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Virtual currency bitcoin took another step toward legitimacy Thursday, when Europe’s top court ruled that it must be treated like a currency—not a commodity—for tax purposes.

Mia Matsumiya, a violinist based in Los Angeles, has taken a stand against online abuse by posting screenshots of offensive messages she’s received over the past decade.

The problem stemmed from a malfunction in a server on the East Coast that is part of the system of UltraDNS, a content delivery company.

The Intercept’s focus on adverasial journalism and anonymous whistleblower security is paying off.

A clever attack by French researchers turns your headphone cable into an antenna to send surreptitious voice commands.

Companies are clamoring for coverage against losses due to hackers. But insurance firms are being selective: The risk involved isn’t well understood — and the crimes themselves are evolving rapidly.

The White House has denied the FBI’s pleas for an encryption backdoor. But don’t forget that feds can still sneak in through the window.

The post Cops Don’t Need a Crypto Backdoor to Get Into Your iPhone appeared first on WIRED.

The anti-surveillance group Intelexit has graduated from passing out pamphlets to dropping them from the sky.

The post Activists’ Drone Drops Anti-Spying Leaflets Over the NSA appeared first on WIRED.

Counter-terrorism investigations are being “undermined” by social media companies which do not co-operate fully with police, the UK’s most senior counter-terrorism officer says.

Smartphone users can do “very little” to stop security services getting “total control” over their devices, US whistleblower Edward Snowden tells the BBC in his first British TV interview.