It’s been a busy year in cybersecurity, but it’s not over yet. This week, we reveal how Hackers know how to “jailbreak” digital license plates—legally issued in at least two states and valid throughout the US—allows them to change the license plate number to anything. That means someone with this ability can avoid tolls and tickets, or even change their plate to match their enemy.

While the company that makes the plates, Reviver, explains that doing so would be illegal and a violation of the terms of service, we’re guessing that people who want to keep the credentials on their car so they can speed up the whole city. not too worried about that.

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency staff preparing for an uncertain future. Several CISA employees told WIRED they fear the incoming Trump administration will scrap key programs they say keep Americans safe from cyberattacks and other threats—or that the agency itself can be broken.

In recent years, financial scams involving bilking people out of their cryptocurrency holdings have come to be known by a catchy, catchy name: “roast pork.” but it’s time for a rebrand, according to Interpol officials. The term, which is a translation from Chinese and refers to the slow process of fattening a pig before it is slaughtered, was probably coined by the scammers themselves. Because of this, using it can humiliate the victims of these scams or shame them into not reporting a crime.

Committing crimes in public, apparently, is all the rage. We dive deep the world of drug dealers who advertise their wares on open web platforms such as Instagram, X, and Snapchat. The practice is not new, but European authorities say it is growing in popularity.

And that’s not all. Each week, we round up the security and privacy news we don’t quite understand. Click on the headlines to read the full stories. And stay safe out there.

The US Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday that it is temporarily banning drone flights over several critical infrastructure and utility sites in New Jersey and New York “at the request of federal security partners.” The restrictions are set to last for 30 days. The notification comes as panic over reported mysterious drone sighting in both states has increased in recent weeks. The FAA said in a joint statement with the US Department of Homeland Security, Department of Defense, and FBI on Wednesday that the US government has found no evidence of malicious or unexplained aircraft.

“Through careful review of technical data and tips from concerned citizens, we’ve determined that the sightings so far include a mix of legal commercial drones, hobbyist drones, and law enforcement drones, as well as manned fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and satellites. Reported drones,” the agencies wrote “We have not identified any anomalous and did not assess of activity so far as to present a national security or public safety hazard to the civilian airspace of New Jersey or other northeastern states.”