Andrew Couts

New York

Senior Editor, Security and Investigation at WIRED Magazine

senior editor, security & investigation @WIRED | before: executive editor @gizmodo | offline: dogs and motorcycles | @couts.bsky.social | @[email protected]

Articles

The Mystery of iPhone Crashes That Apple Denies Are Linked to Chinese Hacking

1 week ago | wired.com | Andy Greenberg |Dhruv Mehrotra |Andrew Couts

Since it’s already chaos out there, this week, we thought we’d lean into the madness by envisioning the future threats that you’re not ready for. From cyberattacks on the US grid to GPS blackouts, rampant deepfake scams, AI-powered super hackers, and widespread communication system collapse, there’s a whole spectrum of scenarios that could take things from bad to worse. All is not lost, however—at least if you’re Ross Ulbricht.
The Texting Network for the End of the World

1 week ago | technewstube.com | Andrew Couts |Dhruv Mehrotra

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The Texting Network for the End of the World

1 week ago | wired.com | Andrew Couts

Hypothetical: You wake up tomorrow morning to find a superstorm that developed overnight thanks to climate change has sparked a chain of events that abruptly ushers in a new ice age and alters human society as we know it. (Yes, this is the plot of The Day After Tomorrow. Stick with us.) All the communication networks you relied on are down. Your phone is basically worthless. The internet has functionally ceased to exist. But you need to connect with people you trust to get help and survive.
The US Is Building a One-Stop Shop for Buying Your Data

3 weeks ago | technewstube.com | Andy Greenberg |Dell Cameron |Andrew Couts

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The US Is Building a One-Stop Shop for Buying Your Data

3 weeks ago | wired.com | Andy Greenberg |Dell Cameron |Andrew Couts

This week, WIRED launched our Rogues issue—which included going a bit rough ourselves. WIRED senior correspondent Andy Greenberg flew to Louisiana to see how easy it would be to recreate the 3D-printed gun authorities say they found on Luigi Mangione when they arrested him for the murder of UnitedHealthcare's CEO. The result? It was both easy and legal. On Wednesday, US, European, and Japanese authorities announced the disruption of one of the world's most widely used infostealer malware.
Darum hat das Herz-Emoji jegliche Bedeutung verloren

1 month ago | glamour.de | Andrew Couts

Wieso hat das rote Herz-Emoji seine echte Bedeutung verloren? Kurz nachdem meine neue Chefin im Jahr 2023 in der Redaktion angefangen hatte, schickte sie mir eine Nachricht auf Slack. Aus Versehen habe ich sie mit einem Herz-Emoji versehen. Eine Nachricht von meiner sehr ernsten, sehr neuen Chefin. Das verfolgt mich bis zum heutigen Tag. Ich kann mich nicht erinnern, was in der Nachricht stand – nur eine anhaltende, herzförmige Scham fühle ich seitdem, wenn ich an sie denke.
Andrew Couts

1 month ago | glamour.de | Andrew Couts

Skip to main contentAndrew Couts is Senior Editor, Security & Investigations at WIRED overseeing cybersecurity, privacy, policy, national security, and surveillance coverage. He also oversees investigations across WIRED's newsroom. Prior to WIRED, he served as executive editor of Gizmodo and politics editor at the Daily Dot. He was part of teams whose works have won a 2024 Sigma Award; a 2023 Philip Meyer Journalism Award; the 2022 Edward R.
How Americans Are Surveilled During Protests - MaharlikaNews | Canada’s Leading Online Filipino Newspaper – No. 1 Information Hub for Filipino-Canadians with 250K Visitors in 2020

1 month ago | maharlikanews.com | Lauren Goode |Michael Calore |Andrew Couts |Zoe Schiffer

There have been a number of protests in the past few months pushing back against President Trump’s most recent policy changes, and we're likely to see more. Today on the show, WIRED’s senior editor of security and investigations, Andrew Couts, talks us through the technology being used by law enforcement to surveil protests, how surveillance tech has evolved over the years, and what it means for anyone taking to the streets or posting to social media to voice their concerns.
Pete Hegseth’s Signal Scandal Spirals Out of Control

1 month ago | technewstube.com | Matt Burgess |Andrew Couts

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Pete Hegseth’s Signal Scandal Spirals Out of Control

1 month ago | wired.com | Matt Burgess |Andrew Couts

As the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration policy ramps up, people have started to seriously consider their privacy and security when crossing into the United States. That’s especially true when it comes to searches of travelers’ phones and other devices, which US Customs and Border Protection agents have broad authority to search.