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Signal's Founder Hacked a Notorious Phone-Cracking Device

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Signal's Founder Hacked a Notorious Phone-Cracking Device

By Brian Barrett

A New Facebook Bug Exposes Millions of Email Addresses

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A New Facebook Bug Exposes Millions of Email Addresses

By Dan Goodin, Ars Technica

A Clubhouse Bug Let People Lurk in Rooms Invisibly

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A Clubhouse Bug Let People Lurk in Rooms Invisibly

By Lily Hay Newman

How the FBI Got Into the San Bernardino Shooter’s iPhone

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How the FBI Got Into the San Bernardino Shooter’s iPhone

By Lily Hay Newman

They went out to protest. Then the police attacked them on Facebook

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They went out to protest. Then the police attacked them on Facebook

By Layli Foroudi

100M More IoT Devices Are Exposed—and They Won’t Be the Last

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100M More IoT Devices Are Exposed—and They Won’t Be the Last

By Lily Hay Newman

Oh Look, LinkedIn Also Had 500M Users' Data Scraped

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Oh Look, LinkedIn Also Had 500M Users' Data Scraped

By Brian Barrett

Russia May Have Found a New Way to Censor the Internet

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Russia May Have Found a New Way to Censor the Internet

By Dan Goodin, Ars Technica

Twitch Will Act on ‘Serious’ Offenses That Happen Off-Stream

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Twitch Will Act on ‘Serious’ Offenses That Happen Off-Stream

By Cecilia D'Anastasio

Hackers Are Exploiting Discord Links to Serve Up Malware

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Hackers Are Exploiting Discord Links to Serve Up Malware

By Andy Greenberg

Cops Take Down the ‘World’s Biggest' Video Game Cheat Ring

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Cops Take Down the ‘World’s Biggest' Video Game Cheat Ring

By Brian Barrett

Myanmar’s Internet Shutdown Is an Act of ‘Vast Self-Harm’

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Myanmar’s Internet Shutdown Is an Act of ‘Vast Self-Harm’

By Lily Hay Newman

The Threat to the Water Supply Is Real—and Only Getting Worse

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The Threat to the Water Supply Is Real—and Only Getting Worse

By Brian Barrett

YouTube Has a Disturbingly Creepy Minecraft Problem

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YouTube Has a Disturbingly Creepy Minecraft Problem

By Cecilia D'Anastasio

Line of Duty’s daft jargon masks a big real-world policing problem

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Line of Duty’s daft jargon masks a big real-world policing problem

By Amit Katwala

Hackers Hosed by Google Were a Counterterrorism Operation

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Hackers Hosed by Google Were a Counterterrorism Operation

By Lily Hay Newman

The Dark Web Is Teeming With Vaccine Listings Right Now

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The Dark Web Is Teeming With Vaccine Listings Right Now

By Tim De Chant, Ars Technica

The UK’s lockdown roadmap and rules, explained

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The UK’s lockdown roadmap and rules, explained

By Matt Burgess

A Homecoming Queen Was Arrested for Alleged Vote Hacking

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A Homecoming Queen Was Arrested for Alleged Vote Hacking

By Andy Greenberg

A SpaceX Engineer's Dark Web Insider Trading Sparks SEC First

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A SpaceX Engineer's Dark Web Insider Trading Sparks SEC First

By Brian Barrett