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23andMe says 15% of customers asked to delete their genetic data since bankruptcy | TechCrunch

23andMe says 15% of customers asked to delete their genetic data since bankruptcy | TechCrunch

23andMe’s interim chief executive Joseph Selsavage told lawmakers on Tuesday that 1.9 million people, or about 15% of its customer …

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A Hacker May Have Deepfaked Trump’s Chief of Staff in a Phishing Campaign

A Hacker May Have Deepfaked Trump’s Chief of Staff in a Phishing Campaign

For years, a mysterious figure who goes by the handle Stern led the Trickbot ransomware gang and evaded identification—even as …

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The US Is Building a One-Stop Shop for Buying Your Data

The US Is Building a One-Stop Shop for Buying Your Data

This week, WIRED launched our Rogues issue—which included going a bit rough ourselves. WIRED senior correspondent Andy Greenberg flew to …

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Coinbase says its data breach affects at least 69,000 customers | TechCrunch

Coinbase says its data breach affects at least 69,000 customers | TechCrunch

Coinbase said at least 69,461 customers had personal and financial information stolen during a months-long data breach that it disclosed …

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A timeline of South Korean telco giant SKT’s data breach | TechCrunch

A timeline of South Korean telco giant SKT’s data breach | TechCrunch

In April, South Korea’s telco giant SK Telecom (SKT) was hit by a cyberattack that led to the theft of …

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PowerSchool paid a hacker’s ransom, but now schools say they are being extorted | TechCrunch

PowerSchool paid a hacker’s ransom, but now schools say they are being extorted | TechCrunch

Months after the hacked education software maker PowerSchool paid a hacker’s ransom to delete the company’s banks of stolen student …

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The Signal Clone Mike Waltz Was Caught Using Has Direct Access to User Chats

The Signal Clone Mike Waltz Was Caught Using Has Direct Access to User Chats

The communication app TeleMessage Signal, used by at least one top Trump administration official to archive messages, has already reportedly …

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Tulsi Gabbard Reused the Same Weak Password on Multiple Accounts for Years

Tulsi Gabbard Reused the Same Weak Password on Multiple Accounts for Years

Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, used the same easily cracked password for different online accounts over a period …

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GlobalX, airline used for Trump deportations, gets hacked: report | TechCrunch

GlobalX, airline used for Trump deportations, gets hacked: report | TechCrunch

GlobalX, an airline used by the Trump administration as part of its massive deportation campaign, has reportedly been hacked. On …

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Security Researchers Warn a Widely Used Open Source Tool Poses a ‘Persistent’ Risk to the US

Security Researchers Warn a Widely Used Open Source Tool Poses a ‘Persistent’ Risk to the US

“Nation states take on a strategic positioning,” says George Barnes, a former deputy director at the National Security Agency, who …

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Mike Waltz Has Somehow Gotten Even Worse at Using Signal

Mike Waltz Has Somehow Gotten Even Worse at Using Signal

On ThursdaY, Reuters published a photo depicting then-United States national security advisor Mike Waltz checking his phone during a cabinet …

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Exclusive: Dating app Raw exposed users’ location data and personal information

Exclusive: Dating app Raw exposed users’ location data and personal information

A security lapse at dating app Raw publicly exposed the personal data and private location data of its users, TechCrunch …

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