Internet Starts to Return in Iran After 3-Month Blackout
2026-05-27T08:52:14Z•0e96c16f64d9e24ecd7d9418e17ff8f1a06846c97697137b6af6cfba2f7dcb15
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What happened
A collection of recent WIRED security stories highlighting a sharp rise in digital and geopolitical risks: a large-scale software supply-chain campaign by ‘TeamPCP’ affecting many organizations; high-profile ransomware against Foxconn; an emerging AI-driven bug-hunting arms race that accelerates exploit development; growing privacy and surveillance pressures (license-plate-reader access debates, manipulative opt-out practices by data brokers, FTC enforcement); arrests tied to nonconsensual deepfakes and device-theft-enabled phishing; vulnerable IoT/robot devices and consumer phone-hacking tool
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- 2026-05-27T08:52:14Z
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- Yes
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