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The Wiretap: A $60 Million Bitcoin Seizure Shows Cops Are Still Chasing Down Silk Road Dealers

The Wiretap: A $60 Million Bitcoin Seizure Shows Cops Are Still Chasing Down Silk Road Dealers
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Feds Suspect LastPass Hackers Stole $150 Million In Crypto From One Person

Feds Suspect LastPass Hackers Stole $150 Million In Crypto From One Person
07.03.2025 4

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Scammers Trick Trump Supporters Into Believing Their Memorabilia Is Worth Millions

Scammers Trick Trump Supporters Into Believing Their Memorabilia Is Worth Millions
06.03.2025 8

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The Wiretap: How Trump, Hegseth And DOGE Are Undermining Ukrainian Security

The Wiretap: How Trump, Hegseth And DOGE Are Undermining Ukrainian Security
04.03.2025 7

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The Wiretap: Russia Tried To Influence Germany’s Election With AI And Disinformation. It Mostly Failed.

The Wiretap: Russia Tried To Influence Germany’s Election With AI And Disinformation. It Mostly Failed.
25.02.2025 20

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Russia Is Targeting Ukrainian Soldiers’ Signal Accounts, Google Warns

Russia Is Targeting Ukrainian Soldiers’ Signal Accounts, Google Warns
19.02.2025 4

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The Wiretap: Google Fought A Court Order For 2,600 User Locations. And Won.

18.02.2025 4

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The Wiretap: USAID Was A Big Help In Ukraine’s Cyber War With Russia. Not Any More.

12.02.2025 20

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The Wiretap: USAID Was A Big Help In Ukraine’s Cyber War With Russia. Not Any More.

11.02.2025 7

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Axon Vs. Flock: Two Policing Tech Giants Just Had A Big Falling Out

07.02.2025 10

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The Wiretap: Americans, Elon Musk Is Coming For Your Personal Data

04.02.2025 6

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USAID Spent $1 Million On Elon Musk’s Starlink Terminals In The Last Year

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"It's The New TikTok": National Security Concerns Spike Over China’s DeepSeek

30.01.2025 7

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The Billion-Dollar Private Prison Companies Capitalizing On Trump’s Immigration Crackdown

30.01.2025 8

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The Wiretap: DeepSeek Turned Into Evil Malware Maker, Researchers Find

28.01.2025 8

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The Wiretap: An Amazon Copycat, An $80 Million Crime, And An Airbnb Faker–Pig Butchering Is Out Of Control

21.01.2025 5

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Apple And Google Take Down Crypto Apps From Alleged $24 Billion Cyberscam Market Owner

15.01.2025 5

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The Wiretap: At $24 Billion In Sales, The Biggest Illicit Marketplace Ever Is On Telegram

14.01.2025 4

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A Massive Mobile Location Data Hack May Have Risked Gay People’s Safety

10.01.2025 4

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The Wiretap: Telegram Handing Data On Thousands Of Users To Law Enforcement Across The World

The Wiretap is your weekly digest of cybersecurity, internet privacy and surveillance news. To get it in your inbox, subscribe here . Pavel Durov,...

07.01.2025 10

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Luigi Mangione AI Chatbots Give Voice To Accused UnitedHealthcare Shooter

Luigi Mangione is the chief suspect in the killing of Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare. (Photo by Jeff Swensen/Getty Images) Despite being...

17.12.2024 3

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The Wiretap: Kamala Harris’ Campaign Suspected Its iPhones Had Been Hacked. Apple Declined To Help.

The Wiretap is your weekly digest of cybersecurity, internet privacy and surveillance news. To get it in your inbox, subscribe here . (Photo by...

17.12.2024 7

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Fake X And Facebook Accounts Are Stoking Hate And Violence After UnitedHealthcare CEO’s Killing

Suspected shooter Luigi Mangione is led into the Blair County Courthouse for an extradition hearing. In the aftermath of the killing of the...

13.12.2024 6

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The Wiretap: The UnitedHealthcare CEO Killing And America’s 3D Printed Gun Problem

The Wiretap is your weekly digest of cybersecurity, internet privacy and surveillance news. To get it in your inbox, subscribe here . (Pennsylvania...

10.12.2024 5

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Before UnitedHealthcare CEO Shooting, Violent Threats Against Health Execs Were Rising, Says Security Consultant

The NYPD is still searching for the shooter of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, who was shot in New York earlier this week. (Photo by Alex...

06.12.2024 5

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How North Korean Hackers Pilfered $16 Million From A Crypto Exchange Via LinkedIn

North Korea has funded its nuclear program with crypto stolen by its state-backed hackers, according to western analysts. Bahrain-based...

04.12.2024 4

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The Wiretap: AI Is Already Supercharging Cyberattacks, Warns Government Minister

The Wiretap is your weekly digest of cybersecurity, internet privacy and surveillance news. To get it in your inbox, subscribe here . getty Both...

04.12.2024 20

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The Wiretap: ICE’s Big Spending On Phone Hacking Tech

The Wiretap is your weekly digest of cybersecurity, internet privacy and surveillance news. To get it in your inbox, subscribe here . getty From...

26.11.2024 4

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ICE Spent Millions On Phone Hacking Tech, Just In Time For Trump’s Mass Deportation Plans

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency is well prepared for President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to deport millions of undocumented...

