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Enlarge / The seizure notice for WeLeakInfo even included the site's logo. Fancy. reader comments 21 with 17 posters participatingShare this storyOn Wednesday, police in the Netherlands and Northern Ireland arrested two 22-year-old men…

Enlarge / US President Donald Trump speaks about the impeachment inquiry during a tour of the Flextronics computer manufacturing facility where Apple's Mac Pros are assembled in Austin, Texas, on November 20, 2019. Now, he's ranting about…

Enlarge / Huawei sign displayed at CES 2020 in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. reader comments 112 with 66 posters participatingShare this storyThe US government should spend at least $1.25 billion "to invest in Western-based…

Enlarge / The Amazon logo at the entrance of a logistics center in France, July 2019. reader comments 35 with 24 posters participatingShare this storyDays before Christmas, at the height of the last-minute holiday shopping rush, an…

reader comments 24 with 22 posters participatingShare this storyAn Android phone subsidized by the US government for low-income users comes preinstalled with malware that can't be removed without making the device cease to work,…

Enlarge / A child's shoe is pictured on January 8, 2020, at the scene of a Ukrainian airliner that crashed shortly after take-off near Imam Khomeini airport in the Iranian capital Tehran. US officials say that the plane was likely shot down…

It’s 2020 — a key election year in the US — and Facebook is doubling down on its policy of letting people pay it to fuck around with democracy. Despite trenchant criticism — including from US lawmakers accusing Facebook’s CEO to his face of…

Enlarge / New York City. reader comments 27 with 22 posters participatingShare this storyThe New York City government has released an "Internet Master Plan" that calls for universal broadband throughout the five boroughs, relying on…

reader comments 41 with 33 posters participating, including story authorShare this storyIn a move that may signal another high-stakes clash over encryption, the FBI is asking Apple for help decrypting two iPhones believed to have…

reader comments 11 with 9 posters participatingShare this storyIran has over the past decade built up its own organic hacking and cyberwarfare capabilities. But the groups associated with orchestrating Iran's various cyberwarfare and…