March 11, 2020

Trial for accused CIA leaker ends in hung jury

The US is expected to press for a retrial in the high-stakes trial of Joshua Schulte, suspected of raiding the CIA's cyber arsenal.

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April 12, 2019

Assange arrested, faces extradition for hacking

The Ecuadorean embassy finally decided it wasn't willing to shelter Julian Assange any more, so it let in UK police to arrest him.

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January 22, 2019

DNC targeted by Russian hackers beyond 2018 midterms, it claims

The Democratic National Committee has filed a civil complaint accusing Russia of trying to hack its computers as recently as November 2018.

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November 19, 2018

Did a copy-paste error reveal the US’s secret case against Assange?

A court filing in an unrelated case mentioned the need to seal documents to keep secret the fact that "Assange" has been charged.

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June 20, 2018

Alleged Vault 7 leaker was busted because of basic security blunders

The FBI says that Schulte's poor opsec was his undoing.

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May 17, 2018

CIA’s “Vault 7” mega-leak was an inside job, claims FBI

The suspect worked for a CIA group that designed hacking tools at the time the cyber-spying arsenal was given to WikiLeaks.

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January 11, 2018

FBI director says ‘unbreakable encryption is a public safety issue’

FBI director Christopher Wray is still fighting for government-only encryption back door

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November 20, 2017

US intelligence can’t break vulnerability hoarding habit

Vulnerabilities: keep them secret as a weapon against the bad guys or tell the world so we can all get patched?

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September 04, 2017

News in brief: Pratchett’s data steamrollered; WikiLeaks hit by hackers; Instagram details for sale

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

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