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Mara Hvistendahl

Politics World

The Friendly Mr. Wu

The weakest link in America’s national security may not be foreign technology but its own people. The story of the single mother who sold out to China.

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Mara Hvistendahl 1843 Apr 2020 20min Permalink

Crime Tech

'If You Want to Kill Someone, We Are the Right Guys'

In a small Minnesota town, an IT technician found his way to the darkest corner of the web. Then he made a deadly plan.

Mara Hvistendahl Wired Apr 2019 25min Permalink

Business World

In China, a Three-Digit Score Could Dictate Your Place in Society

Inside China’s vast new experiment in social ranking.

Mara Hvistendahl Wired Dec 2017 25min Permalink