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Axon Says AI Police Reports Save Time. Public Records Show They Get Facts Wrong

Axon Says AI Police Reports Save Time. Public Records Show They Get Facts Wrong

In Lafayette, Indiana, a small city with a population of just over 70,000, the local police force decided to try out a new AI tool sold by law...

22.07.2026 20

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The Pentagon Is Using This $1.2 Billion Startup’s AI To Automate Cyberwarfare

21.07.2026 9

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Flock CEO Apologizes For Calling Activists ‘Terrorists’

For the last two years, Will Freeman has been advocating against Flock Safety, an $8.3 billion surveillance company that tracks vehicles with a...

17.07.2026 2

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The Backlash Against Flock

This is the online edition of The Wiretap newsletter, your weekly digest of cybersecurity, internet privacy and surveillance news. To get it in your...

14.07.2026 4

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Israel’s Palantir Rival Is Selling $1 Million Spy Vans To U.S. Cops

Texas state police’s purchase of four brand new Chevrolet Tahoes this March was unusual. Not just because of the staggering $4.5 million price tag,...

13.07.2026 150

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A US Cyber Agency Is Finally Using Anthropic’s Mythos

This is the online edition of The Wiretap newsletter, your weekly digest of cybersecurity, internet privacy and surveillance news. To get it in your...

07.07.2026 5

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Qihoo 360: The Cyber Giant Behind China’s Mythos Rival

This is the online edition of The Wiretap newsletter, your weekly digest of cybersecurity, internet privacy and surveillance news. To get it in your...

30.06.2026 10

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Russia Hacked A Dissident’s iPhone With Banned Israeli Tech, Records Show

In 2021, Israeli police tech provider Cellebrite announced that it would no longer sell its technology, which can break into locked phones and quickly...

25.06.2026 10

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Court Stops DOJ From Forcing Apple, Google To Hand Over 100,000 People’s Information

23.06.2026 10

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Cyber Experts Urge White House To Reverse Ban On Anthropic’s Fable Model

This is the online edition of The Wiretap newsletter, your weekly digest of cybersecurity, internet privacy and surveillance news. To get it in your...

16.06.2026 20

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He Hacked Teslas For Elon Musk. Now He’s Launching A $100 Million AI Cyber Agent.

Yoni Ramon has been one of Elon Musk’s favorite cybersecurity guys for over a decade. He led the in-house hacking team at Tesla for six years,...

10.06.2026 10

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The FBI Gagged Apple About Surveilling A Republican Aide. Apple Took It To Court And Won.

This is the online edition of The Wiretap newsletter, your weekly digest of cybersecurity, internet privacy and surveillance news. To get it in your...

09.06.2026 10

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Meta’s AI Gave Hackers Keys To An Obama Instagram Account

This is the online edition of The Wiretap newsletter, your weekly digest of cybersecurity, internet privacy and surveillance news. To get it in your...

02.06.2026 10

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Warning: Anthropic’s Mythos Can Break Software It’s Trying To Fix

This is the online edition of The Wiretap newsletter, your weekly digest of cybersecurity, internet privacy and surveillance news. To get it in your...

19.05.2026 10

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The DOJ Is Demanding Apple And Google Identify Over 100,000 Users Of This Car App

14.05.2026 20

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FBI Investigates DJI Drone Flight Over Washington Navy Base

12.05.2026 20

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This Startup’s AI Found Critical Vulnerabilities That Anthropic’s Mythos Missed

12.05.2026 20

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Cybercriminals Are Making Powerful Hacking Tools With AI, Google Warns

11.05.2026 10

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Cops Use Apple Data And Car Bluetooth To Identify Crypto Robbery Suspect

This is the online edition of The Wiretap newsletter, your weekly digest of cybersecurity, internet privacy and surveillance news. To get it in your...

05.05.2026 10

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ChatGPT Is Banned In China. Beijing’s Spies Are Still Using It.

This is the online edition of The Wiretap newsletter, your weekly digest of cybersecurity, internet privacy and surveillance news. To get it in your...

28.04.2026 20

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U.S. Cyber Agency Doesn’t Have Access To Advanced AI Hacking Tools

In recent weeks, Anthropic and OpenAI have launched new AI systems skilled at finding software vulnerabilities at unprecedented speed and scale. But...

