The Romance Scammer Who Made a Small Fortune Posing as a WWE Superstar
2026-06-01T20:52:12Z•c419c9c7b4f313a6b7ea894e2874a79e237e76f437391a29d2a5586343cf883d
FBI surveillance requestsFROSTFTC enforcementGitHubIran reconnectivity issues","AI security","bug hunting","zero‑dJavaScriptLPRSSD side‑channelTeamPCPactive listeningbrowser side‑channeldata exfiltrationdeepfake nudeshotel reservation hijackinginternet outagelicense plate readerslocation trackingopen source poisoningphone location dataprivacyransomwarespear‑phishingsupply chainsurveillancetroops targeting
What happened
A batch of WIRED security stories covers multiple high‑impact threats: the new FROST technique lets websites infer SSD activity from JavaScript—creating a novel browser side‑channel for spying; TeamPCP is conducting large‑scale open‑source/software supply‑chain poisoning that has affected GitHub and hundreds of organizations; attackers are using hijacked hotel reservation data to carry out realistic spear‑phishing and credential theft; a cybercrime crew claims to have breached MyPillow, and ransomware actors are shifting to in‑person data theft. Other notable items include warnings that public
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- wired_security
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- c419c9c7b4f313a6b7ea894e2874a79e237e76f437391a29d2a5586343cf883d
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- 2026-06-01T20:52:12Z
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- Yes
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