Andy Greenberg
Senior Writer
Andy Greenberg is a senior writer for WIRED, covering security, privacy, and information freedom. He’s the author of the book Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers. The book and excerpts from it published in WIRED won a Gerald Loeb Award for International Reporting, a Sigma Delta Chi Award from the Society of Professional Journalists, two Deadline Club Awards from the New York Society of Professional Journalists, and the Cornelius Ryan Citation for Excellence from the Overseas Press Club. Greenberg works in WIRED's New York office.
The Matrix Is the Best Hacker Movie
Most people point to Sneakers or WarGames. They’re all wrong. The Wachowskis actually invented the ultimate cyber superhero.
The McDonald’s Ice Cream Machine Hacking Saga Has a New Twist
The cold war between a startup and a soft-serve machine manufacturer is heating up, thanks to a newly released trove of internal emails.
Dune Foresaw—and Influenced—Half a Century of Global Conflict
From Afghanistan to cyberattacks, Frank Herbert’s novel anticipated and shaped warfare as we know it.
He Escaped the Dark Web's Biggest Bust. Now He's Back
DeSnake apparently eluded the DOJ's takedown of AlphaBay. The admin talked to WIRED about his return—and the resurrection of the notorious underground marketplace.
Apple Walks a Privacy Tightrope to Spot Child Abuse in iCloud
With a new capability to search for illegal material not just in the cloud but on user devices, the company may have opened up a new front in the encryption wars.
Watch a Hacker Hijack a Hotel Room’s Lights, Fans, and Beds
It’s not a ghost. It’s a half-dozen vulnerabilities in a digital automation system.
A Controversial Tool Calls Out Vulnerabilities Across the Web
PunkSpider is back, and crawling hundreds of millions of sites for vulnerabilities.
How China’s Hacking Entered a Reckless New Phase
The country’s hackers have gotten far more aggressive since 2015, when the Ministry of State Security largely took over the country’s cyberespionage.
Facebook Catches Iranian Spies Catfishing US Military Targets
The hackers posed as recruiters, journalists, and hospitality workers to lure their victims.
The Everyday IT Tools That Can Offer ‘God Mode’ to Hackers
Attackers are increasingly attuned to the power and potential of remote management software.
The Latest Pro-Trump Twitter Clone Leaks User Data on Day 1
Plus: A failed takedown in Russia, details on an FBI-sting encrypted phone, and more of the week's top security news.
Fancy Bear Is Trying to Brute-Force Hundreds of Networks
While SolarWinds rightly drew attention earlier this year, Moscow's Fancy Bear group has been on a password-guessing spree this whole time.
Hackers Are Erasing Western Digital Hard Drives Remotely
Amazon acquires Wickr, the Senate holds up CISA, and more of the week’s top security news.
NFC Flaws Let Researchers Hack ATMs by Waving a Phone
Flaws in card reader technology let a security firm consultant wreak havoc with point-of-sale systems and more.
Ransomware Hit Another Pipeline Firm—and 70GB of Data Leaked
LineStar Integrity Services was hacked around the same time as Colonial Pipeline, but radical transparency activists have brought the attack to light.
What Is a Supply Chain Attack?
From NotPetya to SolarWinds, it’s a problem that’s not going away any time soon.
The Full Story of the Stunning RSA Hack Can Finally Be Told
In 2011, Chinese spies stole the crown jewels of cybersecurity—stripping protections from firms and government agencies worldwide. Here’s how it happened.
The Colonial Pipeline Hack Is a New Extreme for Ransomware
An attack has crippled the company’s operations—and cut off a large portion of the East Coast’s fuel supply—in an ominous development for critical infrastructure.
Feds Arrest an Alleged $336M Bitcoin-Laundering Kingpin
The alleged administrator of Bitcoin Fog kept the dark web service running for 10 years before the IRS caught up with him.
They Hacked McDonald’s Ice Cream Machines—and Started a Cold War
Secret codes. Legal threats. Betrayal. How one couple built a device to fix McDonald’s notoriously broken soft-serve machines—and how the fast-food giant froze them out.