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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

Paresh Dave

Your Push Notifications Aren’t Safe From the FBI

Security Roundup

Your Push Notifications Aren’t Safe From the FBI

Matt Burgess, Maddy Varner, Lily Hay Newman, and Dell Cameron

Smell Tests

How the Internet Broke Everyone’s Bullshit Detectors

Gia Chaudry

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

Lily Hay Newman

Politicians Are Spending More Money on Security as They Increasingly Become Targets

Life Goals

Politicians Are Spending More Money on Security as They Increasingly Become Targets

Maddy Varner

‘We Were Not Ready for This’: Lebanon's Emergency System Is Hanging by a Thread

State of War

‘We Were Not Ready for This’: Lebanon's Emergency System Is Hanging by a Thread

Carla Sertin

Men Are Buying Hacking Tools to Use Against Their Wives and Friends

Dark Corners

Men Are Buying Hacking Tools to Use Against Their Wives and Friends

Matt Burgess

Iran-Linked Hackers Are Sabotaging US Energy and Water Infrastructure

Tit-for-Tat

Iran-Linked Hackers Are Sabotaging US Energy and Water Infrastructure

Andy Greenberg

Anthropic Teams Up With Its Rivals to Keep AI From Hacking Everything

Action Item

Anthropic Teams Up With Its Rivals to Keep AI From Hacking Everything

Lily Hay Newman

Border Patrol Agents Sold Challenge Coins With Charlotte’s Web Characters in Riot Gear

Coin Toss

Border Patrol Agents Sold Challenge Coins With Charlotte’s Web Characters in Riot Gear

Maddy Varner

The Hack That Exposed Syria’s Sweeping Security Failures

Facades

The Hack That Exposed Syria’s Sweeping Security Failures

Danny Makki

Hackers Are Posting the Claude Code Leak With Bonus Malware

Security Roundup

Hackers Are Posting the Claude Code Leak With Bonus Malware

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

Maxwell Zeff, Zoë Schiffer, and Lily Hay Newman

CBP Facility Codes Sure Seem to Have Leaked Via Online Flashcards

Open Sesame

CBP Facility Codes Sure Seem to Have Leaked Via Online Flashcards

Sammy Sussman

Uncanny Valley: Iran’s Threats on US Tech, Trump’s Plans for Midterms, and Polymarket’s Pop-up Flop

Uncanny Valley

Uncanny Valley: Iran’s Threats on US Tech, Trump’s Plans for Midterms, and Polymarket’s Pop-up Flop

Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, Leah Feiger, Makena Kelly, and Kate Knibbs

What Happens When a Nuclear Site Is Hit?

Fallout

What Happens When a Nuclear Site Is Hit?

Jethu Abraham

Unmasking the Paramilitary Agents Behind Trump’s Violent Immigration Crackdown

Use of Force

Unmasking the Paramilitary Agents Behind Trump’s Violent Immigration Crackdown

Ali Winston and Maddy Varner

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

Andy Greenberg

Iran Threatens to Start Attacking Major US Tech Firms on April 1

Collateral Damage

Iran Threatens to Start Attacking Major US Tech Firms on April 1

Dell Cameron and Louise Matsakis

The US Military’s GPS Software Is an $8 Billion Mess

Boondoggles

The US Military’s GPS Software Is an $8 Billion Mess

Stephen Clark, Ars Technica