I spent this year talking to the 3 young hackers behind Mirai, the malware that once broke the internet. This is WIRED's resulting cover story—an epic, untold, 22,000-word tale of cybercrime, friendship, chaos, betrayal, paranoia, and redemption. Read:

RT @WIRED: SCOOP: A US Treasury threat intelligence analysis has designated DOGE staff an ‘insider threat'. An internal email calls DOGE st…

@dnvolz They’re telling me they’ll give you 3 months but only if you name your kid Volz Typhoon

A teen DOGE staffer recently given access to government systems worked at a startup known for hiring convicted hackers. Someone using a handle associated with him solicited a cyberattack-for-hire service in 2022. All raising questions about his vetting.

@FluentInFinance @thesamparr @RealRossU Thank you Andrew but I’d say my newer book Tracers in the Dark is probably more what he’s looking for as a next read after American Kingpin.

@cbcyb3r @thesamparr @RealRossU Thanks Chris! But I’m guessing Sam would prefer my book Tracers in the Dark, which is about crypto crime and picks up where American Kingpin left off

RT @Longreads: 2. "The School Shootings Were Fake. The Terror Was Real" —@dmehro, @a_greenberg “10,000 words to recount Torswats’ tale and…

@bobby_mcgi54028 @sp00kybrando @mbolotnikova Keep trying man! I’m sure eventually you’ll find that justification you need to not change your behavior in any way

RT @lilyhnewman: Days before she resigned, Jen Easterly was steadfastly manifesting the future she wanted for CISA. But she was also clear:…

Security flaws in a Subaru web portal let hackers unlock, start ignition or access a year of detailed location history for millions of cars. The flaws are now patched. But they revealed powerful tracking abilities that Subaru employees can still access.

@88w1nner88 Absolutely. I have a feeling Joe Rogan will get first dibs though.

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…

Trump pardons Ross Ulbricht after eleven years in prison. An incredible twist in the never-ending Silk Road saga.

Donald Trump said he would grant clemency to Ross Ulbricht, the creator of dark web drug market Silk Road, on "day one." He didn't. Our story from November on the question of whether Trump will keep his promise:

@speedywill25 @17cr0w5 @doctorow Glad you enjoyed it Will (whatever it’s called)

RT @a_greenberg: For two years, the serial swatter "Torswats" called in fake school shootings across the US, scrambling police, locking dow…

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