April 12, 2019

Feds say Russian 2016 election meddling spanned all US states

A multi-agency report has strengthened claims that Russia meddled with election systems in all 50 US states during the last presidential race.

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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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June 23, 2017

Russia ‘targeted 21 states’ during US election campaign, says official

Homeland Security official declines to reveal more to Senate hearing as details emerge of hacking attempts in Illinois and Arizona

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March 20, 2017

News in brief: FBI probes Russian ‘meddling’; Secret Service laptop stolen; Pi beats Commodore 64 sales

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

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January 12, 2017

Russia ‘also hacked RNC’ – but not Trump’s campaign

RNC stolen data was old campaigns and obsolete email addresses, says FBI chief James Comey, probably thanks to more effective defenses

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December 09, 2016

Did Russia hack the US election? Democrats want an investigation

Russia has denied involvement in hacking the US election, but politicians and intelligence officials fear it played a big part

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November 14, 2016

Zuckerberg pushes back on fears over fake news on Facebook

It's "crazy" to think that Facebook news stories influence people, he said. The internet's response: Facebook ads do, but its news doesn't?

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November 01, 2016

The Clinton emails – from humble iMac to data center

Hillary Clinton's email server has been at the heart of the election, but how did that happen?

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