Security News
Rug Pull
The Collapse of USAID Is Already Fueling Human Trafficking and Slavery at Scammer Compounds
The dismantling of USAID by Elon Musk's DOGE and a State Department funding freeze have severely disrupted efforts to help people escape forced labor camps run by criminal scammers.
By Matt Burgess and Lily Hay Newman
Downward Spiral
Despite Catastrophic Hacks, Ransomware Payments Dropped Dramatically Last Year
By Andy Greenberg and Lily Hay Newman
Hidden Cracks
DeepSeek’s Safety Guardrails Failed Every Test Researchers Threw at Its AI Chatbot
By Matt Burgess and Lily Hay Newman
Basic Problems
Exposed DeepSeek Database Revealed Chat Prompts and Internal Data
By Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess
Collective Action
DeepSeek’s Popular AI App Is Explicitly Sending US Data to China
By Matt Burgess and Lily Hay Newman
All Wheel Spies
Subaru Security Flaws Exposed Its System for Tracking Millions of Cars
By Andy Greenberg
Security Roundup
US Names One of the Hackers Allegedly Behind Massive Salt Typhoon Breaches
By Lily Hay Newman and Andy Greenberg
Burned
Hackers Likely Stole FBI Call Logs From AT&T That Could Compromise Informants
By Lily Hay Newman
Being Diplomatic
Biden's Cyber Ambassador Urges Trump Not to Cede Ground to Russia and China in Global Tech Fight
By Eric Geller
Boom Times
The ‘Largest Illicit Online Marketplace’ Ever Is Growing at an Alarming Rate, Report Says
By Matt Burgess and Lily Hay Newman
B4D-N3W5
License Plate Readers Are Leaking Real-Time Video Feeds and Vehicle Data
By Matt Burgess and Dhruv Mehrotra
Security Roundup
Apple May Owe You $20 in a Siri Privacy Lawsuit Settlement
By Andrew Couts, Andy Greenberg, and Lily Hay Newman