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A Pornhub Chatbot Stopped Millions From Searching for Child Abuse Videos

Nudge

A Pornhub Chatbot Stopped Millions From Searching for Child Abuse Videos

By Matt Burgess

Biden Bans Rival Nations From Buying Sensitive US Data—Good Luck

Baby Steps

Biden Bans Rival Nations From Buying Sensitive US Data—Good Luck

By Dell Cameron

Dictators Used Sandvine Tech to Censor the Internet. The US Finally Did Something About It

What Comes Around

Dictators Used Sandvine Tech to Censor the Internet. The US Finally Did Something About It

By Peter Guest

Ransomware Groups Are Bouncing Back Faster From Law Enforcement Busts

Second Acts

Ransomware Groups Are Bouncing Back Faster From Law Enforcement Busts

By Andy Greenberg

How a Right-Wing Controversy Could Sabotage US Election Security

Insecurities

How a Right-Wing Controversy Could Sabotage US Election Security

By Eric Geller

A Mysterious Leak Exposed Chinese Hacking Secrets

Security Roundup

A Mysterious Leak Exposed Chinese Hacking Secrets

By Matt Burgess

Here Are the Secret Locations of ShotSpotter Gunfire Sensors

Pin Drop

Here Are the Secret Locations of ShotSpotter Gunfire Sensors

By Dhruv Mehrotra and Joey Scott

Leak Reveals the Unusual Path of ‘Urgent’ Russian Threat Warning

Stranger Things

Leak Reveals the Unusual Path of ‘Urgent’ Russian Threat Warning

By Dell Cameron

Apple’s iMessage Is Getting Future-Resistant Encryption

Planning Ahead

Apple’s iMessage Is Getting Future-Resistant Encryption

By Matt Burgess

A Top White House Cyber Official Sees the ‘Promise and Peril’ in AI

WIRED Q&A

A Top White House Cyber Official Sees the ‘Promise and Peril’ in AI

By Garrett M. Graff

The Danger Lurking Just Below Ukraine’s Surface

Buried Issues

The Danger Lurking Just Below Ukraine’s Surface

By Justin Ling

How to Not Get Scammed Out of $50,000

Security Roundup

How to Not Get Scammed Out of $50,000

By Andrew Couts

Leak of Russian ‘Threat’ Part of a Bid to Kill US Surveillance Reform, Sources Say

Unfair Warning

Leak of Russian ‘Threat’ Part of a Bid to Kill US Surveillance Reform, Sources Say

By Dell Cameron

Surveillance Fight Pits the White House Opposite Reproductive Rights

Private Matters

Surveillance Fight Pits the White House Opposite Reproductive Rights

By Dell Cameron and Andrew Couts

‘AI Girlfriends’ Are a Privacy Nightmare

Circuit Breaker

‘AI Girlfriends’ Are a Privacy Nightmare

By Matt Burgess

A Backroom Deal Looms Over a High-Stakes US Surveillance Fight

Cloakroom & Dagger

A Backroom Deal Looms Over a High-Stakes US Surveillance Fight

By Dell Cameron

Satellite Images Point to Indiscriminate Israeli Attacks on Gaza’s Health Care Facilities

Loose Cannon

Satellite Images Point to Indiscriminate Israeli Attacks on Gaza’s Health Care Facilities

By Vittoria Elliott

How 3 Million ‘Hacked’ Toothbrushes Became a Cyber Urban Legend

Security Roundup

How 3 Million ‘Hacked’ Toothbrushes Became a Cyber Urban Legend

By Andy Greenberg and Dhruv Mehrotra

London Underground Is Testing Real-Time AI Surveillance Tools to Spot Crime

Mind the Gap

London Underground Is Testing Real-Time AI Surveillance Tools to Spot Crime

By Matt Burgess

Ransomware Payments Hit a Record $1.1 Billion in 2023

Breaking Bad

Ransomware Payments Hit a Record $1.1 Billion in 2023

By Andy Greenberg