27.04.2026 20

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Anthropic’s Claude Is Pumping Out Vulnerable Code, Cyber Experts Warn

22.04.2026 20

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Anthropic Mythos And Embracing The AI ‘Bugmageddon’

This is the online edition of The Wiretap newsletter, your weekly digest of cybersecurity, internet privacy and surveillance news. To get it in your...

14.04.2026 10

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Meet The $580 Million Startup Making AI Models To Fight Artificial Hackers

31.03.2026 20

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These Hackers Launched A ‘Nightmare’ Attack On AI Developers

On Tuesday, the FBI’s Cyber Division issued a critical alert that a hacker crew had breached two hugely-popular developer tools, creating a security...

26.03.2026 50

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How Cops Use Google’s Cookies To Unmask Anonymous Users

This is the online edition of The Wiretap newsletter, your weekly digest of cybersecurity, internet privacy and surveillance news. To get it in your...

24.03.2026 40

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This Ex-Palantir Exec Built A $900 Million Privacy-First Cell Network

John Doyle has his share of doubters. As a former executive at $350 billion surveillance juggernaut Palantir, it’s hard for some to believe he’s...

19.03.2026 40

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These 26-Year-Old Founders Quit DHS And Built A $200 Million AI Cyber Startup

The day after Ashwin Ramaswami lost the Georgia State Senate race in November 2024, his phone rang. It was Jack Cable, a friend and former colleague...

18.03.2026 20

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U.S Strikes Killed Iranian Cyber Chiefs, But The Hacks Continued

This is the online edition of The Wiretap newsletter, your weekly digest of cybersecurity, internet privacy and surveillance news. To get it in your...

17.03.2026 20

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This Startup’s AI Beat 99% Of Humans In Six Elite Hacking Competitions

Every year, more than 100,000 seasoned cybersecurity pros compete in global hacking competitions, designed to show off their abilities at picking...

17.03.2026 30

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Undercover Cop Generated An AI Teenager To Catch Pedophiles

This is the online edition of The Wiretap newsletter, your weekly digest of cybersecurity, internet privacy and surveillance news. To get it in your...

10.03.2026 20

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Iran’s Feared Hackers Go Quiet After Strikes

This is the online edition of The Wiretap newsletter, your weekly digest of cybersecurity, internet privacy and surveillance news. To get it in your...

03.03.2026 30

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OpenAI Blurs Its Mass Surveillance Red Line With New Pentagon Contract

By Sam Altman’s own admission, the whirlwind of the last few days have weighed heavy on the OpenAI chief. On Friday, he swooped in to take a...

03.03.2026 30

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Iranian Hackers Are Using Elon Musk’s Starlink To Stay Online

Over the last two days, an Iranian hacker group called Handala has used X to threaten the West with cyberattacks in retaliation for the U.S. and...

02.03.2026 40

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Epstein Could Have Made $100 Million On A Secret Police Tech Investment

11.02.2026 60

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How Jeffrey Epstein Manipulated Google Search To Bury His Past

11.02.2026 30

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Why Apple’s New iPhone Privacy Feature Is Flawed

04.02.2026 40

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The FBI Is Using Facial Recognition To Identify ICE Protestors In Social Media Videos

31.01.2026 60

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The Men Making Millions Selling Pepper Spray To ICE

28.01.2026 40

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ICE And CBP Bought A Record $140 Million In Cloud Services From Amazon And Microsoft Under Trump

28.01.2026 40

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Microsoft Gave FBI Keys To Unlock Encrypted Data, Exposing Major Privacy Flaw

23.01.2026 30

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Blackout In Venezuela Shows Off America’s Cyber Offensive Power

21.01.2026 40

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Warehouse With $35 Million Of Apple Devices Linked To Chinese Fraud Ring

15.01.2026 20

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Powered By AI, Crypto Fraud Is Now A $14 Billion Criminal Industry

14.01.2026 30

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ICE Finds Violent Threats Against Agents In Student’s Deleted Tweets, DOJ Says

16.12.2025 40

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AI Bathroom Monitors? Welcome To America’s New Surveillance High Schools

16.12.2025 40

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A Step Towards Pervasive Facial Recognition

09.12.2025 20

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Border Patrol’s Digital Playbook: Hack iPhones, Raid iCloud Accounts

03.12.2025 20

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NSA Contractor Groomed Teenage Girls On Reddit, DOJ Alleges

26.11.2025 30

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Google’s Hot New AI Coding Tool Was Hacked A Day After Launch

26.11.2025 80

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