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Cyberattacks and Hacks

Rug Pull

The Collapse of USAID Is Already Fueling Human Trafficking and Slavery at Scammer Compounds

Matt Burgess and Lily Hay Newman

Downward Spiral

Despite Catastrophic Hacks, Ransomware Payments Dropped Dramatically Last Year

Andy Greenberg and Lily Hay Newman

Lockers

Meet the Hired Guns Who Make Sure School Cyberattacks Stay Hidden

Mark Keierleber

Security Roundup

Foreign Hackers Are Using Google’s Gemini in Attacks on the US

Dhruv Mehrotra

Hidden Cracks

DeepSeek’s Safety Guardrails Failed Every Test Researchers Threw at Its AI Chatbot

Matt Burgess and Lily Hay Newman

Basic Problems

Exposed DeepSeek Database Revealed Chat Prompts and Internal Data

Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess

Security Roundup

US Privacy Snags a Win as Judge Limits Warrantless FBI Searches

Andrew Couts

All Wheel Spies

Subaru Security Flaws Exposed Its System for Tracking Millions of Cars

Andy Greenberg

empty chairs

Under Trump, US Cyberdefense Loses Its Head

Lily Hay Newman

Security Roundup

US Names One of the Hackers Allegedly Behind Massive Salt Typhoon Breaches

Lily Hay Newman and Andy Greenberg

Last Call

The FCC’s Jessica Rosenworcel Isn’t Leaving Without a Fight

Eric Geller

Burned

Hackers Likely Stole FBI Call Logs From AT&T That Could Compromise Informants

Lily Hay Newman

Being Diplomatic

Biden's Cyber Ambassador Urges Trump Not to Cede Ground to Russia and China in Global Tech Fight

Eric Geller

Last Minute

A New Jam-Packed Biden Executive Order Tackles Cybersecurity, AI, and More

Eric Geller

Boom Times

The ‘Largest Illicit Online Marketplace’ Ever Is Growing at an Alarming Rate, Report Says

Matt Burgess and Lily Hay Newman

Overexposed

Candy Crush, Tinder, MyFitnessPal: See the Thousands of Apps Hijacked to Spy on Your Location

Joseph Cox

Security Roundup

Apple May Owe You $20 in a Siri Privacy Lawsuit Settlement

Andrew Couts, Andy Greenberg, and Lily Hay Newman

Looted

US Treasury Department Admits It Got Hacked by China

Lily Hay Newman

Year in Review

The Most Dangerous People on the Internet in 2024

WIRED Staff

Year in Review

The Worst Hacks of 2024

Lily Hay Newman

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