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A Hacker Is Threatening to Leak Patients' Therapy Notes

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A Hacker Is Threatening to Leak Patients' Therapy Notes

Lily Hay Newman

The Russian Hackers Playing 'Chekhov's Gun' With US Targets

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The Russian Hackers Playing 'Chekhov's Gun' With US Targets

Andy Greenberg

How to Clean Up Your Digital History

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How to Clean Up Your Digital History

David Nield

The Unsinkable Maddie Stone, Google’s Bug-Hunting Badass

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The Unsinkable Maddie Stone, Google’s Bug-Hunting Badass

Lily Hay Newman

Did a Security Researcher Guess Trump’s Twitter Password?

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Did a Security Researcher Guess Trump’s Twitter Password?

Brian Barrett

The US Sanctions Russians for Potentially ‘Fatal’ Malware

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The US Sanctions Russians for Potentially ‘Fatal’ Malware

Andy Greenberg

How 30 Lines of Code Blew Up a 27-Ton Generator

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How 30 Lines of Code Blew Up a 27-Ton Generator

Andy Greenberg

How Police Can Crack Locked Phones—and Extract Information

Encryption

How Police Can Crack Locked Phones—and Extract Information

Sidney Fussell

Facebook Promises Privacy Reform. Critics Aren't Convinced

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Facebook Promises Privacy Reform. Critics Aren't Convinced

Lily Hay Newman

12 Cyber Threats That Could Wreak Havoc on the Election

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12 Cyber Threats That Could Wreak Havoc on the Election

Garrett M. Graff

A Deepfake Porn Bot Is Being Used to Abuse Thousands of Women

Artificial Intelligence

A Deepfake Porn Bot Is Being Used to Abuse Thousands of Women

Matt Burgess

US Indicts Sandworm, Russia's Most Destructive Cyberwar Unit

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US Indicts Sandworm, Russia's Most Destructive Cyberwar Unit

Andy Greenberg

The race is on to make contact tracing apps work across borders

Privacy

The race is on to make contact tracing apps work across borders

Nicole Kobie

Worried Alexa is spying on you? Edward Snowden’s head can help

Privacy

Worried Alexa is spying on you? Edward Snowden’s head can help

Amit Katwala

A Cut Cable Knocked Out Virginia’s Voter Registration Site

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A Cut Cable Knocked Out Virginia’s Voter Registration Site

Brian Barrett

Why London’s Tier 2 lockdown couldn’t be borough by borough

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Why London’s Tier 2 lockdown couldn’t be borough by borough

Matt Burgess

The Impossible Dilemma of Twitter’s ‘Hacked Materials’ Rule

Election 2020

The Impossible Dilemma of Twitter’s ‘Hacked Materials’ Rule

Andy Greenberg

Fancy Bear Imposters Are on a Hacking Extortion Spree

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Fancy Bear Imposters Are on a Hacking Extortion Spree

Lily Hay Newman

The Media Just Passed a Test It Failed Four Years Ago

WIRED Q&A

The Media Just Passed a Test It Failed Four Years Ago

Gilad Edelman

Universities are using surveillance software to spy on students

Privacy

Universities are using surveillance software to spy on students

Chris Stokel-Walker