Cyberattacks and Hacks
Latest news on hacks, cyberattacks, security vulnerabilities, and more.

Supply Chains
Meta Pauses Work With Mercor After Data Breach Puts AI Industry Secrets at Risk
By Maxwell Zeff, Zoë Schiffer, and Lily Hay Newman

Patchy Service
Apple Will Push Out Rare ‘Backported’ Patches to Protect iOS 18 Users From DarkSword Hacking Tool
By Andy Greenberg

Security Roundup
Iranian Hackers Breached Kash Patel’s Email—but Not the FBI’s
By Andy Greenberg, Dell Cameron, Lily Hay Newman, and Andrew Couts

DIY
Iranians Don’t Have a Missile Alert System, So Volunteers Built Their Own Warning Map
By Matt Burgess and Lily Hay Newman

Security Roundup
Cyberattack on a Car Breathalyzer Firm Leaves Drivers Stuck
By Matt Burgess, Lily Hay Newman, and Andy Greenberg

Update Now
Hundreds of Millions of iPhones Can Be Hacked With a New Tool Found in the Wild
By Andy Greenberg

Security Roundup
A Hacker Accidentally Broke Into the FBI’s Epstein Files
By Andy Greenberg, Maddy Varner, and Andrew Couts

Chaos Agent
How ‘Handala’ Became the Face of Iran’s Hacker Counterattacks
By Andy Greenberg, Matt Burgess, and Lily Hay Newman


Security Roundup
CBP Used Online Ad Data to Track Phone Locations
By Lily Hay Newman, Matt Burgess, Andy Greenberg, and Dell Cameron

Spy Cams
From Ukraine to Iran, Hacking Security Cameras Is Now Part of War’s ‘Playbook’
By Andy Greenberg

Side-Channeling
How Vulnerable Are Computers to an 80-Year-Old Spy Technique? Congress Wants Answers
By Andy Greenberg

Wild Thing
A Possible US Government iPhone-Hacking Toolkit Is Now in the Hands of Foreign Spies and Criminals
By Andy Greenberg


Silence Notifications
Hacked Prayer App Sends ‘Surrender’ Messages to Iranians Amid Israeli and US Strikes
By Ruchi Kumar

Security Roundup
Area Man Accidentally Hacks 6,700 Camera-Enabled Robot Vacuums
By Andy Greenberg, Lily Hay Newman, and Maddy Varner


Security Roundup
Password Managers Share a Hidden Weakness
By Matt Burgess, Andy Greenberg, and Lily Hay Newman

Major Threat
A Vast Trove of Exposed Social Security Numbers May Put Millions at Risk of Identity Theft
By Lily Hay Newman