As students returned to school this week, WIRED spoke to a self-proclaimed leader of a violent online group known as “Purgatory” about a rash of swattings at universities across the US in recent days.

Department of Government Efficiency employees at the Social Security Administration put the records of more than 300 million Americans at risk by creating a copy of the data in a vulnerable cloud ...

The seal of the Social Security Administration outside the agency's headquarters in Woodlawn, Maryland, on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. The seal of the Social Security Administration outside the agency's ...

A new Gmail phishing scam impersonates Google IT support to gain account access. The scam involves fake password recovery emails and requests for security codes. Google advises against clicking links ...