August 22, 2018

Microsoft disrupts Fancy Bear election meddlers

In a new skirmish, Microsoft took control of six internet domains that were about to be used by the group to spoof US political organisations.

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January 06, 2017

FBI refutes DNC claims about not investigating servers

Ongoing tit-for-tat dates back to the FBI's investigation of Hillary Clinton's private email server

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January 05, 2017

CyberZeist targets FBI, DNC claims the agency didn’t seek access to hacked servers

DNC raps FBI for 'outsourcing' investigation into hacking while agency's own website is compromised

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December 16, 2016

DNC chief Podesta led to phishing link ‘thanks to a typo’

Typing 'legitimate' instead of 'illegitimate' led DNC chief to phishing link and the hack that compromised his emails, report finds

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October 25, 2016

How hackers broke into John Podesta, DNC Gmail accounts

At the heart of enormous breaches lies a tiny thing: rigged Bitly shortened URLs.

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September 29, 2016

FBI probes possible hacks targeting phones of Democratic Party staff

Agents have reportedly asked to image some Democratic staffers' phones as they search for evidence - such as malware - of the hacking.

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September 06, 2016

Obama warns of hackers creating cyber ‘Wild Wild West’

If countries don't start acting responsibly with cyber weapons, the arms race could turn into a free-for-all, said President Obama.

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August 09, 2016

Email: how secure is yours? [Survey]

We know you keep your emails secure, but how do you do it?

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July 25, 2016

WikiLeaks leaks DNC emails, setting off political firestorm

The Democratic National Committee is blaming Russia for the breach, while political fallout includes the chairwoman's resignation.

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