 3rd 2022 at 13:00
Plus: An unsecured database exposed face recognition data in China, ‘Cuba’ ransomware knocks out Montenegro, and more.
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A US Propaganda Operation Hit Russia and China With Memes

By Matt Burgess — August 27th 2022 at 13:00
Plus: An Iranian hacking tool steals inboxes, LastPass gets hacked, and a deepfake scammer targets the crypto world.
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Janet Jackson’s ‘Rhythm Nation’ Can Crash Old Hard Drives

By Lily Hay Newman — August 20th 2022 at 13:00
Plus: The Twilio hack snags a reporter, a new tool to check for spyware, and the Canadian weed pipeline gets hit by a cyberattack.
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The Feds Gear Up for a Privacy Crackdown

By Matt Burgess, Andrew Couts — August 13th 2022 at 13:00
Plus: Cisco gets hit by ransomware, Twilio gets phished, a new way to fight email spammers, and much more.
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The US Emergency Alert System Has Dangerous Flaws

By Andrew Couts — August 6th 2022 at 13:00
Plus: A crypto-heist extravaganza, a peek at an NSO spyware dashboard, and more.
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You Pay More When Companies Get Hacked

By Matt Burgess — July 30th 2022 at 13:00
Plus: Google delays the end of cookies (again), EU officials were targeted with Pegasus spyware, and more of the top security news.
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The January 6 Secret Service Text Scandal Turns Criminal

By Lily Hay Newman — July 23rd 2022 at 13:00
Plus: The FCC cracks down on car warranty robocalls, Thai activists get targeted by NSO's Pegasus, and the Russia-Ukraine cyberwar continues.
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Amazon Handed Ring Videos to Cops Without Warrants

By Matt Burgess — July 16th 2022 at 13:00
Plus: A wild Indian cricket scam, an elite CIA hacker is found guilty of passing secrets to WikiLeaks, and more of the week's top security news.
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Chinese Police Exposed 1B People's Data in Unprecedented Leak

By Lily Hay Newman — July 9th 2022 at 13:00
Plus: A duplicitous bug bounty scheme, the iPhone's new “lockdown mode,” and more of the week's top security news.
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