‘People Are Scared’: Inside CISA as It Reels From Trump’s Purge

Credit to Author: Eric Geller| Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2025 09:30:00 +0000

Employees at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency tell WIRED they’re struggling to protect the US while the administration dismisses their colleagues and poisons their partnerships.

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

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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The National Institute of Standards and Technology Braces for Mass Firings

Credit to Author: Will Knight, Paresh Dave, Leah Feiger| Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:19:27 +0000

Approximately 500 NIST staffers, including at least three lab directors, are expected to lose their jobs at the standards agency as part of the ongoing DOGE purge, sources tell WIRED.

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

Credit to Author: Dell Cameron, Dhruv Mehrotra| Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:21:41 +0000

Google enables marketers to target people with serious illnesses and crushing debt—against its policies—as well as the makers of classified defense technology, a WIRED investigation has found.

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