On November 16, 2021, Matthew Ziburis sat in his car in a residential neighborhood in the Bay Area stalking an “enemy,” as he put it. A veteran of both the US Army and Marine Corps, Ziburis had previously served in… Read More "The Weird, Twisting Tale of How China Spied on Alysa Liu and Her Dad"
House Speaker Mike Johnson convened a vote in the dead of night on Friday, calling lawmakers back to the floor after midnight in a push to preserve a surveillance program that allows federal agents to read the communications of Americans… Read More "Republican Mutiny Sinks Trump’s Push to Extend Warrantless Surveillance"
A small conservative legal group used direct access to the Federal Communications Commission chairman’s office last September to accelerate a complaint targeting Jimmy Kimmel and his employer, ABC, according to internal emails obtained by WIRED. The emails show the group… Read More "The FCC Has a Fast Lane for Complaints About Trump’s Media Critics"
As US President Donald Trump threatens wholesale demolition of Iran’s infrastructure in the midst of an escalating war, Iran now appears to have already reciprocated with its own form of infrastructure sabotage: A hacking campaign hitting industrial control systems across… Read More "Iran-Linked Hackers Are Sabotaging US Energy and Water Infrastructure"
