A spokesperson for Twitter defended the company’s decision to censor a bombshell story from the New York Post about Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his son Hunter. The company is citing its policy on “hacked materials” as the reason why it decided to limit its users’ ability to share the story, but it is not clear that any hacking was involved in procuring the trove of emails at all.
The Justice Department said it has indicted two men on charges connected to the hacking of dozens of websites in retaliation for the U.S. assassination of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani.
YouTube has announced new updates to its policies relating to videos containing information obtained through hacking and other content that may “interfere” with upcoming U.S. elections.
A recent joint report from the Department of Homeland Security’s Cyber Mission and Counterintelligence Mission centers alleged that video-conferencing app Zoom could be vulnerable to foreign surveillance.
A group of 400 cybersecurity volunteers from across the world has banded together as the “COVID-19 CTI League” to fight back against hacking related to the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic.
Two Chinese nationals were charged by the Treasury Department on Monday with laundering over $100 million worth cryptocurrency that had been stolen by North Korean hackers, US prosecutors said.
An elite hacker network sponsored by China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) stole the personal data, including telephone numbers, credit card details and passwords, of over 13 million people in Britain.
Chinese officials and state media on Tuesday condemned the U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday for indicting four People’s Liberation Army (PLA) military officers for the massive hacking attack on the Equifax credit reporting agency, a 2017 cybercrime that pilfered valuable corporate data and personal information about over 147 million Americans.
Prosecutors said Chinese military officials stole the personal information of 145 million Americans by hacking Equifax.
Brazilian Judge Ricardo Leite dismissed charges against journalist Glenn Greenwald on Thursday citing a Supreme Court injunction against prosecuting Greenwald for engaging in journalism. Prosecutors charged Greenwald with cybercrimes over allegedly advising hackers to destroy incriminating evidence.
A recent report alleges that the infamous app used in the Iowa Caucuses lacked key digital safeguards and could have been hacked using basic methods. The app’s developer, Shadow, continues to maintain that “the integrity of the vote in Iowa was not compromised in any way.”
As the Trump administration tussles with Apple over access to the Pensacola terrorist’s iPhones, a new report states that federal law enforcement officials have plenty of third-party options at their disposal to break into the devices, which would avoid a showdown between Apple and the government.
The secretary-general of the Hong Kong democracy movement Demosisto, Joshua Wong, accused the Hong Kong police on Thursday of hacking into his mobile phone and illegally obtaining evidence against him in his upcoming trial.
A recent report alleges that digital assistants such as Apple’s Siri, Amazon Alexa, and Google Assistant can be hijacked with cheap laser pointers.
IBM Security Global Managing Partner Charles Henderson spoke to Forbes about how even charging cables can be used to compromise your phone.
Brazil’s Minister of Justice Sergio Moro passed a decree Friday allowing the summary deportation, or reduction in permitted time in the country, of individuals considered “dangerous” to the state, following the revelation that hackers targeted President Jair Bolsonaro’s mobile phone.
It was not as though Menn had to make this agreement in order to be informed of O’Rourke’s participation in the group.
A group of Venezuelan anti-government dissidents successfully hacked into the websites of nine of the country’s foreign embassies on Thursday.
Online hackers have released a massive collection of data that includes personal information, such as phone numbers, addresses and more of German mainstream politicians as well as others in the German political scene. The data was released on Friday and
Contents: China hackers collect data on hundreds of millions of Americans and Westerners; China cracks down on Twitter; China extends its ‘social credit score’ system to Americans and Westerners; Steve Bannon: Chinese engineers working on American weapons systems; Huawei chairman challenges US to prove they’re a security risk
The United States is preparing a “crackdown on Beijing,” after it was discovered that the recent Marriott data breach was perpetrated by Chinese hackers, according to a report.
U.S. federal authorities have indicted two Iranian nationals for deploying “sophisticated ransomware” from inside the Islamic Republic to extort hundreds of victims including hospitals, municipalities, and public institutions, a move that has caused over $30 million in losses, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Wednesday.
Hackers are reportedly attempting to sell the private Facebook messages of at least 81,000 accounts, after compromising the social network. The Hackers claim to have access to 120 million accounts in total.
China’s state-run Xinhua news service vented Beijing’s mounting anger at U.S. allegations of espionage and election interference by claiming it is the U.S., not China, that menaces the Internet as a “cyber predator.”
A security expert working for a U.S. telecom company reportedly uncovered further evidence of Chinese spy chips hidden on computer motherboards, Bloomberg Businessweek reported Tuesday, less than a week since the outlet revealed a massive “hardware hack” discovered in a secretive U.S. government investigation.
The Department of Homeland Security declared in a statement that there is “no reason to doubt” Apple and Amazon’s claims that China did not bug their server hardware, despite a Bloomberg News report which indicated the companies were compromised.
Bloomberg Businessweek on Thursday reported on a three-year investigation into computer hardware compromised with spy chips by Chinese military hackers. The full report is lengthy, some of the details remain classified since the investigation is still ongoing, and many particulars of the report are contested by the American companies involved. Following is a summary of the most important elements of the “Big Hack” story.
One of the UK’s leading, celebrity-backed anti-hunting groups is under investigation amid claims they attempted to hack the computer of the leader of the Countryside Alliance, a pro-hunting charity.
An NPR/Maris poll shows that one in three Americans believe a foreign government could change the outcome of the midterm elections.
Cybersecurity firm FireEye warned on Tuesday that Iranian hacking activity increased significantly after President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran nuclear deal. The firm tracked an especially vigorous “cyberespionage” effort against targets in the Middle East, U.S., and Japan through the month of July.
Qatar, a small monarchy on the Arabian peninsula that hosts American troops but has also funded radical Islamic groups, reportedly attempted to hack the emails of Rabbi Shmuley Boteach and his wife, Debbie.
A Chinese state-owned company hacked Clinton’s email server, inserting code that forwarded a copy of almost every single email.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) defended President Trump’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday amid intense backlash from Democrats and Republicans.
On Monday’s edition of CNN’s New Day, Chris Cuomo repeatedly accused the Russian state of waging “war” against America via “election hacking” in 2016. He offered his analysis while reporting from Helsinki, Finland, in anticipation of a meeting between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced the indictment of 12 members of Russian military intelligence Friday for hacking Democrats’ emails during the 2016 presidential election, and noted there was no collusion alleged with any Americans.
A woman in Wisconsin was charged on Wednesday with hacking Facebook accounts on behalf of the Islamic State (ISIS).
Hackers reportedly streamed a gay pornography video during an online House race debate for California’s 1st District Congressional seat.
A 16-year-old student has been charged with fourteen felonies after he hacked his school’s computer system to change his grades using a phishing campaign aimed at teachers.
Hacker Konrads Voits has been sentenced to seven years in prison for attempting to alter prison records so that another inmate could be released early.
PFLAG, an LGBT organization, has rescinded its “Straight for Equality in Media” award from MSNBC host Joy Reid, while she continues to double down on her excuses over newly-revealed homophobic blog posts.
