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ICE Wants to Know Everyone Who Bought a Certain Green Beanie From REI in the Last 2 Years

By: Maddy Varner
Homeland Security Investigations agents hit the outdoor retailer with a controversial subpoena as part of a dragnet search for the identities of protesters who entered a Minnesota church in March.
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The Cybersecurity Apocalypse Is Coming in ‘Months,’ AI Giants Warn

By: Maddy Varner
Plus: Hackers target over 100 US water systems, ICE puts in an order for robot dogs, and you’ll never guess what “MrChildPorn” was arrested for.
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FTC Strikes Deals to Ignore Unlawful Credit Discrimination

By: Maddy Varner
The agency signed agreements to not enforce parts of three federal court orders against auto dealers accused of discrimination—and didn’t notify judges or at least one of its coplaintiffs.
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DHS Wants Protesters’ Signal Group Chats

By: Maddy Varner
A lawsuit accuses Homeland Security of violating protesters’ free-speech rights—but the agency is using it to try to get access to the plaintiffs’ encrypted communications.
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DHS Is Hiring Bounty Hunters to Find and Photograph Deported People’s Homes Abroad

By: Dell Cameron, Maddy Varner
Homeland Security told immigrants that leaving the US would wipe out fines it claims they owe. Now it wants private investigators to find them in their home countries and collect.
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7 States’ Water Systems Hit by Cyberattacks Likely Tied to Iran

Plus: The FBI eyes AI-powered tech to detect future crimes, Russia charges Telegram’s founder, xAI sues to stop a state’s “nudification” ban, and the Democrats learn a lesson about getting scammed.
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Private Claude Chats Exposed in Google and Bing Search Results

By: Maddy Varner
The screwup shows how tricky it can be to stop web crawlers from making ostensibly private conversations with AI chatbots entirely too public.
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States Want ICE Agents to Show Their Faces. The Trump Administration Is Blocking Them

By: Maddy Varner
Federal lawyers say anti-mask laws would endanger immigration agents, citing an ICE face-recognition art project that doesn’t actually work.
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Madison Square Garden Kept a List of Gay Celebrities

By: Noah Shachtman, Maddy Varner
An MSG database tracked and categorized hundreds of celebs, famous Knicks superfans, and even some of Taylor Swift’s wedding guests. Labels included “LGBTQIA,” “DO NOT HOST,” and low to high “risk.”
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ICE’s Internal Watchdog Is Now Investigating Online Critics

By: Maddy Varner
The Office of Professional Responsibility has opened more than 100 cases over what ICE officials call “incidents of doxing and threats” against ICE employees.
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How to Watch the Knicks Parade on NYC Traffic Surveillance Cameras

By: Maddy Varner
Artist Morry Kolman will be livestreaming feeds of the NBA champions’ ticker-tape parade from NYC’s traffic cameras—and this time, the city’s Department of Transportation isn’t demanding he stop.
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The UK Will Scan Asylum-Seekers’ Faces for Age Checks—Despite Knowing the Tech Is Flawed

Internal Home Office tests of age-verification technology show the risks of life-altering errors. It’s moving forward anyway.
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Mapping Every Flock License Plate Reader Near US World Cup Stadiums

By: Maddy Varner
Most US World Cup stadiums are surrounded by surveillance cameras. Want to know if you’re being watched on your way to a match? These maps will help you.
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Crypto-Funded Chinese Peptide Labs Are Booming

Plus: Hackers use Meta’s AI bots to hack Instagram accounts, Anthropic helps NSA hackers, a decades-long GPS satellite mystery may have been solved, and more.
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The White House’s Aliens.gov Site Brags That ICE Arrested More Than 700 US Citizens

By: Maddy Varner, Dell Cameron
The website, which compares human beings to extraterrestrials, touts arrest numbers from the Trump administration’s sweeping immigration crackdown. But some of its details are really out there.
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Quiz: Will AI Destroy Your Career?

