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Inbox Outrage

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

Andrew Couts

Security Roundup

China Secretly (and Weirdly) Admits It Hacked US Infrastructure

Lily Hay Newman

YikesGPT

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

Matt Burgess

Under the Influence

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

Vas Panagiotopoulos

Security Roundup

NSA Chief Ousted Amid Trump Loyalty Firing Spree

Dhruv Mehrotra and Andrew Couts

Deciphering

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

Zeyi Yang, Louise Matsakis, and Caroline Haskins

Vanishing Act

Cybersecurity Professor Mysteriously Disappears as FBI Raids His Homes

Dan Goodin, Ars Technica

Dark Secrets

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

Matt Burgess

Security Roundup

Top Trump Officials’ Passwords and Personal Phone Numbers Discovered Online

Matt Burgess

Check Your Settings

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

Dhruv Mehrotra and Tim Marchman

To the Moon

SignalGate Is Driving the Most US Downloads of Signal Ever

Andy Greenberg

People You May Know

Mike Waltz Left His Venmo Friends List Public

Dhruv Mehrotra and Tim Marchman

Off Target

SignalGate Isn’t About Signal

Andy Greenberg and Lily Hay Newman

Buying Guide

The Best Password Managers to Secure Your Digital Life

Scott Gilbertson

Chapter11andMe

How to Delete Your Data From 23andMe

Emily Mullin and Lily Hay Newman

It's a Journey

How to Enter the US With Your Digital Privacy Intact

Andy Greenberg and Matt Burgess

Logging On

Using Starlink Wi-Fi in the White House Is a Slippery Slope for US Federal IT

Lily Hay Newman

Cut and Run

Trump’s Aggression Sours Europe on US Cloud Giants

Matt Burgess

Clean Break

How to Avoid US-Based Digital Services—and Why You Might Want To

Violet Blue

(B)add-On

Low-Cost Drone Add-Ons From China Let Anyone With a Credit Card Turn Toys Into Weapons of War

Lily Hay Newman