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February 1, 2022
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Alex Shephard
The Bizarre, Unsolved Mystery of Filippo Bernardini and the Stolen Book Manuscripts
His identity was long unknown—until the FBI arrested him earlier this year. Now everyone in the publishing industry is asking, What motivated him?
August 18, 2021
Magazine
Jacob Silverman
The New WikiLeaks
How the transparency collective DDoSecrets eclipsed Julian Assange
December 14, 2020
The Soapbox
Jacob Silverman
It’s Too Easy to Hack the U.S. Government
Hackers, likely working for Russia, broke into federal agencies’ networks starting in the spring. The next breach could be even more damaging. Is it time for a truce?
July 16, 2020
The Soapbox
Alex Shephard
Twitter Is Not Prepared for the 2020 Election
This week’s unprecedented security breach revealed the platform’s terrifying flaws, and the potential chaos hackers could cause in the future.
January 25, 2019
Sean Williams
Elite Soccer’s Culture of Graft
Cristiano Ronaldo's slap on the wrist for Spanish tax fraud belies the scale of the problem.
July 27, 2018
Sarah Jones
Russian Interference 2.0
American democracy is perhaps more vulnerable than ever to election meddling, but Trump and the Republican Party are in denial about it.
July 7, 2017
Clio Chang
The Trump-Putin collusion is happening in plain sight.
June 1, 2017
Graham Vyse
Vladimir Putin just threw Donald Trump under the bus.
December 22, 2016
Alex Shephard
KFC is having a very good year.
December 12, 2016
Jeet Heer
Donald Trump’s new party line: The hacking was done by everyone but the Russians.
October 24, 2016
Jacob Silverman
Why Friday’s Massive Internet Outage Was So Scary
Hackers have turned our cheap electronic devices against us. And at this rate, it's only going to get worse.
October 4, 2016
Brooke Seipel
Even the conspiracy theorists are turning on Julian Assange.
September 23, 2016
Sukjong Hong
Hacking is the new normal for US elections. So why is lax email protocol still so prevalent?
June 22, 2016
Magazine
Paul Ford
Reboot the World
The internet was supposed to be democratic and open to all. Then Facebook and the NSA got their hands on it. Is it too late to reclaim our digital future?
August 28, 2015
Steve Hendricks
Who Put Me in the Ashley Madison Database?
August 25, 2015
Esther Breger
Delete Yourself
Television’s conflicted, heroic hackers
July 14, 2015
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Have You Been Hacked? Take This Quiz to Find Out.
December 19, 2014
Yishai Schwartz
Why Aren't We Retaliating Right Now for the Sony Cyberattack?
The White House is guilty of dithering and poor planning
December 18, 2014
Claire Groden
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Elaine Teng
Stop Making Fun of North Korea
Our laughter is drowning out their horrific human rights record
April 23, 2014
Emmett Rensin
This Infamous Hacker Went to Prison for Trolling AT&T. Now He Wants to Troll Wall Street.
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