CBP Used Online Ad Data to Track Phone Locations
Plus: Proton helped the FBI identify a protester, the Leakbase cybercrime forum was busted in an international operation, and more.
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How Journalists Are Reporting From Iran With No Internet
After strikes killed senior Iranian officials, Iran cut off internet access. Journalists are relying on satellite links, encrypted apps, and smuggled footage to report from inside the country.
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Area Man Accidentally Hacks 6,700 Camera-Enabled Robot Vacuums
Plus: The top US cyber agency falls into shambles, AI models develop an upsetting penchant for nuclear weapons, and more.
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Data Broker Breaches Fueled Nearly $21 Billion in Identity-Theft Losses
A report copublished by WIRED sparked a probe into opt-out pages hidden by data brokers. Now congressional Democrats say breaches tied to the industry have cost people tens of billions of dollars.
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Here’s What a Google Subpoena Response Looks Like, Courtesy of the Epstein Files
The US Justice Department disclosures give fresh clues about how tech companies handle government inquiries about your data.
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Password Managers Share a Hidden Weakness
Plus: The cybersecurity community grapples with Epstein files revelations, the US State Department plans an online anti-censorship “portal” for the world, and more.
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DHS Wants a Single Search Engine to Flag Faces and Fingerprints Across Agencies
Homeland Security aims to combine its face and fingerprint systems into one big biometric platform—after dismantling centralized privacy reviews and key limits on face recognition.
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Metadata Exposes Authors of ICE’s ‘Mega’ Detention Center Plans
Comments and other data left on a PDF detailing Homeland Security’s proposal to build “mega” detention and processing centers reveal the personnel involved in its creation.
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How to Organize Safely in the Age of Surveillance
From threat modeling to encrypted collaboration apps, we’ve collected experts’ tips and tools for safely and effectively building a group—even while being targeted and tracked by the powerful.
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A Vast Trove of Exposed Social Security Numbers May Put Millions at Risk of Identity Theft
A database left accessible to anyone online contained billions of records, including sensitive personal data that criminals appear to have not yet exploited.