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Security Roundup

Signal Is Finally Testing Usernames

Plus: A DDoS attack shuts down ChatGPT, Lockbit shuts down a bank, and a communications breakdown between politicians and Big Tech.

By Dhruv Mehrotra and Dell Cameron

Red Flags

This New Tool Aims to Keep Terrorism Content Off the Internet

By David Gilbert

Danger Zone

Here’s How Violent Extremists Are Exploiting Generative AI Tools

By David Gilbert

404

Omegle Was Forced to Shut Down by a Lawsuit From a Sexual Abuse Survivor

By Amanda Hoover

Double Whammy

Sandworm Hackers Caused Another Blackout in Ukraine—During a Missile Strike

By Andy Greenberg

Fox in the Hen House

This Is the Ops Manual for the Most Tech-Savvy Animal Liberation Group in the US

By Andy Greenberg

Fourth Amendment

A New US Privacy Bill Seeks to End Warrantless Police and FBI Spying

By Dell Cameron

Missing Connections

Internet Blackouts in Gaza Are a New Weapon in the Israel-Hamas War

By Matt Burgess and Lily Hay Newman

Error Detected

YouTube’s Ad Blocker Detection Believed to Break EU Privacy Law

By K.G. Orphanides

Security Roundup

This Cheap Hacking Device Can Crash Your iPhone With Pop-Ups

By Matt Burgess

Safety Mode

Microsoft Does Damage Control With Its New ‘Secure Future Initiative’

By Lily Hay Newman

Security Roundup

This Cryptomining Tool Is Stealing Secrets

By Lily Hay Newman

Blackout

The Destruction of Gaza’s Internet Is Complete

By Matt Burgess

Spooky Behavior

Okta’s Latest Security Breach Is Haunted by the Ghost of Incidents Past

By Lily Hay Newman

Section 702

A Powerful Tool US Spies Misused to Stalk Women Faces Its Potential Demise

By Dell Cameron

Security Roundup

The 23andMe User Data Leak May Be Far Worse Than Believed

By Andrew Couts

Fog of War

Who’s Responsible for the Gaza Hospital Explosion? Here’s Why It’s Hard to Know What’s Real

By David Gilbert

Security Roundup

The US Congress Was Targeted With Predator Spyware

By Andy Greenberg and Lily Hay Newman

I, Patch

A New Protocol Vulnerability Will Haunt the Web for Years

By Lily Hay Newman

Rinse and Repeat

New Clues Suggest Stolen FTX Funds Went to Russia-Linked Money Launderers

By Andy Greenberg

Noted

A Graphic Hamas Video Donald Trump Jr. Shared on X Is Actually Real, Research Confirms

By David Gilbert

Wrong Turn

The UN Risks Normalizing Internet Censorship

By Justin Ling

Self Owns

Elon Musk Is Shitposting His Way Through the Israel-Hamas War

By David Gilbert