How a hacker's mom broke into a South Dakota prison

PLUS: Smithsonian enters the public domain, AI monitoring, and glowing amphibians. View this email in your browser  02.27.20   DISEASE The US Has Its First 'Community Spread' Coronavirus Case BY ADAM ROGERS The patient was admitted to UC Davis Medical Center on February 19 but not diagnosed until the 23rd—raising concerns about testing capabilities and health care workers' exposure to the disease.   THE SENTINELS Extreme Weather-Tracking Satellites Prepare for Launch BY DANIEL OBERHAUS A new array of sats will detect nearly every bolt of lightning in the Western Hemisphere, powering an early warning system for climate-change-fueled superstorms.   HOW WE WORK When AI Can't Replace a Worker, It Watches Them Instead BY TOM SIMONITE Whether software that digitizes manual labor makes workers frowny or smiley will come down to how employers choose to use it.   FAMILY BUSINESS How a Hacker's Mom Broke Into a South Dakota Prison BY LILY HAY NEWMAN Security analyst John Strand had a contract to test a correctional facility's defenses. He sent the best person for the job: his mother. GET WIRED   Insider access to our sale   For a limited time, get a full year of the print magazine + wired.com access for just $10 $5.   Subscribe Today   ARCHIVES The Smithsonian Puts 2.8 Million Images in the Public Domain BY BRIAN BARRETT The archive includes hi-res images of Muhammad Ali's boxing gear, 15th-century manuscripts, and data that could help surface untold stories of women in science.   INFORMATION ECOLOGY Please, Please, Please Don't Mock Conspiracy Theories BY WHITNEY PHILLIPS People have a lot of bizarre notions about Covid-19 and the 2020 elections—but if you have to laugh, just do it in private.   LIGHT SHOW So, Amphibians Glow. Humans Just Couldn't See It—Until Now BY MATT SIMON Bathe an amphibian in blue light and it glows a brilliant green. But what does it all mean?   REPORT CARD How Self-Driving Car Makers Measure Their Own Progress BY ALEX DAVIES New reports track how often humans need to take control of autonomous vehicles being tested. That's a lousy way to assess the nascent industry.   HACKED A Flaw in Billions of Wi-Fi Chips Let Attackers Decrypt Data BY DAN GOODIN, ARS TECHNICA Affected devices include iPhones, iPads, Macs, Amazon Echos and Kindles, Android devices, and various Wi-Fi routers.     This e-mail was sent to you by WIRED. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, wired@newsletters.wired.com, to your address book.   View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe or Manage your newsletter subscriptions