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A troubling report from Wired reveals that hundreds of Customs and Border Protection employees allegedly used government databases to surveil romantic interests, track colleagues' cell phones, and spy on personal contacts. The records paint a picture of systemic misuse of powerful internal tools that were built for law enforcement, not personal curiosity. The scale of the allegations raises serious questions about oversight and accountability within one of the country's largest federal agencies.
On the cybersecurity front, new data from Surfshark shows Windows users encounter nearly six times more malware detections than their Mac counterparts. But researchers are quick to add a warning: the so-called Mac safety mindset may actually leave Apple users more vulnerable to phishing and social engineering, precisely because they feel protected. Complacency, it turns out, is its own kind of security flaw.
And in the crypto space, Brazil's largest bitcoin treasury firm is launching an ETF called DIGY eleven, with ninety-five percent of its holdings tied to Strategy's STRC shares. The fund is targeting annual distributions pegged to Brazil's interbank rate plus three to five percentage points, though actual investor returns carry no guarantees. It's the latest sign that bitcoin-linked financial products are finding new packaging in emerging markets.
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