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Cyberattacks and Hacks

NSA Chief Ousted Amid Trump Loyalty Firing Spree

Security Roundup

NSA Chief Ousted Amid Trump Loyalty Firing Spree

Dhruv Mehrotra and Andrew Couts

Top Trump Officials’ Passwords and Personal Phone Numbers Discovered Online

Security Roundup

Top Trump Officials’ Passwords and Personal Phone Numbers Discovered Online

Matt Burgess

Using Starlink Wi-Fi in the White House Is a Slippery Slope for US Federal IT

Logging On

Using Starlink Wi-Fi in the White House Is a Slippery Slope for US Federal IT

Lily Hay Newman

A New Era of Attacks on Encryption Is Starting to Heat Up

Crypto Wars

A New Era of Attacks on Encryption Is Starting to Heat Up

Matt Burgess

‘People Are Scared’: Inside CISA as It Reels From Trump’s Purge

Brute Force

‘People Are Scared’: Inside CISA as It Reels From Trump’s Purge

Eric Geller

What Really Happened With the DDoS Attacks That Took Down X

Junk Traffic

What Really Happened With the DDoS Attacks That Took Down X

Lily Hay Newman

Cybercriminals Allegedly Used a StubHub Backdoor to Steal Taylor Swift Tickets

Security Roundup

Cybercriminals Allegedly Used a StubHub Backdoor to Steal Taylor Swift Tickets

Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess

Eleven11bot

A Brand-New Botnet Is Delivering Record-Size DDoS Attacks

Dan Goodin, Ars Technica

US Charges 12 Alleged Spies in China’s Freewheeling Hacker-for-Hire Ecosystem

Unmasked

US Charges 12 Alleged Spies in China’s Freewheeling Hacker-for-Hire Ecosystem

Andy Greenberg

1 Million Third-Party Android Devices Have a Secret Backdoor for Scammers

Badbox 2.0

1 Million Third-Party Android Devices Have a Secret Backdoor for Scammers

Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess

A Team of Female Founders Is Launching Cloud Security Tech That Could Overhaul AI Protection

Balancing Act

A Team of Female Founders Is Launching Cloud Security Tech That Could Overhaul AI Protection

Lily Hay Newman

This Russian Tech Bro Helped Steal $93 Million and Landed in US Prison. Then Putin Called

dirty deals

This Russian Tech Bro Helped Steal $93 Million and Landed in US Prison. Then Putin Called

Noah Shachtman

TVs at HUD Played an AI-Generated Video of Donald Trump Kissing Elon Musk’s Feet

Oh, No

TVs at HUD Played an AI-Generated Video of Donald Trump Kissing Elon Musk’s Feet

David Gilbert

$1.4 Billion Stolen From ByBit in Biggest Crypto Theft Ever

Security Roundup

$1.4 Billion Stolen From ByBit in Biggest Crypto Theft Ever

Andy Greenberg and Lily Hay Newman

The US Is Considering a TP-Link Router Ban—Should You Worry?

Router Roulette

The US Is Considering a TP-Link Router Ban—Should You Worry?

Simon Hill

The National Institute of Standards and Technology Braces for Mass Firings

Safety Squeeze

The National Institute of Standards and Technology Braces for Mass Firings

Will Knight, Paresh Dave, and Leah Feiger

A Signal Update Fends Off a Phishing Technique Used in Russian Espionage

Not Now, Putin

A Signal Update Fends Off a Phishing Technique Used in Russian Espionage

Andy Greenberg

The Official DOGE Website Launch Was a Security Mess

Security Roundup

The Official DOGE Website Launch Was a Security Mess

Matt Burgess and Andrew Couts

Top US Election Security Watchdog Forced to Stop Election Security Work

Down Ballot

Top US Election Security Watchdog Forced to Stop Election Security Work

Eric Geller

China’s Salt Typhoon Spies Are Still Hacking Telecoms—Now by Exploiting Cisco Routers

Undeterred

China’s Salt Typhoon Spies Are Still Hacking Telecoms—Now by Exploiting Cisco Routers

Andy Greenberg