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Trump’s Spy Chief Urged to Declassify Details of Secret Surveillance Program

Fourth Amendment

Trump’s Spy Chief Urged to Declassify Details of Secret Surveillance Program

Dell Cameron

Pentagon Cuts Threaten Programs That Secure Loose Nukes and Weapons of Mass Destruction

Loose Cannons

Pentagon Cuts Threaten Programs That Secure Loose Nukes and Weapons of Mass Destruction

Justin Ling

The US Army Is Using ‘CamoGPT’ to Purge DEI From Training Materials

Search and Destroy

The US Army Is Using ‘CamoGPT’ to Purge DEI From Training Materials

Jared Keller

US Charges 12 Alleged Spies in China’s Freewheeling Hacker-for-Hire Ecosystem

Unmasked

US Charges 12 Alleged Spies in China’s Freewheeling Hacker-for-Hire Ecosystem

Andy Greenberg

DOGE’s USDS Purge Included the Guy Who Keeps Veterans’ Data Safe Online

Safety First

DOGE’s USDS Purge Included the Guy Who Keeps Veterans’ Data Safe Online

Lily Hay Newman

The National Institute of Standards and Technology Braces for Mass Firings

Safety Squeeze

The National Institute of Standards and Technology Braces for Mass Firings

Will Knight, Paresh Dave, and Leah Feiger

Google Ad-Tech Users Can Target National Security ‘Decision Makers’ and People With Chronic Diseases

Surveillance Economy

Google Ad-Tech Users Can Target National Security ‘Decision Makers’ and People With Chronic Diseases

Dell Cameron and Dhruv Mehrotra

A Signal Update Fends Off a Phishing Technique Used in Russian Espionage

Not Now, Putin

A Signal Update Fends Off a Phishing Technique Used in Russian Espionage

Andy Greenberg

The Official DOGE Website Launch Was a Security Mess

Security Roundup

The Official DOGE Website Launch Was a Security Mess

Matt Burgess and Andrew Couts

Top US Election Security Watchdog Forced to Stop Election Security Work

Down Ballot

Top US Election Security Watchdog Forced to Stop Election Security Work

Eric Geller

China’s Salt Typhoon Spies Are Still Hacking Telecoms—Now by Exploiting Cisco Routers

Undeterred

China’s Salt Typhoon Spies Are Still Hacking Telecoms—Now by Exploiting Cisco Routers

Andy Greenberg

A Hacker Group Within Russia’s Notorious Sandworm Unit Is Breaching Western Networks

Going Global

A Hacker Group Within Russia’s Notorious Sandworm Unit Is Breaching Western Networks

Andy Greenberg

The Murky Ad-Tech World Powering Surveillance of US Military Personnel

Worldwide Web

The Murky Ad-Tech World Powering Surveillance of US Military Personnel

Joseph Cox and Dhruv Mehrotra

The Rise of the Drone Boats

Future Wars

The Rise of the Drone Boats

Jared Keller

DOGE Teen Owns ‘Tesla.Sexy LLC’ and Worked at Startup That Has Hired Convicted Hackers

Work History

DOGE Teen Owns ‘Tesla.Sexy LLC’ and Worked at Startup That Has Hired Convicted Hackers

Andy Greenberg, David Gilbert, and Lily Hay Newman

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

Security Roundup

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

Dhruv Mehrotra

The Trial at the Tip of the Terrorgram Iceberg

Far-Right Extremism

The Trial at the Tip of the Terrorgram Iceberg

Ali Winston

DeepSeek’s Popular AI App Is Explicitly Sending US Data to China

Collective Action

DeepSeek’s Popular AI App Is Explicitly Sending US Data to China

Matt Burgess and Lily Hay Newman

US Privacy Snags a Win as Judge Limits Warrantless FBI Searches

Security Roundup

US Privacy Snags a Win as Judge Limits Warrantless FBI Searches

Andrew Couts

How to Get Around the US TikTok Ban

Workarounds

How to Get Around the US TikTok Ban

Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess