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Shortsighted

‘Stupid and Dangerous’: CISA Funding Chaos Threatens Essential Cybersecurity Program

By Lily Hay Newman

Autodelete

Here’s What Happened to Those SignalGate Messages

By Dell Cameron

Pwned

Suspected 4chan Hack Could Expose Longtime, Anonymous Admins

By Matt Burgess and Lily Hay Newman

Bad Company

TraderTraitor: The Kings of the Crypto Heist

By Matt Burgess

Bad Company

Gamaredon: The Turncoat Spies Relentlessly Hacking Ukraine

By Andy Greenberg

Bad Company

Smishing Triad: The Scam Group Stealing the World’s Riches

By Matt Burgess

Bad Company

CyberAv3ngers: The Iranian Saboteurs Hacking Water and Gas Systems Worldwide

By Andy Greenberg

Bad Company

Brass Typhoon: The Chinese Hacking Group Lurking in the Shadows

By Lily Hay Newman

Bad Company

Black Basta: The Fallen Ransomware Gang That Lives On

By Lily Hay Newman

Inbox Outrage

Homeland Security Email Tells a US Citizen to ‘Immediately’ Self-Deport

By Andrew Couts

Security Roundup

China Secretly (and Weirdly) Admits It Hacked US Infrastructure

By Lily Hay Newman

YikesGPT

Sex-Fantasy Chatbots Are Leaking a Constant Stream of Explicit Messages

By Matt Burgess

Under the Influence

Spyware Maker NSO Group Is Paving a Path Back Into Trump’s America

By Vas Panagiotopoulos

Security Roundup

NSA Chief Ousted Amid Trump Loyalty Firing Spree

By Dhruv Mehrotra and Andrew Couts

Deciphering

Cybersecurity Professor Faced China-Funding Inquiry Before Disappearing, Sources Say

By Zeyi Yang, Louise Matsakis, and Caroline Haskins

Vanishing Act

Cybersecurity Professor Mysteriously Disappears as FBI Raids His Homes

By Dan Goodin, Ars Technica

Dark Secrets

An AI Image Generator’s Exposed Database Reveals What People Really Used It For

By Matt Burgess

Security Roundup

Top Trump Officials’ Passwords and Personal Phone Numbers Discovered Online

By Matt Burgess

Check Your Settings

Even More Venmo Accounts Tied to Trump Officials in Signal Group Chat Left Data Public

By Dhruv Mehrotra and Tim Marchman

To the Moon

SignalGate Is Driving the Most US Downloads of Signal Ever

By Andy Greenberg