By: Maddy Varner
Some jobs may be toast. Some will survive. Click your answers to learn your fate.
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‘Creepy’ Listening Tool for Targeted Ads Didn’t Actually Work, FTC Says

By: Maddy Varner
Three firms will pay nearly $1 million for selling “Active Listening” technology that they claimed tapped people’s phones for advertising. The FTC alleges the “tech” was just pricey email lists.
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You Can Get Some of Your Nudes Removed From the Internet Under a New Law

By: Maddy Varner
Starting May 19, tech platforms in the US will have to comply with the Take It Down Act. Here’s how more than a dozen major platforms are handling takedown demands for your nonconsensual nudes.
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Cybercriminal Twins Caught After They Forgot to Turn Off Microsoft Teams Recording

Plus: Instructure’s Canvas ransomware debacle comes to a close, an alleged dark net market kingpin gets arrested, OpenAI workers fall victim to a supply chain attack, and more.
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DHS Plans Experiment Running ‘Reconnaissance’ Drones Along the US-Canada Border

By: Dell Cameron, Maddy Varner
Autonomous drones and ground vehicles will stream “battlefield intelligence” over 5G along the US-Canada border in a bilateral DHS experiment this fall.
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The FCC Received Hundreds of Complaints About Bad Bunny’s ‘Vulgar’ Super Bowl Performance

By: Angela Watercutter, Maddy Varner
The complaints, obtained by WIRED, described Bad Bunny’s performance as being overly sexual and protested that the show was in Spanish.
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Hackable Robot Lawn Mower Unlocks a New Nightmare

Plus: Meta officially kills encrypted Instagram DMs, the Trump administration targets “violent left wing extremists,” leaked documents reveal Russia's school for elite hackers, and more.
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DHS Demanded Google Surrender Data on Canadian’s Activity, Location Over Anti-ICE Posts

By: Maddy Varner
Using a 1930s trade law, Homeland Security targeted the man—who hasn’t entered the US in more than a decade—following posts on X condemning the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
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OpenAI Enables Marketing Cookies by Default for Free ChatGPT Users

By: Reece Rogers, Maddy Varner
ChatGPT’s new privacy policy states how the company uses cookies for tracking, to turn free users into paying subscribers.
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US Special Forces Soldier Arrested for Polymarket Bets on Maduro Raid

By: Kate Knibbs, Maddy Varner
The master sergeant allegedly used classified intel to profit on the capture of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, marking the first US arrest for insider trading on a prediction market.
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Meta Is Sued Over Scam Ads on Facebook and Instagram

By: Maddy Varner
A lawsuit from the Consumer Federation of America accuses Meta of misleading consumers about its efforts to combat scams advertisements on its platforms.
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It Takes 2 Minutes to Hack the EU’s New Age-Verification App

Plus: Major data breaches at a gym chain and hotel giant, a disruptive DDoS attack against Bluesky, dubious ICE hires, and more.
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Your Push Notifications Aren’t Safe From the FBI

Plus: Iran’s internet blackout hits the 1,000-hour mark, cryptocurrency scams result in a record amount of money stolen from Americans, and more.
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Politicians Are Spending More Money on Security as They Increasingly Become Targets

By: Maddy Varner
Political candidates are purchasing more home alarms, bulletproof vests, and other protections amid rising fears of political violence.
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Border Patrol Agents Sold Challenge Coins With ‘Charlotte’s Web’ Characters in Riot Gear

By: Maddy Varner
Nonprofits run out of US Border Patrol stations are also selling other “operation”-themed coins that include a phrase popularized by the Proud Boys, potentially in violation of government rules.
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Hackers Are Posting the Claude Code Leak With Bonus Malware

Plus: The FBI says a recent hack of its wiretap tools poses a national security risk, attackers stole Cisco source code as part of an ongoing supply chain hacking spree, and more.
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Unmasking the Paramilitary Agents Behind Trump’s Violent Immigration Crackdown

By: Ali Winston, Maddy Varner
A WIRED analysis of DHS records identified dozens of specialized federal agents who used force against US civilians during the largest known deployment of its kind in US history.
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A Hacker Accidentally Broke Into the FBI’s Epstein Files

