Internet Starts to Return in Iran After 3-Month Blackout
2026-05-28T08:52:10Z•cf362872e3b838579a2f059f967fd36ed69bd02b4508b8406bdcaee461e3a87a
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What happened
A set of WIRED security stories highlights a broad uptick in high-impact cyber and policy risks: large-scale internet disruption in Iran after a nearly 90-day blackout; a surge in AI-related threats (including government warnings about “anti‑tech extremism,” faster AI-enabled exploit development, and live exploit publishing for unpatched flaws); widespread software supply‑chain poisoning by a group dubbed TeamPCP targeting open‑source repositories; major ransomware and supply‑chain incidents (e.g., Foxconn); ongoing privacy and surveillance battles around license‑plate readers, data‑broker opt
Why it matters
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- 2026-05-28T08:52:10Z
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- Yes
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