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How the FBI Is Hunting North Korean Hackers Who Attacked U.S. Healthcare System
A recently unsealed court document shows the FBI has obtained multiple warrants to read the contents of email inboxes used by suspected North Korean hackers.
Podcast
Podcast: The CrowdStrike Outage
The worldwide CrowdStrike outage; vaping the internet; and a bunch of leaked documents from Cellebrite.
News
Heritage Foundation Claims to Use Location Data to Track Trump Shooter's Movements
Organizations are now openly broadcasting the once dirty secret of the location data industry: it can be used to track specific people.
News
Sydney Sweeney’s Verizon Phone Number Hijacked
A photo posted online shows an apparent SIM swap of Sydney Sweeney on July 2nd. That same day, hackers broke into her Twitter account and posted a cryptocurrency scam.
News
UK Police Arrest Suspect in MGM Ransomware Attack
The arrest is one of the few publicly available signs of movement in the investigation of the massive MGM Resorts cyberattack.
News
CrowdStrike Outage Impacted U.S. Government Agencies
Although the outage was brief in some instances, multiple U.S. agencies confirmed they were impacted by the global Windows outage caused by a faulty CrowdStrike update.
News
CrowdStrike ‘Deeply Sorry for the Inconvenience’
The Windows outage has disrupted hospitals, airports, public transit, and much more worldwide.
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Leaked Docs Show What Phones Cellebrite Can (and Can’t) Unlock
The leaked April 2024 documents, obtained and verified by 404 Media, show Cellebrite could not unlock a large chunk of modern iPhones.
FOIA
Police Really Want a Cybertruck, Email Shows
The Anaheim Police Department said it wanted to be the first department with a Cybertruck, according to an internal email obtained by 404 Media. But the company advertising the modified vehicles hasn’t actually made one yet, the police said.
Podcast
Podcast: The Worst Telecom Breach Ever
We explain why the AT&T breach is possibly the worst one to hit a telecom ever. Then, the world of AI through the eye's of JD Vance, and inside a face fraud factory.
events
You're Invited: 404 Media's First Anniversary Party
We're throwing a party and you're invited!
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FBI Gains Access to Suspected Trump Shooter’s Password Locked Phone
The FBI announced on Monday it had successfully gained access to the phone used by Thomas Matthew Crooks, the suspected shooter in the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.