By: Andy Greenberg, Maddy Varner, Andrew Couts
Plus: A porn-quitting app exposed the masturbation habits of hundreds of thousands of users, Russian hackers are trying to take over people’s Signal accounts, and more.
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Here’s Every Country Directly Impacted by the War on Iran

By: Maddy Varner
As the conflict in the Middle East continues to escalate, more than a dozen countries in the region have reportedly been affected by air strikes.
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Area Man Accidentally Hacks 6,700 Camera-Enabled Robot Vacuums

By: Andy Greenberg, Lily Hay Newman, Maddy Varner
Plus: The top US cyber agency falls into shambles, AI models develop an upsetting penchant for nuclear weapons, and more.
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Riley Walz, the Jester of Silicon Valley, Is Joining OpenAI

By: Maxwell Zeff, Maddy Varner
The software engineer is famous for his online stunts. Now he’s joining the company behind ChatGPT to work on new ways for humans to use AI systems.
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Here’s What a Google Subpoena Response Looks Like, Courtesy of the Epstein Files

By: Maddy Varner
The US Justice Department disclosures give fresh clues about how tech companies handle government inquiries about your data.
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Metadata Exposes Authors of ICE’s ‘Mega’ Detention Center Plans

By: Maddy Varner
Comments and other data left on a PDF detailing Homeland Security’s proposal to build “mega” detention and processing centers reveal the personnel involved in its creation.
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Jeffrey Epstein’s Ties to CBP Agents Sparked a DOJ Probe

By: Maddy Varner
Documents say customs officers in the US Virgin Islands had friendly relationships with Epstein years after his 2008 conviction, showing how the infamous sex offender tried to cultivate allies.
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Ring Kills Flock Safety Deal After Super Bowl Ad Uproar

By: Maddy Varner, Andrew Couts
Plus: Meta plans to add face recognition to its smart glasses, Jared Kushner named as part of whistleblower’s mysterious national security complaint, and more.
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ICE Is Crashing the US Court System in Minnesota

By: Maddy Varner
Petitions demanding people get the chance to be released from ICE custody have overwhelmed courts throughout the US.
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ICE and CBP’s Face-Recognition App Can’t Actually Verify Who People Are

By: Dell Cameron, Maddy Varner
ICE has used Mobile Fortify to identify immigrants and citizens alike over 100,000 times, by one estimate. It wasn't built to work like that—and only got approved after DHS abandoned its own privacy rules.
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How Data Brokers Can Fuel Violence Against Public Servants

By: Maddy Varner
A new report from the Public Service Alliance finds state privacy laws offer public servants few ways to protect their private data, even as threats against them are on the rise.
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How to Film ICE

Filming federal agents in public is legal, but avoiding a dangerous—even deadly—confrontation isn’t guaranteed. Here’s how to record ICE and CBP agents as safely as possible and have an impact.
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We Found Two Theaters With Sold-Out ‘Melania’ Opening Day Screenings

By: Maddy Varner
A WIRED analysis of nearly 1,400 Friday showtimes of Melania found only two with no tickets available. Both are before 3 pm.
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Here’s the Company That Sold DHS ICE’s Notorious Face Recognition App

By: Maddy Varner, Dell Cameron
Immigration agents have used Mobile Fortify to scan the faces of countless people in the US—including many citizens.
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The State-Led Crackdown on Grok and xAI Has Begun

By: Maddy Varner, Manisha Krishnan
At least 37 attorneys general for US states and territories are taking action against xAI after Grok generated a flood of nonconsensual sexual images of women and minors.
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DOGE May Have Misused Social Security Data, DOJ Admits

By: Maddy Varner, Andy Greenberg, Andrew Couts
Plus: The FAA blocks drones over DHS operations, Microsoft admits it hands over Bitlocker encryption keys to the cops, and more.
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ICE Agents Are ‘Doxing’ Themselves

By: Maddy Varner
The alleged risks of being publicly identified have not stopped DHS  and ICE employees from creating profiles on LinkedIn, even as Kristi Noem threatens to treat revealing agents’ identities as a crime.
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