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A Minnesota state fusion center report ties the cyberattacks on 30+ Minnesota water utilities to Iranian-affiliated hackers, according to a water utility information sharing group's memo I obtained. www.wired.com/story/a-leak...

Scam researchers told a Claude agent and human "scammers" to text test subjects and build a relationship. After a week, subjects said they trusted the AI more than the human and almost half were willing to install an app at its request. Almost none detected it was AI. www.wired.com/story/ai-sca...

For the devices where the owner declined to pay for it, the patch turns off all Bluetooth signals, the researchers tell me. Not yet sure about the patch for the active, paid devices.

You can also read our full story here: www.wired.com/story/a-devi... Please check your car—particularly if it was ever sold in Southern California, where KARR is most widely used—and if you have the device, patch it now. /end

In our latest episode of WIRED's Hacklab video series, UCSD's researchers talk through their discovery—which they'll present at Defcon next month—how to check if you have KARR in your car, and how to install the security update to fix its flaws if you do. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwA3...

As a result, the device is in over 2 million cars, about half of whose owners told dealers they didn't want it, by UCSD's estimate. They may not have any idea it's inside their vehicle. Yet it's beaconing and can be "activated" instantly by a hacker and hijacked for theft or chaotic effects.

UCSD warned KARR's manufacturer, who has now pushed out a fix. The complication: KARR is typically installed by dealers to prevent theft from their lots. If a buyer doesn't want it as an add-on, the dealer still leaves it wired in under the hood anyway in a "deactivated" state.

Researchers at UCSD found the KARR car alarm has vulnerabilities that let a hacker in Bluetooth range unlock a car, immobilize it, or trigger horns and lights. They can even hack a parking lot full of vehicles—or stealthily steal one—as we demoed in the video below. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwA3...

A car alarm device, KARR, inside millions of cars has a security flaw that lets hackers unlock, track, even paralyze vehicles. There's a patch. The problem? Half of car owners who have the device installed didn't ask for it, and may not even know it's there. Thread👇 www.wired.com/story/a-devi...

You can also read our full story here: www.wired.com/story/a-devi... Please check your car—particularly if it was ever sold in Southern California, where KARR is most widely used—and if you have the device, patch it now. /end

In our latest episode of WIRED's Hacklab video series, UCSD's researchers talk through their discovery—which they'll present at Defcon next month—how to check if you have KARR in your car, and how to install the security update to fix its flaws if you do. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwA3...

As a result, the device is in over 2 million cars, about half of whose owners told dealers they didn't want it, by UCSD's estimate. They may not have any idea it's inside their vehicle. Yet it's beaconing and can be "activated" instantly by a hacker and hijacked for theft or chaotic effects.

UCSD warned KARR's manufacturer, who has now pushed out a fix. The complication: KARR is typically installed by dealers to prevent theft from their lots. If a buyer doesn't want it as an add-on, the dealer still leaves it wired in under the hood anyway in a "deactivated" state.

Researchers at UCSD found the KARR car alarm has vulnerabilities that let a hacker in Bluetooth range unlock a car, immobilize it, or trigger horns and lights. They can even hack a parking lot full of vehicles—or stealthily steal one—as we demoed in the video below. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwA3...

A car alarm device, KARR, inside millions of cars has a security flaw that lets hackers unlock, track, even paralyze vehicles. There's a patch. The problem? Half of car owners who have the device installed didn't ask for it, and may not even know it's there. Thread👇 www.wired.com/story/a-devi...

Our two investigations into Madison Square Garden are now unpaywalled and free for anyone to read.

A statement from WIRED leadership.

i talked to several pollution + health experts about the wildfire smoke blanketing much of the northeast right now, and everyone agreed that even able-bodied adults may want to take some precautions today!!

good morning to hazardous air and fuck u to our terrible politicians who don’t believe in science

San Francisco police accidentally livestreamed their drones’ video and data on the open web. The hours of footage—including several apparent arrests—should never have been made public, but now offer a glimpse of modern aerial urban surveillance. www.wired.com/story/sfpd-d... w/ @dmehro.bsky.social