25.11.2024 3

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The Wiretap: Who’s Afraid Of A Trumpian Encryption War?

The Wiretap is your weekly digest of cybersecurity, internet privacy and surveillance news. To get it in your inbox, subscribe here . (Photo by...

20.11.2024 4

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The Wiretap: California Cops Want More Apple Tech. These Kiwis Have An App For That.

The Wiretap is your weekly digest of cybersecurity, internet privacy and surveillance news. To get it in your inbox, subscribe here . (Photo by...

12.11.2024 6

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FBI Investigating Possible China Hack Of Presidential Campaign Officials’ iPhones

Campaigns for both vice president Kamala Harris and president elect Donald Trump have been targeted by foreign hackers. Campaign staff may have had...

08.11.2024 10

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The Wiretap: Watch Out For Russia's Fake Election News

The Wiretap is your weekly digest of cybersecurity, internet privacy and surveillance news. To get it in your inbox, subscribe here . (Photo by...

05.11.2024 4

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The Wiretap: This $2.5 Billion Cyber Intel Company Defends America, Israel And Ukraine. It’s About To Be Swallowed By Mastercard.

The Wiretap is your weekly digest of cybersecurity, internet privacy and surveillance news. To get it in your inbox, subscribe here . Christopher...

23.10.2024 6

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Facebook User Busted Selling Stolen U.S. Army Weapons, FBI Says

A Facebook user was selling stolen US Army gear, often from a large stash of laser sights, despite Meta's ban on the sales of such items on its...

18.10.2024 3

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The Wiretap: Microsoft Says Kremlin Is Working With Cybercriminals To Spy On Ukraine

The Wiretap is your weekly digest of cybersecurity, internet privacy and surveillance news. To get it in your inbox, subscribe here . getty Russian...

15.10.2024 3

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Apple Sells Privacy To Consumers. But It’s Quietly Helping Police Use iPhones For Surveillance.

Twice in the last five years, Apple hosted behind-closed-doors conferences for police agencies from across the world, bringing cops together at the...

09.10.2024 6

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The Wiretap: China Has Infiltrated Police Wiretap Systems

The Wiretap is your weekly digest of cybersecurity, internet privacy and surveillance news. To get it in your inbox, subscribe here . getty...

08.10.2024 3

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The Wiretap: The Biggest DDoS Attack Ever Didn’t Cause Any Noticeable Damage

The Wiretap is your weekly digest of cybersecurity, internet privacy and surveillance news. To get it in your inbox, subscribe here . getty The...

02.10.2024 4

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The Wiretap: Telegram Will Start Giving Data To Cops

The Wiretap is your weekly digest of cybersecurity, internet privacy and surveillance news. To get it in your inbox, subscribe here . Pavel Durov,...

24.09.2024 3

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Man Repeatedly Threatened To Assassinate Trump In 9 Calls To Mar-A-Lago, Secret Service Says

Former president Trump had threats against his life made at his Mar-a-Lago property, soon after he was shot in the ear. (Photo by BRENDAN...

23.09.2024 3

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The Strange Company At The Heart Of The Lebanon Pager Bomb Mystery

The head office of the BAC Consulting on September 18, 2024 in Budapest, Hungary. Taiwanese company Gold Apollo said that the pagers used by...

20.09.2024 3

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LinkedIn Is Using Your Data To Train Microsoft, OpenAI And Its Own AI Models–Here’s How To Turn It Off

LinkedIn started training its AI, as well as Microsoft and OpenAI models with user data, without explicit consent from users. (Photo Illustration...

18.09.2024 4

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The Wiretap: A Porn Actress Had Her Photos Used To Extort As Many As 60 Kids On Instagram And Kik, Feds Allege

The Wiretap is your weekly digest of cybersecurity, internet privacy and surveillance news. To get it in your inbox, subscribe here . Images taken...

17.09.2024 4

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Did Israel Hack Hezbollah Pagers To Make Them Explode? Former Intel Agents Have A More Likely Explanation

Amid the Israel war on Hamas and its fighting with Hezbollah, Israel is suspected of carrying out an unprecedented act of cyber sabotage. (Photo by...

17.09.2024 4

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The Wiretap: Feds Arrest Suspected Leaders Of ‘Terrorgram’ Neo-Nazi Group

The Wiretap is your weekly digest of cybersecurity, internet privacy and surveillance news. To get it in your inbox, subscribe here . Telegram is...

10.09.2024 5

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Cops Are Testing Apple Vision Pro For Use In Surveillance

Police departments in California have started testing Apple’s mixed-reality headset, the Vision Pro, which they plan to use for viewing...

10.09.2024 3

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The Wiretap: eBay Sellers Become Millionaires Selling Stolen Morning After Pills And Other Meds

The Wiretap is your weekly digest of cybersecurity, internet privacy and surveillance news. To get it in your inbox, subscribe here . getty If...

03.09.2024 3

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A Pedophile Filmed Kids At Disney World To Make AI Child Abuse Images, Cops Say

Disney says it wasn't told about an alleged pedophile taking images at its Orlando, Florida theme park. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) For many...

30.08.2024 3

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The Wiretap: Telegram Is Full Of AI-Generated And Real Child Abuse Photos–But Is That Enough To Arrest A CEO?

The Wiretap is your weekly digest of cybersecurity, internet privacy and surveillance news. To get it in your inbox, subscribe here . Telegram...

27.08.2024 4

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