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The Most Dangerous People on the Internet in 2023

Year in Review

The Most Dangerous People on the Internet in 2023

WIRED Staff

This Clever New Idea Could Fix AirTag Stalking While Maximizing Privacy

Hard Puzzles

This Clever New Idea Could Fix AirTag Stalking While Maximizing Privacy

Lily Hay Newman

Congress Sure Made a Lot of Noise About Kids’ Privacy in 2023—and Not Much Else

Going for Bust

Congress Sure Made a Lot of Noise About Kids’ Privacy in 2023—and Not Much Else

Matt Laslo

Scammers Are Ruining Facebook Marketplace

Hoaxes

Scammers Are Ruining Facebook Marketplace

Amanda Hoover

A Major Ransomware Takedown Suffers a Strange Setback

Cat and Mouse

A Major Ransomware Takedown Suffers a Strange Setback

Lily Hay Newman

Scammers Are Tricking Anti-Vaxxers Into Buying Bogus Medical Documents

False Papers

Scammers Are Tricking Anti-Vaxxers Into Buying Bogus Medical Documents

Matt Burgess

Cybersecurity Industry Baffled by FBI’s Lack of Action on Ransomware Gang

Security Roundup

Cybersecurity Industry Baffled by FBI’s Lack of Action on Ransomware Gang

Andy Greenberg and Andrew Couts

Google Just Denied Cops a Key Surveillance Tool

Security Roundup

Google Just Denied Cops a Key Surveillance Tool

Andy Greenberg and Lily Hay Newman

McDonald’s Ice Cream Machine Hackers Say They Found the ‘Smoking Gun’ That Killed Their Startup

Scoop

McDonald’s Ice Cream Machine Hackers Say They Found the ‘Smoking Gun’ That Killed Their Startup

Andy Greenberg

Microsoft’s Digital Crime Unit Goes Deep on How It Disrupts Cybercrime

Team Takedown

Microsoft’s Digital Crime Unit Goes Deep on How It Disrupts Cybercrime

Lily Hay Newman

Hacker Group Linked to Russian Military Claims Credit for Cyberattack on Ukrainian Telecom

Sandworm

Hacker Group Linked to Russian Military Claims Credit for Cyberattack on Ukrainian Telecom

Andy Greenberg

Congress Clashes Over the Future of America’s Global Spy Program

Spy Bill vs Spy Bill

Congress Clashes Over the Future of America’s Global Spy Program

Dell Cameron

Ukraine Is Crowdfunding Its Reconstruction

Brick by Brick

Ukraine Is Crowdfunding Its Reconstruction

Justin Ling

Elijah Wood and Mike Tyson Cameo Videos Were Used in a Russian Disinformation Campaign

Star Power

Elijah Wood and Mike Tyson Cameo Videos Were Used in a Russian Disinformation Campaign

Matt Burgess

Why It Took Meta 7 Years to Turn on End-to-End Encryption for All Chats

Bye, Middle Man

Why It Took Meta 7 Years to Turn on End-to-End Encryption for All Chats

Lily Hay Newman

The Binance Crackdown Will Be an 'Unprecedented' Bonanza for Crypto Surveillance

Open Wide

The Binance Crackdown Will Be an 'Unprecedented' Bonanza for Crypto Surveillance

Andy Greenberg

Police Can Spy on Your iOS and Android Push Notifications

High Alert

Police Can Spy on Your iOS and Android Push Notifications

Andrew Couts and Lily Hay Newman

The 23andMe Data Breach Keeps Spiraling

23andwhat?

The 23andMe Data Breach Keeps Spiraling

Lily Hay Newman

A New Trick Uses AI to Jailbreak AI Models—Including GPT-4

Battle Bots

A New Trick Uses AI to Jailbreak AI Models—Including GPT-4

Will Knight

US Lawmakers Want to Use a Powerful Spy Tool on Immigrants and Their Families

Who You Know

US Lawmakers Want to Use a Powerful Spy Tool on Immigrants and Their Families

Dell Cameron