January 20, 2020

FBI to inform election officials about hacking attempts

The FBI has announced that it will tell local election officials when hackers try to infiltrate their systems.

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September 20, 2018

US military given the power to hack back/defend forward

The new preventative cybersecurity powers include potentially acting against countries considered friendly toward the US - a risky move, some say.

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August 28, 2018

NSA leaker Reality Winner gets 63 months in jail

Reality Leigh Winner, the NSA contractor who leaked sensitive information to the Intercept last year, was sentenced to 63 months in prison last week along with three years of supervised release.

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August 14, 2018

11-year-old shows it’s child’s play to mess with elections

It took him less than 10 minutes to change election results on a replica of Florida's state website.

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July 23, 2018

DOJ to publicly disclose election tampering schemes

Under a new policy, US organizations and individuals will be told if they're the target of foreign operations trying to influence elections.

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July 17, 2018

Twitter shutters accounts linked to US election hacking

The move comes after special counsel Robert Mueller's indictment of 12 Russians believed to have used the accounts as fronts in US election hacking.

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September 25, 2017

News in brief: New IoT grief; Old patch lessons; Older voting tech

Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news

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June 09, 2017

When security bugs become WONTFIX writeoffs [Chet Chat Podcast 262]

Enjoy the latest episode of our computer security podcast!

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May 08, 2017

News in brief: Macron shrugs off email dump; warning on new ‘crazy bad’ flaw; Facebook tips on fake news

Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news

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