Trump's Mexican Border Wall Is Now 'See-Through,' Because Sure, Whatever
President Donald Trump’s increasingly fantastical wall on the border with Mexico—which will be up to 65 feet tall, …
Privacy and Security
Facebook Pledges to Share Russian Political Ads With Congress [Updated]
Facebook will share political ads linked to a Russian troll farm with Congress, in a reversal of its earlier claim that…
Uber Is Getting A New Privacy Policy
Uber has rightfully taken heat for its past privacy overreaches: tracking riders after they get dropped off, tracking…
The CCleaner Attack Was Worse Than We Knew
When Avast announced that 2.27 million people had downloaded a malware-riddled copy of its performance optimization…
SEC Gets Hacked, Refuses to Release Details About Just How Fucked Everything Might Be
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has disclosed that hackers accessed sensitive information from its systems…
Citizen, the Creepy Crime-Fighting App Formerly Known as Vigilante, Somehow Gets $12.2 Million
Citizen, the extremely dubious rebranding of Vigilante—an app which notifies users of 911 reports near them and…
Congress Wants New Rules for Online Political Advertising After Russian Facebook Ads
Democrats in the House and Senate are pushing the Federal Election Commission to develop new rules governing political…
Uber Claims Company Put Bogus Ads on Breitbart in Industry-Shaking Lawsuit
Earlier this year, hundreds of companies began to publicly flee participation in the alt-right website Breitbart’s…
How to Stop Pirate Bay and Other Sites From Hijacking Your CPU to Mine Cryptocoins
This past weekend, the popular torrenting site The Pirate Bay caught some flack for testing out a new system that used…
Here Are The First Concrete Numbers Showing How Rarely Twitter Takes Action On Abusive Behavior Reports
Twitter has struggled to rein in harassment on its platform for years, but in January, the company pledged to finally…
Viacom Leak May Have Exposed Hundreds of Digital Properties—Paramount Pictures, Comedy Central, MTV, and More
An Amazon server containing roughly a gigabyte’s worth of credentials and configuration files belonging to behemoth…
Do These 7 Dead-Simple Safety Checks to Make Sure Your Accounts and Devices Are Safe
It’s a hostile world out there and your personal data is constantly being targeted from a whole host of angles. While…
Report: Authorities Wiretapped Trump Campaign Manager Paul Manafort Twice
CNN has learned US authorities wiretapped Paul Manafort, the spin artist for dictators who worked a tumultuous …
Equifax's Troubles Grow With News of Prior Breach, DOJ Investigation Into Stock Trades
Equifax, the credit reporting agency which recently lost said credit information on up to 143 million people to…
The Fight Over DRM Standards for Streaming Video Is Over and Big Business Won
A fight over the future of video streaming has been brewing for years—and it finally came to a head today, with a major…
Why Is Someone Clogging Swiss Toilets With Tens of Thousands of Euros in Cash?
Swiss authorities are trying to crack a strange case involving the disposal of more than $100,000 worth of 500-euro…
The Pirate Bay Added a CPU-Hijacking Bitcoin Miner to Some Pages
File-sharing websites are not exactly known for their sterling reputation, though a few such as famed torrent site the…
Equifax's Chief Information Officer and Head of Security Are 'Retiring'
Two Equifax executives—Chief Information Officer David Webb and Chief Security Officer Susan Mauldin—are “retiring” in…
FTC Publicly Confirms Equifax Investigation, Revealing Just How Horrific This Breach Is
Thanks to intense public outcry, the Federal Trade Commission has confirmed that it is investigating Equifax’s vast…
Oh Man, You're Gonna Hate What Equifax Just Admitted About That Security Breach
Equifax, the major credit reporting agency which collected extensive financial data on hundreds of millions of…
