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Cindy Cohn Is Leaving the EFF, but Not the Fight for Digital Rights

WIRED Q&A

Cindy Cohn Is Leaving the EFF, but Not the Fight for Digital Rights

Dell Cameron

A New Platform Offers Privacy Tools to Millions of Public Servants

Lockdown Mode

A New Platform Offers Privacy Tools to Millions of Public Servants

Dell Cameron

Massive Leak Shows How a Chinese Company Is Exporting the Great Firewall to the World

Blacked Out

Massive Leak Shows How a Chinese Company Is Exporting the Great Firewall to the World

Zeyi Yang

ICE Has Spyware Now

Security Roundup

ICE Has Spyware Now

Matt Burgess, Andy Greenberg, and Lily Hay Newman

Defense Department Scrambles to Pretend It’s Called the War Department

Wishful Thinking

Defense Department Scrambles to Pretend It’s Called the War Department

Dell Cameron

US Congressman’s Brother Lands No-Bid Contract to Train DHS Snipers

Art of the Deal

US Congressman’s Brother Lands No-Bid Contract to Train DHS Snipers

Dell Cameron

Automated Sextortion Spyware Takes Webcam Pics of Victims Watching Porn

Candid Camera

Automated Sextortion Spyware Takes Webcam Pics of Victims Watching Porn

Andy Greenberg

How to Stop Using Passwords and Start Using Passkeys

Skeleton Key

How to Stop Using Passwords and Start Using Passkeys

Jacob Roach

No, Trump Can’t Legally Federalize US Elections

Checking Boxes

No, Trump Can’t Legally Federalize US Elections

Lily Hay Newman

China Is About to Show Off Its New High-Tech Weapons to the World

Flexing

China Is About to Show Off Its New High-Tech Weapons to the World

Lorenzo Lamperti

DOGE Put Everyone’s Social Security Data at Risk, Whistleblower Claims

Security Roundup

DOGE Put Everyone’s Social Security Data at Risk, Whistleblower Claims

Andy Greenberg, Lily Hay Newman, and Dell Cameron

SSA Whistleblower’s Resignation Email Mysteriously Disappeared From Inboxes

Poof

SSA Whistleblower’s Resignation Email Mysteriously Disappeared From Inboxes

Makena Kelly and David Gilbert

This Is the Group That's Been Swatting US Universities

Caller ID

This Is the Group That's Been Swatting US Universities

David Gilbert

The Era of AI-Generated Ransomware Has Arrived

Bad Code

The Era of AI-Generated Ransomware Has Arrived

Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess

The Mysterious Shortwave Radio Station Stoking US-Russia Nuclear Fears

Making Waves

The Mysterious Shortwave Radio Station Stoking US-Russia Nuclear Fears

Justin Ling

US Government Seeks Medical Records of Trans Youth

Security Roundup

US Government Seeks Medical Records of Trans Youth

Dell Cameron

Phone Searches at the US Border Hit a Record High

Password Please

Phone Searches at the US Border Hit a Record High

Matt Burgess

Senate Probe Uncovers Allegations of Widespread Abuse in ICE Custody

Silent Treatment

Senate Probe Uncovers Allegations of Widespread Abuse in ICE Custody

Dell Cameron

Highly Sensitive Medical Cannabis Patient Data Exposed by Unsecured Database

Blunt Force Trauma

Highly Sensitive Medical Cannabis Patient Data Exposed by Unsecured Database

Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess

493 Cases of Sextortion Against Children Linked to Notorious Scam Compounds

Dark Patterns

493 Cases of Sextortion Against Children Linked to Notorious Scam Compounds

Matt Burgess and Lily Hay Newman