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ICE Seeks Cyber Upgrade to Better Surveil and Investigate Its Employees

The agency plans to renew a sweeping cybersecurity contract that includes expanded employee monitoring as the government escalates leak investigations and casts internal dissent as a threat.

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The Ultra-Realistic AI Face Swapping Platform Driving Romance Scams

Capable of creating “nearly perfect” face swaps during live video chats, Haotian has made millions, mainly via Telegram. But its main channel vanished after WIRED's inquiry into scammers using the app.

Border Patrol Bets on Small Drones to Expand US Surveillance Reach

Federal records show CBP is moving from testing small drones to making them standard surveillance tools, expanding a network that can follow activity in real time and extend well beyond the border.

Microsoft Will Finally Kill an Encryption Cipher That Enabled a Decade of Windows Hacks

The weak RC4 for administrative authentication has been a hacker holy grail for decades.

AI Toys for Kids Talk About Sex, Drugs, and Chinese Propaganda

Plus: Travelers to the US may have to hand over five years of social media history, South Korean CEOs are resigning due to cyberattacks, and more.

Warnings Mount in Congress Over Expanded US Wiretap Powers

Experts tell US lawmakers that a crucial spy program’s safeguards are failing, allowing intel agencies deeper, unconstrained access to Americans’ data.

Doxers Posing as Cops Are Tricking Big Tech Firms Into Sharing People’s Private Data

A spoofed email address and an easily faked document is all it takes for major tech companies to hand over your most personal information.

2 Men Linked to China’s Salt Typhoon Hacker Group Likely Trained in a Cisco ‘Academy’

The names of two partial owners of firms linked to the Salt Typhoon hacker group also appeared in records for a Cisco training program—years before the group targeted Cisco’s devices in a spy campaign.

A Complete Guide to the Jeffrey Epstein Document Dumps

New records about the infamous sex offender are released seemingly every week. Here’s a quick rundown of who’s releasing the Epstein documents, what they contain—and what they’re releasing next.

The US Won't Sanction China for Salt Typhoon Hacking

Plus: Officials warn of a disturbingly stealthy Chinese malware specimen, a CISA nomination stalls, and more.