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The US Is Building a One-Stop Shop for Buying Your Data

Security Roundup

The US Is Building a One-Stop Shop for Buying Your Data

Andy Greenberg, Dell Cameron, and Andrew Couts

Feds Charge 16 Russians Allegedly Tied to Botnets Used in Ransomware, Cyberattacks, and Spying

Multitasker

Feds Charge 16 Russians Allegedly Tied to Botnets Used in Ransomware, Cyberattacks, and Spying

Andy Greenberg

A Silicon Valley VC Got Israel Starlink Access Within Days of October 7 Attack

Star Linked

A Silicon Valley VC Got Israel Starlink Access Within Days of October 7 Attack

Caroline Haskins

Coinbase Will Reimburse Customers Up to $400 Million After Data Breach

Security Roundup

Coinbase Will Reimburse Customers Up to $400 Million After Data Breach

Lily Hay Newman and Dhruv Mehrotra

CFPB Quietly Kills Rule to Shield Americans From Data Brokers

Free for All

CFPB Quietly Kills Rule to Shield Americans From Data Brokers

Dell Cameron and Dhruv Mehrotra

North Korean IT Workers Are Being Exposed on a Massive Scale

Plain Sight

North Korean IT Workers Are Being Exposed on a Massive Scale

Matt Burgess

ICE’s Deportation Airline Hack Reveals Man ‘Disappeared’ to El Salvador

Security Roundup

ICE’s Deportation Airline Hack Reveals Man ‘Disappeared’ to El Salvador

Andy Greenberg and Lily Hay Newman

US Customs and Border Protection Plans to Photograph Everyone Exiting the US by Car

Exit Strategy

US Customs and Border Protection Plans to Photograph Everyone Exiting the US by Car

Caroline Haskins

US Customs and Border Protection Quietly Revokes Protections for Pregnant Women and Infants

Inhumanity

US Customs and Border Protection Quietly Revokes Protections for Pregnant Women and Infants

Dhruv Mehrotra

Customs and Border Protection Confirms Its Use of Hacked Signal Clone TeleMessage

Attack of the Clones

Customs and Border Protection Confirms Its Use of Hacked Signal Clone TeleMessage

Lily Hay Newman

Tulsi Gabbard Reused the Same Weak Password on Multiple Accounts for Years

P@55W0RD

Tulsi Gabbard Reused the Same Weak Password on Multiple Accounts for Years

Tim Marchman

US Border Agents Are Asking for Help Taking Photos of Everyone Entering the Country by Car

Say Cheese

US Border Agents Are Asking for Help Taking Photos of Everyone Entering the Country by Car

Caroline Haskins

Signal Clone Used by Mike Waltz Pauses Service After Reports It Got Hacked

Phone Wars

Signal Clone Used by Mike Waltz Pauses Service After Reports It Got Hacked

Lily Hay Newman

Security Researchers Warn a Widely Used Open Source Tool Poses a 'Persistent' Risk to the US

Poisoned Well

Security Researchers Warn a Widely Used Open Source Tool Poses a 'Persistent' Risk to the US

Matt Burgess

Hacking Spree Hits UK Retail Giants

Security Roundup

Hacking Spree Hits UK Retail Giants

Matt Burgess, Lily Hay Newman, and Dhruv Mehrotra

Pete Hegseth’s Signal Scandal Spirals Out of Control

Security Roundup

Pete Hegseth’s Signal Scandal Spirals Out of Control

Matt Burgess and Andrew Couts

Florida Man Enters the Encryption Wars

Security Roundup

Florida Man Enters the Encryption Wars

Lily Hay Newman

ICE Is Paying Palantir $30 Million to Build ‘ImmigrationOS’ Surveillance Platform

ICE'd Out

ICE Is Paying Palantir $30 Million to Build ‘ImmigrationOS’ Surveillance Platform

Caroline Haskins

‘Stupid and Dangerous’: CISA Funding Chaos Threatens Essential Cybersecurity Program

Shortsighted

‘Stupid and Dangerous’: CISA Funding Chaos Threatens Essential Cybersecurity Program

Lily Hay Newman

Here’s What Happened to Those SignalGate Messages

Autodelete

Here’s What Happened to Those SignalGate Messages

Dell Cameron