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The Dumbest Hack of the Year Exposed a Very Real Problem
Walk And Talk

The Dumbest Hack of the Year Exposed a Very Real Problem

Last April, a hacker hijacked crosswalk announcements to mimic Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk. Records obtained by WIRED reveal how unprepared local authorities were.
By Paresh Dave
Your Push Notifications Aren’t Safe From the FBI
Security Roundup

Your Push Notifications Aren’t Safe From the FBI

By Matt Burgess, Maddy Varner, Lily Hay Newman, and Dell Cameron
Anthropic’s Mythos Will Force a Cybersecurity Reckoning—Just Not the One You Think
Doom and Gloom

Anthropic’s Mythos Will Force a Cybersecurity Reckoning—Just Not the One You Think

By Lily Hay Newman
Hackers Are Posting the Claude Code Leak With Bonus Malware
Security Roundup

Hackers Are Posting the Claude Code Leak With Bonus Malware

By Andy Greenberg, Dell Cameron, Maddy Varner, and Andrew Couts
Meta Pauses Work With Mercor After Data Breach Puts AI Industry Secrets at Risk
Supply Chains

Meta Pauses Work With Mercor After Data Breach Puts AI Industry Secrets at Risk

By Maxwell Zeff, Zoë Schiffer, and Lily Hay Newman
Apple Will Push Out Rare ‘Backported’ Patches to Protect iOS 18 Users From DarkSword Hacking Tool
Patchy Service

Apple Will Push Out Rare ‘Backported’ Patches to Protect iOS 18 Users From DarkSword Hacking Tool

By Andy Greenberg
Iranian Hackers Breached Kash Patel’s Email—but Not the FBI’s
Security Roundup

Iranian Hackers Breached Kash Patel’s Email—but Not the FBI’s

By Andy Greenberg, Dell Cameron, Lily Hay Newman, and Andrew Couts
A Hacker Accidentally Broke Into the FBI’s Epstein Files
Security Roundup

A Hacker Accidentally Broke Into the FBI’s Epstein Files

By Andy Greenberg, Maddy Varner, and Andrew Couts
How ‘Handala’ Became the Face of Iran’s Hacker Counterattacks
Chaos Agent

How ‘Handala’ Became the Face of Iran’s Hacker Counterattacks

By Andy Greenberg, Matt Burgess, and Lily Hay Newman
GPS Attacks Near Iran Are Wreaking Havoc on Delivery and Mapping Apps
Losing Track

GPS Attacks Near Iran Are Wreaking Havoc on Delivery and Mapping Apps

By Carla Sertin
CBP Used Online Ad Data to Track Phone Locations
Security Roundup

CBP Used Online Ad Data to Track Phone Locations

By Lily Hay Newman, Matt Burgess, Andy Greenberg, and Dell Cameron