National Security


Safety Squeeze
The National Institute of Standards and Technology Braces for Mass Firings
Will Knight, Paresh Dave, and Leah Feiger

Surveillance Economy
Google Ad-Tech Users Can Target National Security ‘Decision Makers’ and People With Chronic Diseases
Dell Cameron and Dhruv Mehrotra

Not Now, Putin
A Signal Update Fends Off a Phishing Technique Used in Russian Espionage
Andy Greenberg


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

Going Global
A Hacker Group Within Russia’s Notorious Sandworm Unit Is Breaching Western Networks
Andy Greenberg

Worldwide Web
The Murky Ad-Tech World Powering Surveillance of US Military Personnel
Joseph Cox and Dhruv Mehrotra

Work History
DOGE Teen Owns ‘Tesla.Sexy LLC’ and Worked at Startup That Has Hired Convicted Hackers
Andy Greenberg, David Gilbert, and Lily Hay Newman



Collective Action
DeepSeek’s Popular AI App Is Explicitly Sending US Data to China
Matt Burgess and Lily Hay Newman



Security Roundup
US Names One of the Hackers Allegedly Behind Massive Salt Typhoon Breaches
Lily Hay Newman and Andy Greenberg


Being Diplomatic
Biden's Cyber Ambassador Urges Trump Not to Cede Ground to Russia and China in Global Tech Fight
Eric Geller
