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Deployed inside the army command headquarters in Montenegro’s capital, an elite team of U.S. military cyber experts are plotting strategy in a fight against potential Russian and other cyberattacks ahead of the 2020 American and Montenegrin elections.
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A Russian accused of running a website that helped people commit more than $20 million in credit-card fraud has been extradited to Virginia to face criminal charges.
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A Long Island firm sold tens of millions of dollars in Chinese-made surveillance and other sensitive security equipment to customers, including the U.S. military to use on aircraft carriers, by falsely claiming the goods were manufactured in America.
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During the 2016 presidential campaign, Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort pushed the idea that Ukraine, not Russia, was behind the hack of the Democratic National Committee servers.
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Indiana will be home to the Midwest’s first National Guard cyber battalion, according to officials.
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Facebook has agreed to pay a 500,000-pound ($643,000) fine in a privacy case stemming from the Cambridge Analytica scandal, agreeing to accept the fine without admitting any liability.
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Two hackers pleaded guilty to concocting an extortion scheme that entangled Uber in a yearlong cover-up of a data breach that stole sensitive information about 57 million people.
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Florida's top elections officer insisted that her state's voting systems are adequately prepared for electronic attacks despite persistent concerns that hackers could again infiltrate the state's voting systems.
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Russia interfered in the 2016 election and may try to sway next year’s vote as well. But it’s not the only nation with an eye on U.S. politics.
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U.S. regulators have proposed cutting off funding for Chinese equipment in U.S. telecommunications networks, citing security threats.
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The Betty Jean Kerr People's Health Center in St. Louis says a cyber-attack has caused a data breach that potentially affected 152,000 people.
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Jackson Health System in Florida must pay over $2 million after federal officials determined its HIPPA compliance program was in disarray for years.
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Ransomware attacks have taken out computer systems at law enforcement agencies and local governments around the country, forcing them to revert to pen and paper for tasks typically done in an instant on computers.
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If the FBI discovers that foreign hackers have infiltrated the networks of your county election office, you may not find out about it until after voting is over. And your governor and other state officials may be kept in the dark, too.
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Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker has announced a new program to help municipalities bolster their cybersecurity.
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A northwestern Indiana hospital system is warning more than 68,000 patients that their personal information, including Social Security numbers and health records, may have been exposed during a data breach.
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The city of Baltimore is set to purchase $20 million in cyber insurance coverage, five months after an attack hobbled its computer network.
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Chinese telecom company Huawei on Tuesday criticized the Estonian government and media for spreading what it says are “arbitrary and unfounded” allegations about cybersecurity risks related to the company’s mobile phones.
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Germany released draft security guidelines on Tuesday for next generation wireless networks that stopped short of banning Huawei, as the U.S. warned again it would reconsider intelligence sharing with allies that use the Chinese company’s equipment.
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DCH Health System said key operations were back to normal 10 days after a ransomware attack encrypted information and prevented its hospital computer systems from communicating with each other.
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Microsoft says hackers linked to the Iranian government have targeted a U.S. presidential campaign, as well as government officials, media targets and prominent ex-patriate Iranians.
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Turkey’s data protection authority says it has imposed a 1.6 million Turkish lira ($280,000) fine on Facebook for contravening the country’s data laws.
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Alabama's DCH Health System temporarily quit accepting new patients in its hospitals after a ransomware attack crippled some of its computer systems.
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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is denying his country would interfere with the upcoming U.S. presidential election and says his government doesn’t have a preference in the race.
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Arizona transportation officials announced enhanced security measures after thieves were able to order driver's licenses on ServiceArizona.com using little personal information and have them sent to another address.
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