Republican Mutiny Sinks Trump's Push to Extend Warrantless Surveillance

A post-midnight revolt in the House sank the White House's efforts to extend Section 702—a spy program the FBI has used to look into members of Congress, protesters, and political donors...

The Shocking Secrets of Madison Square Garden’s Surveillance Machine

Famously vengeful Knicks owner Jim Dolan has long spied on people at his iconic arenas. WIRED goes deep inside the operation that allegedly tracked a trans woman, lawyers, protesters, and more...

How a Travel YouTuber Captured Nepal’s Revolution for the World

Harry Jackson went into Kathmandu as a tourist. He ended up being one of the main international sources of news on Nepal’s Gen Z protests...

FTC Says Data Brokers Unlawfully Tracked Protesters and US Military Personnel

The FTC is targeting data brokers that monitored people’s movements during protests and around US military installations. But signs suggest the Trump administration will be far more lenient...

Microsoft’s New Recall AI Tool May Be a ‘Privacy Nightmare’

Plus: US surveillance reportedly targets pro-Palestinian protesters, the FBI arrests a man for AI-generated CSAM, and stalkerware targets hotel computers...

NYPD Body Cam Data Shows the Scale of Violence Against Protesters

A landmark $13 million settlement with the City of New York is the latest in a string of legal wins for protesters who were helped by a video-analysis tool that smashes the “bad apple” myth...

China’s Police State Targets Zero-Covid Protesters

Plus: ICE accidentally doxes asylum seekers, Google fails to uphold a post-Roe promise, and LastPass suffers the second breach this year...

Kazakh Govt. Used Spyware Against Protesters

An agent of the Kazakhstan government has been using enterprise-grade spyware against domestic targets, according to Lookout research published last week. The government entity used brand impersonation to trick victims into downloading the malware, dubbed “Hermit.” Hermit is an advanced, modular...

San Francisco Police Illegally Spying on Protesters

Last summer, the San Francisco police illegally used surveillance cameras at the George Floyd protests. The EFF is suing the police: This surveillance invaded the privacy of protesters, targeted people of color, and chills and deters participation and organizing for future protests. The SFPD also...

Hackers and Anti-Government Protests rage across Iraq

Four Iraqi Government websites defaced today by hacker going by name "riSky". Defaced domains include Iraq National Investment Commission website also. Where, Tens of thousands of protesters rallied across Iraq on Friday, charging that Sunni Muslims had been disenfranchised under the Shiite-led...

#OpJubilee - Anonymous Hackers deface UK police forums

Anonymous Hackers declare another operation name called - ANONYMOUS OPERATION JUBILEE. Under this there will be Rally of Millions people To Parliament, London on 5th of November 2012. As planned this will be a peaceful gathering at the Parliament Building in London to declare the true jubilee. Th...

Hackers leak Citigroup CEO's personal data after Occupy Wall Street arrests

Hackers leak Citigroup CEO's personal data after Occupy Wall Street arrests The mobile phone number and home address of Vikram Pandit, the chief executive of Citigroup, have been placed on the web by hacking group CabinCr3w in retaliation for the cuffing of protesters at an Occupy Wall Street dem...

Harvard University website hacked by Syria protesters

Harvard University website hacked by Syria protesters Syrian hackers have hit the website of Harvard University, one of America's top universities, Itar-tass reports. Along with a picture of Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, the hacked home page showed a message saying the "Syrian Electronic Arm...

Jordan Islamist opposition website hacked !

Jordan's opposition Islamic Action Front party said Sunday its website has been hacked, a day after it called for the ouster of the prime minister over a deadly crackdown on protesters. "The content of the website has been replaced with slogans and statements, clearly showing that an official par...

Ashton Kutcher's Twitter account hacked !

TV prankster Ashton Kutcher has been Punk'd – jokers hacked into his beloved Twitter account on Wednesday. The actor famously fooled celebrities including Beyoncé, Kanye West, and Pete Wentz on his MTV hidden camera show in which he played outrageous practical jokes on his unsuspecting victims...

Facebook Used Social Authentication To Shield Tunisian Protesters

Faced with the Tunisian government’s efforts to hack the Facebook accounts of protesters, Facebook’s security team stepped up its use of social authentication to help secure protester’s accounts. A new account of the role of the Facebook in aiding widespread protests against the regime in Tunisia...

Is The Tunisian Government Hacking Facebook Accounts?

The government of Tunisia may have chosen an odd way to combat protesters: Hacking into their Facebook accounts. This appears to have gotten the attention of the hacker group Anonymous, which is siding with the protests. The past month has seen many large-scale uprisings in the North African...