The Startup That Transformed the Hack-for-Hire Industry

Plus: The FBI’s baffling inaction on a ransomware group, a massive breach of Danish electric utilities, and more. Powered by...

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The Bin Laden Letter Is Being Weaponized by the Far Right

Far-right influencers and right-wing lawmakers are using the spread of Osama bin Laden’s “Letter to America” to call for a TikTok ban and boost decades old conspiracies. Powered by WPeMatico

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A Spy Agency Leaked People’s Data Online—Then the Data Was Stolen

The National Telecommunication Monitoring Center in Bangladesh exposed a database to the open web. The types of data leaked online are extensive. Powered by WPeMatico

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How to Opt Out of Facebook’s Latest Two-Factor Authentication Change

With Meta’s recent update to its 2FA process, the company now automatically trusts devices you often use. Powered by WPeMatico

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Running Signal Will Soon Cost $50 Million a Year

Signal’s president reveals the cost of running the privacy-preserving platform—not just to drum up donations, but to call out the for-profit surveillance business models it competes against. Powered by WPeMatico

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US Congress Report Calls for Privacy Reforms After FBI Surveillance ‘Abuses’

A new report by an oversight committee in the US House of Representatives says the FBI has routinely violated rules governing FISA’s Section 702 surveillance program and must be reined in. Powered by WPeMatico

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