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Kim Zetter

Kim Zetter writes about cybersecurity and national security and is the author of Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World’s First Digital Weapon. Contact Kim on Signal at Kimz.42.

2026 Elections

Ballots Have Been Seized Across the US. No One Knows What Will Happen Next

May 28, 2026 5:00 AM

Bad Deal

Ex-L3Harris Cyber Boss Pleads Guilty to Selling Trade Secrets to Russian Firm

Oct 29, 2025 1:13 PM

Tally Up

One Republican Now Controls a Huge Chunk of US Election Infrastructure

Oct 16, 2025 10:01 AM

Mapping It Out

Tile Tracking Tags Can Be Exploited by Tech-Savvy Stalkers, Researchers Say

Sep 29, 2025 5:30 AM

10-4

Encryption Made for Police and Military Radios May Be Easily Cracked

Aug 7, 2025 2:09 PM

State Capacity

How China’s Patriotic ‘Honkers’ Became the Nation’s Elite Cyberspies

Jul 18, 2025 11:28 AM

Takeover

DOGE Now Has Access to the Top US Cybersecurity Agency

Feb 19, 2025 8:59 PM

Shaky Foundation

National Science Foundation Fires 168 Workers as Federal Purge Continues

Feb 18, 2025 1:28 PM

Internet of Threats

Zero-Click Flaw Exposes Potentially Millions of Popular Storage Devices to Attack

Nov 1, 2024 6:00 AM

Capture the Flag

Did a Chinese University Hacking Competition Target a Real Victim?

Sep 18, 2024 4:00 AM

Insurance Policies

AT&T Paid a Hacker $370,000 to Delete Stolen Phone Records

Jul 14, 2024 1:57 PM

Weak Point

Hackers Detail How They Allegedly Stole Ticketmaster Data From Snowflake

Jun 17, 2024 5:30 AM

Time Capsule

How Researchers Cracked an 11-Year-Old Password to a $3 Million Crypto Wallet

May 28, 2024 7:30 AM

Defying Logic

The Mystery of Chernobyl’s Post-Invasion Radiation Spikes

Aug 7, 2023 2:15 PM

Listening In

Code Kept Secret for Years Reveals Its Flaw—a Backdoor

Jul 24, 2023 6:00 AM

espionage

The Untold Story of the Boldest Supply-Chain Hack Ever

May 2, 2023 6:00 AM

Red Alert

DOJ Detected SolarWinds Breach Months Before Public Disclosure

Apr 28, 2023 2:01 PM

Cybercrime

What Is Ransomware? A Guide to the Global Cyberattack's Scary Method

May 14, 2017 1:00 PM

TV

We're Not Just Fact-Checking Mr. Robot—We're Hack-Checking It

Jul 21, 2016 3:33 PM

Security

How the Real Hackers Behind Mr. Robot Get It So Right

Jul 15, 2016 1:19 PM