The Hack That Exposed Syria’s Sweeping Security Failures
When Syrian government accounts were hijacked in March, the breach looked chaotic. But it revealed something more troubling: a state …
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Hackers Are Posting the Claude Code Leak With Bonus Malware
Plus: The FBI says a recent hack of its wiretap tools poses a national security risk, attackers stole Cisco source …
CBP Facility Codes Sure Seem to Have Leaked Via Online Flashcards
The Quizlet flashcards, which WIRED found through basic Google searches, seem to include sensitive information about gate security at Customs …
What Happens When a Nuclear Site Is Hit?
As strikes continue on Iran’s nuclear facilities, the real danger isn’t the explosion, but what happens if critical safety systems …
Unmasking the Paramilitary Agents Behind Trump’s Violent Immigration Crackdown
A WIRED analysis of DHS records identified dozens of specialized federal agents who used force against US civilians during the …
AI Research Is Getting Harder to Separate From Geopolitics
A policy change announced by NeurIPS, the world’s leading AI research conference, drew widespread backlash from Chinese researchers this week …
Iranian Hackers Breached Kash Patel’s Email—but Not the FBI’s
Plus: Apple makes big claims about the effectiveness of its Lockdown Mode anti-spyware feature, Russia moves to implement homegrown encryption …
How Trump’s Plot to Grab Iran's Nuclear Fuel Would Actually Work
Experts say that an American ground operation targeting nuclear sites in Iran would be incredibly complicated, put troops’ lives at …
Using a VPN May Subject You to NSA Spying
US lawmakers are pressing Tulsi Gabbard to reveal whether using a VPN can strip Americans of their constitutional protections against …
Anduril’s Real War Is With Itself
From drones to missiles to submarines, the $30.5 billion defense startup wants to transform how the tools of war are …
When Satellite Data Becomes a Weapon
As war reshapes the Gulf, the satellite infrastructure the world relies on to see conflict clearly is being delayed, spoofed, …
Iranians Don’t Have a Missile Alert System, So Volunteers Built Their Own Warning Map
The crowdsourced website and app Mahsa Alert provides citizens in Iran with crucial information amid the country’s ongoing war with …
ICE Is Paying the Salaries of This Town’s Entire Police Force
Under a Homeland Security program, police departments around the US are signing up to assist in immigration enforcement. The cops …
A Mysterious Numbers Station Is Broadcasting Through the Iran War
First heard as US and Israeli strikes on Iran began, the shortwave broadcast has since been traced to a US …
A Top Democrat Is Urging Colleagues to Support Trump’s Spy Machine
Congressman Jim Himes claims a sweeping surveillance authority should stay intact because he hasn't seen abuses by Kash Patel's FBI, …
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Republicans almost certain to push through appointment following the ousting of Noem amid public backlash to her aggressive immigration approachSign …
A Hacker Accidentally Broke Into the FBI’s Epstein Files
Plus: A porn-quitting app exposed the masturbation habits of hundreds of thousands of users, Russian hackers are trying to take …
US Lawmakers Move to Kill the FBI’s Warrantless Wiretap Access
A bipartisan bill would force the FBI to get a warrant to read Americans’ messages and ban the federal purchase …
How ‘Handala’ Became the Face of Iran’s Hacker Counterattacks
Amid a paralyzing breach of medical tech firm Stryker, the group has come to represent Iran's use of “hacktivism” as …
DHS Ousts CBP Privacy Officers Who Questioned ‘Illegal’ Orders
Department of Homeland Security leaders removed top privacy officers who objected to mislabeling government records to block their public release, …