Credit to Author: Dell Cameron| Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2025 21:59:08 +0000
Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, has long held anti-surveillance views. Now she oversees a key surveillance program she once tried to dismantle.
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Credit to Author: Justin Ling| Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2025 19:22:52 +0000
Documents obtained by WIRED show the US Department of Defense is considering cutting up to 75 percent of workers who stop the spread of chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons.
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2025 00:54:40 +0000
At 49, Branden Spikes isn’t just one of the oldest technologists who has been involved in Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). As the current director of information technology at X/Twitter and an early hire at PayPal, Zip2, Tesla and SpaceX, Spikes is also among Musk’s most loyal employees. Here’s a closer look at this trusted Musk lieutenant, whose Russian ex-wife was once married to Elon’s cousin.
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Credit to Author: Jared Keller| Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2025 13:34:39 +0000
Developed to boost productivity and operational readiness, the AI is now being used to “review” diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility polices to align them with President Trump’s orders.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2025 17:12:56 +0000
The Justice Department claims 10 alleged hackers and two Chinese government officials took part in a wave of cyberattacks around the globe that included breaching the US Treasury Department and more.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman, Matt Burgess| Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2025 11:00:00 +0000
New research shows at least a million inexpensive Android devices—from TV streaming boxes to car infotainment systems—are compromised to allow bad actors to commit ad fraud and other cybercrime.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman, Andy Greenberg| Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2025 11:30:00 +0000
Plus: The FBI pins that ByBit theft on North Korea, a malicious app download breaches Disney, spyware targets a priest close to the pope, and more.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2025 11:30:00 +0000
A WIRED investigation reveals that criminals who make billions from scam compounds in Myanmar—where tens of thousands of people are enslaved—are using Starlink to get online.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2025 19:43:33 +0000
Cloud “container” defenses have inconsistencies that can give attackers too much access. A new company, Edera, is taking on that challenge and the problem of the male-dominated startup world.
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Credit to Author: Reece Rogers| Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2025 11:30:00 +0000
An alleged job scam, led by “Aiden” from “OpenAI,” recruited workers in Bangladesh for months before disappearing overnight, according to FTC complaints obtained by WIRED.
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