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Andrew Couts

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Security & Investigations Director at @WIRED.com. Send tips and/or dog pics. Signal: couts.01

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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...

A Leaked Memo Ties Cyberattacks on Minnesota Water Utilities to IranA memo obtained by WIRED, issued by the water utilities information sharing group WaterISAC, links dozens of cyberattacks against Minnesota water utilities to Tehran.www.wired.com

NEW: An industry memo obtained by @wired.com links dozens of cyberattacks on Minnesota’s water system to Iran-backed hackers. Clues point to the IRGC’s Cyb3rAvengers group, but other details point to another group, Handala. No official attribution has been made. @agreenberg.bsky.social w/ the scoop:

A Leaked Memo Ties Cyberattacks on Minnesota Water Utilities to IranA memo obtained by WIRED, issued by the water utilities information sharing group WaterISAC, links dozens of cyberattacks against Minnesota water utilities to Tehran.www.wired.com

NEW: ICE Has One Weird Trick (taking advantage of the US legal system’s glacial pace) for Keeping State Inspectors Out of Detention Centers @dell.bsky.social w/ the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ices-n...

ICE’s New Detention Center Contracts Declare State Laws ‘Shall Not Apply’One day after a federal judge ordered an ICE detention center opened to state health inspectors, the agency posted new contract terms that would void state oversight at four facilities.www.wired.com

NEW: DHS’s top data-cruncher has resigned after getting worn down by the Trump admin’s “war on immigrants” and “war on feds,” per his LinkedIn. @noahshachtman.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/dhs-of...

DHS Official Resigns, Citing ‘War on Immigrants’The outgoing executive director of the Office of Homeland Security Statistics is one of very few federal officials to speak out against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.www.wired.com
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NEW: Madison Square Garden's sprawling surveillance system can monitor guests down to the second. Its owners recently made a major exception -- for Taylor Swift. Scoop from @noahshachtman.bsky.social. Free for everyone to read, because James Dolan doesn't want you to:

For Taylor Swift, Madison Square Garden’s Controversial Cameras Briefly Went DarkMSG’s sprawling surveillance system can monitor guests down to the second. Its owners made an exception for the pop star’s rehearsal dinner.www.wired.com

NEW: The DOJ is trying to block state laws that ban ICE and other enforcement authorities from wearing masks by citing alleged “doxing” threats from a website that almost no one visits and doesn’t really work. @regret.bsky.social w/ the scoop: www.wired.com/story/states...

States Want ICE Agents to Show Their Faces. The Trump Administration Is Blocking ThemFederal lawyers say anti-mask laws would endanger immigration agents, citing an ICE face-recognition art project that doesn’t actually work.www.wired.com

NEW: A newly detected type of malware is using the proliferation of AI coding tools to hide its tracks on targeted systems to steal data and logins, and can destroy files and block access by legit users. @lhn.bsky.social w/ the scoop:

A Sneaky Hacking Tool Targeting AI Infrastructure Is Lurking in Victims’ Blind SpotsA new type of malware can worm deep into AI coding systems to steal data and logins—and can flip a “death switch” to destroy files and keep out real users.wired.com

NEW: A car alarm dealerships install that many buyers don’t know is in their vehicle has a vulnerability that could let an attacker effectively take over the car. @agreenberg.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/a-devi...

A Device Hidden in Cars Across the US Leaves Them Vulnerable to Hacking and Paralysis. Patch It NowDealerships installed alarms in millions of vehicles—and left them in even if the buyer didn’t want them. Now researchers warn they can be hacked to unlock, track, and disable cars.www.wired.com
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