Dhruv Mehrotra
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Investigations with computers @WIRED; previously @reveal, @gizmodo, @eyebeamnyc. Tips: [email protected] or Signal: dmehro.89
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A data broker tracked the devices of visitors to a private island where Jeffrey Epstein allegedly assaulted and trafficked countless women and girls. The data, exposed online, details precise coordinates where hundreds live and work in the US.
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A WIRED investigation uncovered coordinates collected by a controversial data broker that reveal sensitive information about visitors to an island once owned by Epstein, the notorious sex offender.
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ICYMI: We obtained 911 calls from inside ICE detention centers. Pregnancy complications, seizures, overdoses, sexual assaults, head wounds, and more. Experts say this is the tip of the iceberg. Story is free to read per our public records policy. Subscribe to support our work.
Records of hundreds of emergency calls from ICE detention centers obtained by WIRED—including audio recordings—show a system inundated by life-threatening incidents, delayed treatment, and overcrowding.
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IMPORTANT: This program is not new — the data reflects collection activity largely under the Biden administration. CBP, DOJ, DHS have not commented on the record.
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This is one of the biggest biometric programs in the US. Its explicitly designed to sweep up children. DOJ says it’s to solve future crimes. - DNA of 133000 minors sent to the FBI.- 227 kids under 14 were swabbed .- most not charged with a serious crime .- 120 were citizens.
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NEW: The US government has collected DNA from over 100,000 migrant children—including a 4-year-old—and uploaded their genetic profiles into a national biometric database meant for sex offenders and violent criminals.
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Customs and Border Protection has swabbed the DNA of migrant children as young as 4, whose genetic data is uploaded to an FBI-run database that can track them if they commit crimes in the future.
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RT @WIRED: A growing number of US government websites have gone offline as of Saturday, including several related to USAID and others focus….
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A growing number of US government websites have gone offline as of Saturday, including several related to USAID and others focused on youth programs, Africa, and more.
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RT @Longreads: 2. "The School Shootings Were Fake. The Terror Was Real" —@dmehro, @a_greenberg. “10,000 words to recount Torswats’ tale and….
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The inside story of the teenager whose “swatting” calls sent armed police racing into hundreds of schools nationwide—and the private detective who tracked him down.
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RT @lilyhnewman: Days before she resigned, Jen Easterly was steadfastly manifesting the future she wanted for CISA. But she was also clear:….
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Chinese hacks, rampant ransomware, and Donald Trump’s budget cuts all threaten US security. In an exit interview with WIRED, former CISA head Jen Easterly argues for her agency’s survival.
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RT @a_greenberg: Security flaws in a Subaru web portal let hackers unlock, start ignition or access a year of detailed location history for….
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Now-fixed web bugs allowed hackers to remotely unlock and start any of millions of Subarus. More disturbingly, they could also access at least a year of cars’ location histories—and Subaru employees...
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RT @bcmerchant: Pls read this! OpenAI is now touting its "$500 billion" data center project with Softbank, and celebrated by Trump—it shows….
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RT @Longreads: "Sarah Jones was 11 hours and 49 minutes into her 12-hour shift as an emergency dispatcher for the county sheriff in Spokane….
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RT @longformprofile: Edition #56 features amazing reads from:. @JordanSalama19 @lilapearl @Tyrangiel @Wendell23 @Elly33 @brendankoerner @th….
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RT @kellymakena: NEW: The TikTok ban looks more likely than ever. Here's my write-up of today's arguments and why it's not looking too goo….
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While Supreme Court justices pressed both sides in Friday’s oral arguments, experts say it’s hard to see how TikTok gets enough votes to survive.
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RT @WIRED: Data WIRED collected during the 2024 Democratic National Convention strongly suggests the use of a cell-site simulator, a contro….
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Data WIRED collected during the 2024 Democratic National Convention strongly suggests the use of a cell-site simulator, a controversial spy device that intercepts sensitive data from every phone in...
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RT @EFF: “This is extremely suspicious behavior that normal towers do not exhibit,” EFF’s Cooper Quintin told @WIRED. “This is not 100 perc….
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Data WIRED collected during the 2024 Democratic National Convention strongly suggests the use of a cell-site simulator, a controversial spy device that intercepts sensitive data from every phone in...
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Here is a more technical explainer of what we did in August.
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Using special software, WIRED investigated police surveillance at the DNC. We collected signals from nearly 300,000 devices, revealing vulnerabilities for both law enforcement and everyday citizens...
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NEW: An IMSI Catcher (CSS/Stingray) was likely deployed at the Democratic National Convention in August, potentially collecting sensitive phone data from protesters and politicians. Who authorized it—and why—remains a mystery.
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Data WIRED collected during the 2024 Democratic National Convention strongly suggests the use of a cell-site simulator, a controversial spy device that intercepts sensitive data from every phone in...
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RT @WIRED: From 2022 to 2024, a teen who used the name Torswats made or orchestrated more than 375 hoax calls about mass shootings and bomb….
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The inside story of the teenager whose “swatting” calls sent armed police racing into hundreds of schools nationwide—and the private detective who tracked him down.
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