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Here’s What to Know About Poland Shooting Down Russian Drones

Incursions

Here’s What to Know About Poland Shooting Down Russian Drones

By Riccardo Piccolo

US Investment in Spyware Is Skyrocketing

Dark Money

US Investment in Spyware Is Skyrocketing

By Vas Panagiotopoulos

Cindy Cohn Is Leaving the EFF, but Not the Fight for Digital Rights

WIRED Q&A

Cindy Cohn Is Leaving the EFF, but Not the Fight for Digital Rights

By Dell Cameron

A New Platform Offers Privacy Tools to Millions of Public Servants

Lockdown Mode

A New Platform Offers Privacy Tools to Millions of Public Servants

By Dell Cameron

Massive Leak Shows How a Chinese Company Is Exporting the Great Firewall to the World

Blacked Out

Massive Leak Shows How a Chinese Company Is Exporting the Great Firewall to the World

By Zeyi Yang

ICE Has Spyware Now

Security Roundup

ICE Has Spyware Now

By Matt Burgess, Andy Greenberg, and Lily Hay Newman

Defense Department Scrambles to Pretend It’s Called the War Department

Wishful Thinking

Defense Department Scrambles to Pretend It’s Called the War Department

By Dell Cameron

US Congressman’s Brother Lands No-Bid Contract to Train DHS Snipers

Art of the Deal

US Congressman’s Brother Lands No-Bid Contract to Train DHS Snipers

By Dell Cameron

Automated Sextortion Spyware Takes Webcam Pics of Victims Watching Porn

Candid Camera

Automated Sextortion Spyware Takes Webcam Pics of Victims Watching Porn

By Andy Greenberg

No, Trump Can’t Legally Federalize US Elections

Checking Boxes

No, Trump Can’t Legally Federalize US Elections

By Lily Hay Newman

China Is About to Show Off Its New High-Tech Weapons to the World

Flexing

China Is About to Show Off Its New High-Tech Weapons to the World

By Lorenzo Lamperti

DOGE Put Everyone’s Social Security Data at Risk, Whistleblower Claims

Security Roundup

DOGE Put Everyone’s Social Security Data at Risk, Whistleblower Claims

By Andy Greenberg, Lily Hay Newman, and Dell Cameron

This Is the Group That's Been Swatting US Universities

Caller ID

This Is the Group That's Been Swatting US Universities

By David Gilbert

The Era of AI-Generated Ransomware Has Arrived

Bad Code

The Era of AI-Generated Ransomware Has Arrived

By Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess

The Mysterious Shortwave Radio Station Stoking US-Russia Nuclear Fears

Making Waves

The Mysterious Shortwave Radio Station Stoking US-Russia Nuclear Fears

By Justin Ling

US Government Seeks Medical Records of Trans Youth

Security Roundup

US Government Seeks Medical Records of Trans Youth

By Dell Cameron

Phone Searches at the US Border Hit a Record High

Password Please

Phone Searches at the US Border Hit a Record High

By Matt Burgess

Senate Probe Uncovers Allegations of Widespread Abuse in ICE Custody

Silent Treatment

Senate Probe Uncovers Allegations of Widespread Abuse in ICE Custody

By Dell Cameron

Highly Sensitive Medical Cannabis Patient Data Exposed by Unsecured Database

Blunt Force Trauma

Highly Sensitive Medical Cannabis Patient Data Exposed by Unsecured Database

By Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess

493 Cases of Sextortion Against Children Linked to Notorious Scam Compounds

Dark Patterns

493 Cases of Sextortion Against Children Linked to Notorious Scam Compounds

By Matt Burgess and Lily Hay Newman