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Recent articles by Associated Press
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An Indian media conglomerate, a police department and the agency responsible for the country’s national identification database have been hacked, likely by a state-sponsored Chinese group.
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Lithuanian cybersecurity experts are urging the country’s government agencies to abandon the use of Chinese smartphone brands after an investigation identified security vulnerabilities and censorship concerns with certain devices.
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Britain’s defense minister apologized and his ministry suspended an official Tuesday after a “significant” data breach involving the email addresses of dozens of Afghan interpreters hoping to settle in the U.K.
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The Biden administration announced sanctions against Russia-based virtual currency brokerage SUEX OTC, that officials say helped at least eight ransomware gangs launder virtual currency.
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Indonesian authorities have found no evidence that the main intelligence service’s computers were compromised, after a U.S.-based security firm alerted them of a suspected breach by a Chinese hacking group.
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On Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021, a divided federal appeals court upheld the dismissal of an ACLU lawsuit challenging a portion of the National Security Agency's warrantless surveillance of Americans' international email and phone communications.
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Three former U.S. intelligence and military officials have admitted providing sophisticated computer hacking technology to the United Arab Emirates and agreed to pay nearly $1.7 million to resolve criminal charges.
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NSA Director Gen. Paul Nakasone says he’s mounting a new “surge” to fight incursions that have at times debilitated government agencies and companies responsible for critical infrastructure.
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Over two decades, the United States and its allies spent hundreds of millions of dollars building databases for the Afghan people, but most of that digital apparatus fell into the hands of an Taliban rulers.
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Germany has protested to Russia over attempts to steal data from lawmakers that it suspects may have been in preparation to spread disinformation ahead of the upcoming German election.
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A data breach at the Dallas public school system exposed the personal information of students, parents, teachers and staff dating back to 2010.
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Israel’s foreign minister has played down criticism of the country’s regulation of the cyberespionage firm NSO Group but vowed to step up efforts to ensure the company’s controversial spyware doesn’t fall into the wrong hands.
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Republican efforts to question the results of the 2020 election have led to two significant breaches of voting software that have alarmed election security experts.
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The Boston Public Library was hit with a cyberattack that crippled its computer network, the library said in a statement..
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Some of the country’s leading technology companies have committed to investing billions of dollars to strengthen cybersecurity defenses and to train skilled workers,
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Hackers breach systems at Iran’s notorious Evin prison and leak footage showing the grim conditions at the prison known for holding political prisoners.
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U.S. Census Bureau computer servers uninvolved with the 2020 census were exploited last year during a cybersecurity attack, but hackers’ attempts to keep access to the system were unsuccessful, according to a report.
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A pair of ransomware attacks on sewage treatment plants in rural Maine communities demonstrates that small towns need to be just as vigilant as larger communities in protecting against hackers, local officials said.
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The aftermath of the 2020 election put an intense spotlight on voting machines as supporters of former President Donald Trump claimed victory was stolen from him. While the theories were unproven — and many outlandish and blatantly false — election security experts say there are real concerns that need to be addressed.
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Those entrusted with securing the nation’s voting systems must remain nonpartisan as a myriad of complex and growing risks continue to threaten U.S. elections, one of the nation’s top cybersecurity officials said.
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Human rights experts say highly sophisticated intrusive tools are being used to monitor, intimidate and silence human rights defenders, journalists and political opponents.
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The insurer for Joplin paid $320,00 to an unknown person after a ransomware attack shut down the city’s government’s computer system last month.
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A “highly sophisticated group” known for cyberattacks against governmental and other entities is believed to be behind the attack this spring that targeted the Alaska health department, a spokesperson for the department said.
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Novalpina Capital has been saddled with both an internal dispute among its founding partners and an explosive report showing NSO Group's spyware has been widely misused around the globe.
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The Russian hackers behind the massive SolarWinds cyberespionage campaign broke into the email accounts some of the most prominent federal prosecutors’ offices around the country last year, the Department of Justice said.
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