Apr 3, 2018 4:36 PM

WIRED'S Top Stories in March

Everyone wanted to know about Facebook and Cambridge Analytica—but also about DDoS attacks, engineering disasters, and more.

illustration: Getty Images
01
GitHub Survived the Biggest DDoS Attack Ever Recorded
On Wednesday, a 1.3Tbps DDoS attack pummeled GitHub for 15-20 minutes. Here's how it stayed online.
Photo: David Paul Morris/Getty Images
02
A Hurricane Flattens Facebook
As the Cambridge Analytica story broke over the weekend, Facebook has struggled to formulate a response.

illustration: HOTLITTLEPOTATO
03
Operation Bayonet: Inside the Sting That Hijacked an Entire Dark Web Drug Market
Dutch police detail for the first time how they secretly hijacked Hansa, Europe's most popular dark web market.
photo: Kamil Bialous
04
Saving Baby Boy Green
Born at a barely viable 24 weeks, his life began as a battle for survival. His future is a test for how far neonatal medicine has come.

illustration: Giacomo Bagnara
05
What Are Screens Doing to Our Eyes—and Our Ability to See?
Our eyes are hardening; we can barely see our phones anymore. We must learn to look at the wider world.
illustration: Frank Ramspott/Getty Images
06
Sea Level Rise in the SF Bay Area Just Got a Lot More Dire
Sea levels are rising. But the San Francisco Bay Area has another problem: It's sinking. By 2100, it could lose 165 square miles to the sea.

illustration: Mai Schotz
07
AI Has a Hallucination Problem That's Proving Tough to Fix
Machine learning systems, like those used in self-driving cars, can be tricked into seeing objects that don't exist. Defenses proposed by Google, Amazon, and others are vulnerable too.
photo: Joe Raedle
08
The Ordinary Engineering Behind the Horrifying Florida Bridge Collapse
The "quick build" process used to put up the span that fell and killed six people is actually quite common—and has been around for decades.

illustration: Alvaro Dominguez
09
Mind Games: The Tortured Lives of ‘Targeted Individuals’
Thousands of people think that the government is using implanted chips and electronic beams to control their minds. They are desperate to prove they aren’t delusional.
illustration: HOTLITTLEPOTATO
10
The Complete Guide to Facebook Privacy
Despite repeated privacy lapses, Facebook offers a fairly robust set of tools to control who knows what about you.

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TopicsAMP Stories

GitHub Survived the Biggest DDoS Attack Ever Recorded

On Wednesday, a 1.3Tbps DDoS attack pummeled GitHub for 15-20 minutes. Here's how it stayed online.

Lily Hay Newman

A Hurricane Flattens Facebook

As the Cambridge Analytica story broke over the weekend, Facebook has struggled to formulate a response.

Nicholas Thompson and Fred Vogelstein

Inside the Sting That Hijacked a Dark Web Drug Market

Dutch police detail for the first time how they secretly hijacked Hansa, Europe's most popular dark web market.

Andy Greenberg

A Baby's Battle for Survival Tests How Far Medicine Has Come

Thanks to advances in neonatal care, Baby Boy Green joined a generation of premature babies whose survival would have been unimaginable a generation ago.

Eva Holland

What Are Screens Doing to Our Eyes—and Our Ability to See?

Our eyes are hardening; we can barely see our phones any more. We must learn to look at the wider world.

Virginia Heffernan

Sea Level Rise in the SF Bay Area Just Got a Lot More Dire

Sea levels are rising. But the San Francisco Bay Area has another problem: It's sinking. By 2100, it could lose 165 square miles to the sea.

Matt Simon

AI Has a Hallucination Problem That's Proving Tough to Fix

Machine learning systems, like those used in self-driving cars, can be tricked into seeing objects that don't exist. Defenses proposed by Google, Amazon, and others are vulnerable too.

Tom Simonite

The Engineering Behind the Horrible Florida Bridge Collapse

The "quick build" process used to put up the span that fell and killed six people is actually quite common—and has been around for decades.

Aarian Marshall

Mind Games: The Tortured Lives of ‘Targeted Individuals’

Thousands of people think that the government is using implanted chips and electronic beams to control their minds. They are desperate to prove they aren’t delusional.

Laura Yan