Security News


Plan Ahead
What to Do if ICE Invades Your Neighborhood
By Lily Hay Newman, Maddy Varner, and Matt Burgess


Word Matters
FBI Agent’s Sworn Testimony Contradicts Claims ICE’s Jonathan Ross Made Under Oath
By Matt Giles and Tim Marchman

Terms Ignored
GoFundMe Ignores Own Rules by Hosting a Legal-Defense Fund for the ICE Agent Who Killed Renee Good
By Dell Cameron

Security Roundup
ICE Can Now Spy on Every Phone in Your Neighborhood
By Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess

Half Measures
X Didn’t Fix Grok's ‘Undressing’ Problem. It Just Makes People Pay for It
By Matt Burgess

Background Check
ICE Agent Who Reportedly Shot Renee Good Was a Firearms Trainer, per Testimony
By Matt Giles and Tim Marchman



Fake News
The ‘Epstein’s Suicide’ Video in the Latest DOJ Release Isn’t What It Seems
By Maddy Varner and Brian Barrett

Epstein Files
The Justice Department Released More Epstein Files—but Not the Ones Survivors Want
By Brian Barrett and Maddy Varner

Security Roundup
Hackers Stole Millions of PornHub Users’ Data for Extortion
By Andy Greenberg, Lily Hay Newman, and Dell Cameron


Trick of the Eye
The Ultra-Realistic AI Face Swapping Platform Driving Romance Scams
By Matt Burgess, Lily Hay Newman, and Zeyi Yang


At Long Last
Microsoft Will Finally Kill an Encryption Cipher That Enabled a Decade of Windows Hacks
By Dan Goodin, Ars Technica

Security Roundup
AI Toys for Kids Talk About Sex, Drugs, and Chinese Propaganda
By Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess


Loopholes
Doxers Posing as Cops Are Tricking Big Tech Firms Into Sharing People’s Private Data
By David Gilbert