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In the wake of the Morris worm, Carnegie Mellon University established the world’s first Cyber Emergency Response Team, which has been replicated in the federal government and around the world.
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The office of Secretary of State Brian Kemp, who is also the Republican gubernatorial nominee, said it is investigating the state Democratic Party in connection with an alleged attempt to hack Georgia's online voter database
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Ex-CIA employee accused of providing the Vault7 hacking files to WikiLeaks faces new charges after allegedly continuing leaks from prison
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Keeping tabs on social media posts has been used for years by law enforcement to try to identify potential threats.
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Prosecutors say former Air Force airman Michael Weber installed malware on a government-issued cellular phone assigned to his supervisor at Cannon Air Force Base.
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In much of the nation, especially where tech and cybersecurity expertise and budgets are thin, the companies effectively run elections either directly or through subcontractors.
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A year before federal prosecutors accused Maria Butina of operating as a secret agent for the Russian government, she was a graduate student at American University working on a sensitive project involving cybersecurity.
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The head of Apple endorsed tough privacy laws for both Europe and the U.S. and renewed the technology giant's commitment to protecting personal data, which he warned was being "weaponized" against users.
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Yahoo agrees to pay $50 million in damages and provide two years of free credit-monitoring services to 200 million people whose personal information were stolen as part of the biggest security breach in history
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A government computer system that interacts with HealthCare.gov was hacked earlier this month, compromising the sensitive personal data of some 75,000 people, officials said.
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The city of West Haven Connecticut has paid $2,000 to restore access to its computer system after a ransomware attack.
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The Indiana National Guard says a state, non-military computer server containing personal information on civilian and military Guard personnel was the target of a recent ransomware attack.
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A former high school teacher was charged in an investigation into the 2014 "celebgate" scandal in which hackers obtained nude photographs and other private information from more than 200 people, including celebrities.
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A former Equifax manager who was put in charge of creating the equifaxsecurity2017.com website following the massive breach at the credit reporting agency has been sentenced to 8 months of home confinement for insider trading
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The Illinois Board of Elections hired three cybersecurity experts to watch elections and voter-data systems for irregularities.
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Health insurer Anthem Inc. has agreed to pay the government a record $16 million to settle potential privacy violations in the biggest known health care hack in U.S. history, officials said.
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Federal and state officials are working with Onslow Water and Sewer Authority after hackers attacked some of its computer systems.
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Could hackers have been able to see the last person you cyberstalked, or that party photo you were tagged in? According to Facebook, the unfortunate answer is "yes."
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The Pentagon said there has been a cyber breach of Defense Department travel records that compromised the personal information and credit card data of U.S. military and civilian personnel.
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A former NASA contractor who allegedly threatened to publish nude photos of seven women unless they sent him other explicit pictures has pleaded guilty to federal charges.
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You might not have a choice if it's a service you use regularly. But for those you no longer use, consider a purge. Plus, it might feel good to get your online life in order, the way organizing a closet does.
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Chinese tech stocks Lenovo Group and ZTE Corp. tumbled in Hong Kong on Friday following a news report Chinese spies might have used chips supplied by another company to hack into U.S. computer systems.
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The West unleashed an onslaught of new evidence and indictments Thursday accusing Russian military spies of hacking so widespread that it seemed to target anyone, anywhere who investigates Moscow's involvement in an array of criminal activities.
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The U.S. Justice Department on charged seven Russian intelligence officers with hacking anti-doping agencies and other organizations hours after Western officials leveled new accusations against Moscow's secretive GRU military spy agency.
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North Korea’s nuclear and missile tests have stopped, but its hacking operations to gather intelligence and raise funds for the sanction-strapped government in Pyongyang may be gathering steam
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