A Top Democrat Is Urging Colleagues to Support Trump’s Spy Machine
2026-03-21T08:52:13Z•a02e135d9b8772237343085c97ac0b0944cdce56baefc7b31a4ec3b72a2d814f
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What happened
A set of high-impact security and privacy stories: US law enforcement disrupted four massive botnets (Aisuru, Kimwolf, JackSkid, Mossad) that had infected over three million devices; a new in-the-wild iPhone exploit called “DarkSword” can compromise iOS 18 devices via web visits; Meta is rolling back end-to-end encryption for Instagram DMs while Signal’s creator works to add encryption protections to Meta AI; multiple data-exposure incidents (including Sears’ chatbot leaks) and the rise of AI-enabled scams (use of hired “face models”) increase phishing/fraud risk; political and policy battles—
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- 2026-03-21T08:52:13Z
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