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Ed Caesar

Ed Caesar , a contributing staff writer, received a Foreign Press Award in 2021 for his New Yorker article on the rise of North Korea’s cybercriminals.

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The World’s Fastest Road Cars—and the People Who Drive Them
a reporter at large ·

“Hypercars,” made by such manufacturers as Bugatti and Koenigsegg, can approach or even exceed 300 m.p.h. Often costing millions of dollars, they’re ostentatious trophies—and sublime engines of innovation. Ed Caesar reports from test tracks around the world.

Crooks’ Mistaken Bet on Encrypted Phones
a reporter at large ·

Drug syndicates and other criminal groups bought into the idea that a new kind of phone network couldn’t be infiltrated by cops. They were wrong—big time. Ed Caesar reports.

The Incredible Rise of North Korea’s Hacking Army
a reporter at large ·

The country’s cyber forces have raked in billions of dollars for the regime by pulling off schemes ranging from A.T.M. heists to cryptocurrency thefts, Ed Caesar writes. Can they be stopped?

The Undercover Fascist
a reporter at large ·

Ed Caesar on a young Englishman who got mixed up in a white-supremacist movement and then learned of a plot to kill a politician.

A Decade Lived in the Dark
a reporter at large ·

Anna Lyndsey’s memoir of extreme light sensitivity got rave reviews—but doctors have doubts about her story.

House of Secrets
annals of real estate ·

Who owns Witanhurst, the city’s largest home after Buckingham Palace? Ed Caesar investigates.