The arrest of a teenage hacker unveiled Microsoft's ability to track Windows PCs via a Global Device ID, raising privacy and ...

A hacker used a VPN to stay anonymous. Microsoft's Windows Global Device Identifier logged his activity anyway and handed it ...

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Federal complaint says a Windows GDID tied Peter Stokes to a May 2025 jewelry retailer hack that stole 77GB and drew an $8M ...

The FBI used a Microsoft device identifier, dubbed GDID, to link a teenager to a hack attributed to Scattered Spider, raising ...

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Peter Stokes, the 19-year-old American-Estonian extradited from Finland to face Scattered Spider hacking charges in the ...

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