- — Jeffrey Epstein's Island Visitors Exposed by Data Broker
- A WIRED investigation uncovered coordinates collected by a controversial data broker that reveal sensitive information about visitors to an island once owned by Epstein, the notorious sex offender.
- — ‘Malicious Activity’ Hits the University of Cambridge’s Medical School
- Multiple university departments linked to the Clinical School Computing Service have been inaccessible for a month. The university has not revealed the nature of the “malicious activity.”
- — Judges Block US Extradition of WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange—for Now
- A high court in London says the WikiLeaks founder won’t be extradited “immediately” and the US must provide more “assurances” about any extradition.
- — Julian Assange Won’t Be Extradited to the US Yet
- A high court in London says the WikiLeaks founder won’t be extradited “immediately” and the US must provide more “assurances” about any extradition.
- — Chinese Hackers Charged in Decade-Long Global Spying Rampage
- US and UK officials hit Chinese hacking group APT31 with sanctions and criminal charges after they targeted thousands of businesses, politicians, and critics of China.
- — Apple Chip Flaw Leaks Secret Encryption Keys
- Plus: The Biden administration warns of nationwide attacks on US water systems, a new Russian wiper malware emerges, and China-linked hackers wage a global attack spree.
- — The DOJ Puts Apple's iMessage Encryption in the Antitrust Crosshairs
- Privacy and security are an Apple selling point. But the DOJ’s new antitrust lawsuit argues that Apple selectively embraces privacy and security features in ways that hurt competition—and users.
- — Apple's iMessage Encryption Puts Its Security Practices in the DOJ's Crosshairs
- Privacy and security are an Apple selling point. But the DOJ's new antitrust lawsuit argues that Apple selectively embraces privacy and security features in ways that hurt competition—and users.
- — Hackers Found a Way to Open Any of 3 Million Hotel Keycard Locks in Seconds
- The company behind the Saflok-brand door locks is offering a fix, but it may take months or years to reach some hotels.
- — Some of the Most Popular Websites Share Your Data With Over 1,500 Companies
- Cookie pop-ups now show the number of “partners” that websites may share data with. Here's how many of these third-party companies may get your data from some of the most popular sites online.
- — Glassdoor Wants to Know Your Real Name
- Anonymous, candid reviews made Glassdoor a powerful place to research potential employers. A policy shift requiring users to privately verify their real names is raising privacy concerns.
- — Automakers Are Telling Your Insurance Company How You Really Drive
- Plus: The operator of a dark-web cryptocurrency “mixing” service is found guilty, and a US senator reveals that popular safes contain secret backdoors.
- — Sinking Section 702 Wiretap Program Offered One Last Lifeboat
- For months, US lawmakers have examined every side of a historic surveillance debate. With the introduction of the SAFE Act, all that’s left to do now is vote.
- — The ‘Emergency Powers’ Risk of a Second Trump Presidency
- Every US president has the ability to invoke “emergency powers” that could give an authoritarian leader the ability to censor the internet, restrict travel, and more.
- — There Are Dark Corners of the Internet. Then There's 764
- A global network of violent predators is hiding in plain sight, targeting children on major platforms, grooming them, and extorting them to commit horrific acts of abuse.
- — Porn Sites Need Age-Verification Systems in Texas, Court Rules
- The US Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit has vacated an injunction against an age-verification requirement to view internet porn in Texas.
- — US Lawmaker Cited NYC Protests in a Defense of Warrantless Spying
- A closed-door presentation for House lawmakers late last year portrayed American anti-war protesters as having possible ties to Hamas in an effort to kill privacy reforms to a major US spy program.
- — Binance’s Top Crypto Crime Investigator Is Being Detained in Nigeria
- Tigran Gambaryan, a former crypto-focused US federal agent, and a second Binance executive, Nadeem Anjarwalla, have been held in Abuja without passports for two weeks.
- — The 4 Big Questions the Pentagon’s New UFO Report Fails to Answer
- The Pentagon says it’s not hiding aliens, but it stops notably short of saying what it is hiding. Here are the key questions that remain unanswered—some answers could be weirder than UFOs.
- — Airbnb Bans All Indoor Security Cameras
- Starting at the end of April, Airbnb will no longer allow hosts to have security cameras inside their rental properties, citing a commitment to prioritizing guest privacy.
- — Google Is Getting Thousands of Deepfake Porn Complaints
- Content creators are using copyright laws to get nonconsensual deepfakes removed from the web. With the complaints covering nearly 30,000 URLs, experts say Google should do more to help.
- — Russian Hackers Stole Microsoft Source Code—and the Attack Isn’t Over
- Plus: An ex-Google engineer gets arrested for allegedly stealing trade secrets, hackers breach the top US cybersecurity agency, and X’s new feature exposes sensitive user data.
- — Meta Abandons Hacking Victims, Draining Law Enforcement Resources, Officials Say
- A coalition of 41 state attorneys general says Meta is failing to assist Facebook and Instagram users whose accounts have been hacked—and they want the company to take “immediate action.”
- — How to Turn Off Facebook’s Two-Factor Authentication Change
- With Meta’s updated 2FA process, the company now automatically trusts devices you often use.
- — Hackers Behind the Change Healthcare Ransomware Attack Just Received a $22 Million Payment
- The transaction, visible on Bitcoin's blockchain, suggests the victim of one of the worst ransomware attacks in years may have paid a very large ransom.
- — The Privacy Danger Lurking in Push Notifications
- Plus: Apple warns about sideloading apps, a court orders NSO group to turn over the code of its Pegasus spyware, and an investigation finds widely available security cams are wildly insecure.
- — Here Come the AI Worms
- Security researchers created an AI worm in a test environment that can automatically spread between generative AI agents—potentially stealing data and sending spam emails along the way.
- — The UK’s GPS Tagging of Migrants Has Been Ruled Illegal
- The UK’s privacy regulator says the government did not take into account the intrusiveness of ankle tags that continuously monitor a person’s location.
- — The Mysterious Case of the Missing Trump Trial Ransomware Leak
- The notorious LockBit gang promised a Georgia court leak "that could affect the upcoming US election.” It didn't materialize—but the story may not be over yet.
- — Here Are the Google and Microsoft Security Updates You Need Right Now
- Plus: Mozilla patches 12 flaws in Firefox, Zoom fixes seven vulnerabilities, and more critical updates from February.
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