List of Cyber Security & Hacking articles
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TOPSHOT - US President Donald Trump walks to Marine One for his first trip as President, on the South Lawn of the White House January 26, 2017 in Washington, DC. / AFP / Brendan Smialowski (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images) Trump Team Planning Possible Retaliation for Classified Leak Allegations
White House officials concoct “ludicrous” revenge plan targeting former Obama administration.
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manning crop Chelsea Manning, Soldier Behind Historic Classified Leak, Released From Prison
After former President Barack Obama commuted her sentence in a controversial final move.
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Screen Shot 2017-05-15 at 2.47.22 PM Who Is Really to Blame for the WannaCry Ransomware?
Microsoft, the NSA, computer users, and the nature of computer science all bear a portion of the blame.
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A computer running a Windows Server is seen connected into a network server in an office building in Washington, DC on May 13, 2017. International investigators hunted on May 13 for those behind an unprecedented cyber-attack that affected systems in dozens of countries, including at banks, hospitals and government agencies, as security experts sought to contain the fallout. The assault, which began Friday and was being described as the biggest-ever cyber ransom attack, struck state agencies and major companies around the world -- from Russian banks and British hospitals to FedEx and European car factories. / AFP PHOTO / Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS (Photo credit should read ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP/Getty Images) The United States Is Not Ready for a Cyber-Pearl Harbor
The weekend’s massive “ransomware” attack exposed the glaring vulnerabilities in our cybersecurity readiness.
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This undated picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on April 26, 2017 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (C) attending the combined fire demonstration of the services of the Korean People's Army in celebration of its 85th founding anniversary at the airport of eastern front. / AFP PHOTO / KCNA VIA KNS / STR / South Korea OUT / REPUBLIC OF KOREA OUT ---EDITORS NOTE--- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO/KCNA VIA KNS" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS THIS PICTURE WAS MADE AVAILABLE BY A THIRD PARTY. AFP CAN NOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, LOCATION, DATE AND CONTENT OF THIS IMAGE. THIS PHOTO IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY AFP. / (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images) SitRep: North Korea Says It’s Nuke Ready; Another Afghan Surge; UAE, Turkish Leaders Come to White House
Japan Boosting Missile Defenses; Global Cyber Attack Deepens; ISIS Deal Cancelled by U.S. Air Force; And Lots More
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GettyImages-177649177 Pentagon Email Addresses Being Used in Cyber Spoofing Campaign
Defense Security Service email addresses "are being used in a spoofing campaign."
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WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 09: Navy Adm. Michael Rogers, commander of the U.S. Cyber Command, and Director of the National Security Agency, testifies during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing regarding the U.S. Cyber Command, on Capitol Hill May 9, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) NSA Director: Russia Hacked French ‘Infrastructure’ Ahead of Vote
Michael Rogers intensifies suspicions Moscow was behind the dump of Macron documents.
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WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 08: Former acting U.S. Attorney General Sally Yates testifies before the Senate Judicary Committee's Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill May 8, 2017 in Washington, DC. Before being fired by U.S. President Donald Trump, Yates had warned the White House about contacts between former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn and Russia that might make him vulnerable to blackmail. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Getty Images) DOJ and White House Counsel Discussed Criminal Prosecution of Michael Flynn
The acting attorney general feared Trump’s national security adviser could be blackmailed by the Russians.
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WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 7: U.S. President Donald J. Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House on May 7, 2017 in Washington, DC. President Trump is returning from a weekend trip to the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey. (Photo by Ron Sachs-Pool/Getty Images) Russiagate: Trump Is Trying to Put Out a Fire With More Smoke
If Republicans have a shred of intellectual integrity, they’ll ignore the president’s flailing, and follow the evidence wherever it leads.
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TOPSHOT - ALTERNATIVE CROP France's former Minister of the Economy Emmanuel Macron looks on after handling over power to French Minister of Finance and also current Minister of Economy Michel Sapin in Paris, on August 31, 2016 following his resignation as economy minister. France's Emmanuel Macron vowed after stepping down as economy minister on August 30, 2016 to "transform" an ailing country but stopped short of declaring a presidential run. / AFP / PHILIPPE LOPEZ (Photo credit should read PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP/Getty Images) Massive Macron Hack Roils French Politics on Eve of Critical Election
A huge trove of internal documents appears online as voters prepare to head to the polls.
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Wikileaks website founder Julian Assange arrives at The High Court on July 12, 2011 in London, England. Mr Assange is appealing against his extradition to Sweden over sexual assault allegations. Julian Assange Is Not Ready for His Close Up
Laura Poitras turns her camera on the WikiLeaks founder for an unsparing portrait that exposes his retrograde views on women.
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tallinn old town 10 Years After the Landmark Attack on Estonia, Is the World Better Prepared for Cyber Threats?
In some ways, yes. In others, not nearly enough.
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GettyImages-645883040crop U.S. Probes Into Trump’s Russia Links, Kremlin Meddling Gain Two Heavyweights
The Senate investigation gains a former NSA lawyer. The FBI probe gets a veteran prosecutor.
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The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) seal is displayed in the lobby of CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia, on August 14, 2008. AFP PHOTO/SAUL LOEB / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images) Top Threat Facing U.S. Is Cyber, Says Outgoing CIA Lawyer
Caroline Krass talked about cyber threats, enhanced interrogation, and future challenges for the new administration.
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GettyImages-107624629crop If the U.S. Could Prosecute Assange, It Would Have Already Done So
Trump’s team has gone from cheerleading WikiLeaks to excoriating it in a matter of months, just as the Russiagate investigation heats up.