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Cyberattacks and Hacks

Hackers Found a Way to Open Any of 3 Million Hotel Keycard Locks in Seconds

Open Sesame

Hackers Found a Way to Open Any of 3 Million Hotel Keycard Locks in Seconds

Andy Greenberg

Automakers Are Telling Your Insurance Company How You Really Drive

Security Roundup

Automakers Are Telling Your Insurance Company How You Really Drive

Dell Cameron and Andrew Couts

Russian Hackers Stole Microsoft Source Code—and the Attack Isn’t Over

Security Roundup

Russian Hackers Stole Microsoft Source Code—and the Attack Isn’t Over

Dhruv Mehrotra and Andrew Couts

Meta Abandons Hacking Victims, Draining Law Enforcement Resources, Officials Say

Hook, Line, & Sinker

Meta Abandons Hacking Victims, Draining Law Enforcement Resources, Officials Say

Dell Cameron

Hackers Behind the Change Healthcare Ransomware Attack Just Received a $22 Million Payment

Pay Up

Hackers Behind the Change Healthcare Ransomware Attack Just Received a $22 Million Payment

Andy Greenberg

The Privacy Danger Lurking in Push Notifications

Security Roundup

The Privacy Danger Lurking in Push Notifications

Andy Greenberg, Andrew Couts, and Matt Burgess

Here Come the AI Worms

Zero Click

Here Come the AI Worms

Matt Burgess

The Mysterious Case of the Missing Trump Trial Ransomware Leak

Conundrums

The Mysterious Case of the Missing Trump Trial Ransomware Leak

Andy Greenberg

Here Are the Google and Microsoft Security Updates You Need Right Now

Critical Update

Here Are the Google and Microsoft Security Updates You Need Right Now

Kate O'Flaherty

Ransomware Groups Are Bouncing Back Faster From Law Enforcement Busts

Second Acts

Ransomware Groups Are Bouncing Back Faster From Law Enforcement Busts

Andy Greenberg

How a Right-Wing Controversy Could Sabotage US Election Security

Insecurities

How a Right-Wing Controversy Could Sabotage US Election Security

Eric Geller

A Mysterious Leak Exposed Chinese Hacking Secrets

Security Roundup

A Mysterious Leak Exposed Chinese Hacking Secrets

Matt Burgess

Apple’s iMessage Is Getting Future-Resistant Encryption

Planning Ahead

Apple’s iMessage Is Getting Future-Resistant Encryption

Matt Burgess

A Top White House Cyber Official Sees the ‘Promise and Peril’ in AI

WIRED Q&A

A Top White House Cyber Official Sees the ‘Promise and Peril’ in AI

Garrett M. Graff

How to Not Get Scammed Out of $50,000

Security Roundup

How to Not Get Scammed Out of $50,000

Andrew Couts

The Hidden Injustice of Cyberattacks

Imbalance of Power

The Hidden Injustice of Cyberattacks

Nicole Tisdale

How 3 Million ‘Hacked’ Toothbrushes Became a Cyber Urban Legend

Security Roundup

How 3 Million ‘Hacked’ Toothbrushes Became a Cyber Urban Legend

Andy Greenberg and Dhruv Mehrotra

I Stopped Using Passwords. It’s Great—and a Total Mess

bye, abc123

I Stopped Using Passwords. It’s Great—and a Total Mess

Matt Burgess

Ransomware Payments Hit a Record $1.1 Billion in 2023

Breaking Bad

Ransomware Payments Hit a Record $1.1 Billion in 2023

Andy Greenberg

The Mystery of the $400 Million FTX Heist May Have Been Solved

Whodunit

The Mystery of the $400 Million FTX Heist May Have Been Solved

Andy Greenberg