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Security Roundup
The Official DOGE Website Launch Was a Security Mess
Plus: Researchers find RedNote lacks basic security measures, surveillance ramps up around the US-Mexico border, and the UK ordering Apple to create an encryption backdoor comes under fire.
By Matt Burgess and Andrew Couts
Undeterred
China’s Salt Typhoon Spies Are Still Hacking Telecoms—Now by Exploiting Cisco Routers
By Andy Greenberg
Going Global
A Hacker Group Within Russia’s Notorious Sandworm Unit Is Breaching Western Networks
By Andy Greenberg
Worldwide Web
The Murky Ad-Tech World Powering Surveillance of US Military Personnel
By Joseph Cox and Dhruv Mehrotra
Work History
DOGE Teen Owns ‘Tesla.Sexy LLC’ and Worked at Startup That Has Hired Convicted Hackers
By Andy Greenberg, David Gilbert, and Lily Hay Newman
Collective Action
DeepSeek’s Popular AI App Is Explicitly Sending US Data to China
By Matt Burgess and Lily Hay Newman
Security Roundup
US Names One of the Hackers Allegedly Behind Massive Salt Typhoon Breaches
By Lily Hay Newman and Andy Greenberg
Being Diplomatic
Biden's Cyber Ambassador Urges Trump Not to Cede Ground to Russia and China in Global Tech Fight
By Eric Geller
Security Roundup
Apple May Owe You $20 in a Siri Privacy Lawsuit Settlement
By Andrew Couts, Andy Greenberg, and Lily Hay Newman