Russia is being hacked at an unprecedented scale

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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 04.27.22   PUBLIC HEALTH | 6-MINUTE READ When the Next Covid Wave Breaks, the US Won't Be Able to Spot It BY MARYN MCKENNA Lab programs are closing. Home testing has shrunk the pool of publicly reported data. Will we still see the next surge before it arrives?   ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED | 5-MINUTE READ North Koreans Are Jailbreaking Phones to Access Forbidden Media BY ANDY GREENBERG A new report suggests that a small but vibrant group of smartphone hackers may be challenging the world's most digitally restrictive regime.   FREE (HATE) SPEECH | 5-MINUTE READ Right-Wing Trolls Are Trying to Break Back Into Twitter BY CHRIS STOKEL-WALKER Elon Musk's "free speech" promise is igniting an extremist revival, but the "replatforming" has only just begun.   CLOUD OF WAR | 5-MINUTE READ Russia Is Being Hacked at an Unprecedented Scale BY MATT BURGESS From "IT Army" DDoS attacks to custom malware, the country has become a target like never before. GET WIRED Spring Sale. Give yourself the gift of information. Get the print edition of WIRED and exclusive subscriber-only stories for just $29.99 $5. Subscribe now.   DEALS | 4-MINUTE READ 11 Great Deals on Monitors, Laptop Stands, and Other WFH Gear BY MEDEA GIORDANO If you're tinkering with your work-from-home setup, these gadgets might help.   DIGITAL SERVICES ACT | 4-MINUTE READ Europe Has Traded Away Its Online Porn Law BY MORGAN MEAKER The landmark Digital Services Act has a glaring omission: It ditches plans to tighten rules that could have protected survivors of revenge porn and other forms of sexual abuse.   ARTISTIC FREEDOM | 12-MINUTE READ Meet the People Illustrating the Brutality of War in Ukraine BY ANGELA WATERCUTTER Six artists share what it's like to keep working during Russia's ongoing attack.   PLAY HARDER | 3-MINUTE READ PlayStation Plus Is Changing. Here's What You Need to Know BY ERIC RAVENSCRAFT The new program, still called PlayStation Plus, will absorb PlayStation Now and gain new tiers with new features.   GOOD VIBRATIONS | 12-MINUTE READ The Best Electric Toothbrushes for Your Pearly Whites BY MEDEA GIORDANO These rechargeable models put better oral hygiene within easy reach.     Have questions or comments? Reply to this email.   This e-mail was sent to you by WIRED. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, wired@newsletters.wired.com, to your address book.   View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe or Manage your newsletter subscriptions   Copyright © Condé Nast 2022. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.