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It Looks Like a School Bathroom Smoke Detector. A Teen Hacker Showed It Could Be an Audio Bug

Puff Piece

It Looks Like a School Bathroom Smoke Detector. A Teen Hacker Showed It Could Be an Audio Bug

Andy Greenberg and Joseph Cox

Google Will Use AI to Guess People’s Ages Based on Search History

Security Roundup

Google Will Use AI to Guess People’s Ages Based on Search History

Dell Cameron

Age Verification Laws Send VPN Use Soaring—and Threaten the Open Internet

Workarounds

Age Verification Laws Send VPN Use Soaring—and Threaten the Open Internet

Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess

The Age-Checked Internet Has Arrived

ID Please

The Age-Checked Internet Has Arrived

Matt Burgess and Lily Hay Newman

A Premium Luggage Service’s Web Bugs Exposed the Travel Plans of Every User—Including Diplomats

Carry Off

A Premium Luggage Service’s Web Bugs Exposed the Travel Plans of Every User—Including Diplomats

Andy Greenberg

How WIRED Analyzed the Epstein Video

Uncanny Valley

How WIRED Analyzed the Epstein Video

Lauren Goode, Michael Calore, Katie Drummond, and Dhruv Mehrotra

China’s Salt Typhoon Hackers Breached the US National Guard for Nearly a Year

Security Roundup

China’s Salt Typhoon Hackers Breached the US National Guard for Nearly a Year

Lily Hay Newman, Andy Greenberg, and Dell Cameron

DHS Faces New Pressure Over DNA Taken From Immigrant Children

Downward Spiral

DHS Faces New Pressure Over DNA Taken From Immigrant Children

Dell Cameron

Adoption Agency Data Exposure Revealed Information About Children and Parents

Trial Period

Adoption Agency Data Exposure Revealed Information About Children and Parents

Lily Hay Newman

AI 'Nudify' Websites Are Raking in Millions of Dollars

Bad Bots

AI 'Nudify' Websites Are Raking in Millions of Dollars

Matt Burgess

4 Arrested Over Scattered Spider Hacking Spree

Security Roundup

4 Arrested Over Scattered Spider Hacking Spree

Matt Burgess, Lily Hay Newman, and Andy Greenberg

DHS Tells Police That Common Protest Activities Are ‘Violent Tactics’

Looking for Trouble

DHS Tells Police That Common Protest Activities Are ‘Violent Tactics’

Dell Cameron

McDonald’s AI Hiring Bot Exposed Millions of Applicants' Data to Hackers Using the Password ‘123456’

McWhoops

McDonald’s AI Hiring Bot Exposed Millions of Applicants' Data to Hackers Using the Password ‘123456’

Andy Greenberg

Android May Soon Warn You About Fake Cell Towers

Security Roundup

Android May Soon Warn You About Fake Cell Towers

Matt Burgess

CBP Wants New Tech to Search for Hidden Data on Seized Phones

Snooping Around

CBP Wants New Tech to Search for Hidden Data on Seized Phones

Caroline Haskins

The Promise and Peril of Digital Security in the Age of Dictatorship

Cease and Resist

The Promise and Peril of Digital Security in the Age of Dictatorship

Carmen Valeria Escobar

Identities of More Than 80 Americans Stolen for North Korean IT Worker Scams

Unmasked

Identities of More Than 80 Americans Stolen for North Korean IT Worker Scams

Andy Greenberg

US Supreme Court Upholds Texas Porn ID Law

Strong Checks

US Supreme Court Upholds Texas Porn ID Law

Matt Burgess

Israel Says Iran Is Hacking Security Cameras for Spying

Security Roundup

Israel Says Iran Is Hacking Security Cameras for Spying

Lily Hay Newman

Minnesota Shooting Suspect Allegedly Used Data Broker Sites to Find Targets’ Addresses

Over Exposed

Minnesota Shooting Suspect Allegedly Used Data Broker Sites to Find Targets’ Addresses

Lily Hay Newman