Politics Jun 12 Brookings president resigns amid FBI probe on secret lobbying for Qatar Retired Gen. John Allen wrote in a letter to the think tank that he was leaving with a “heavy heart" but did not offer a direct explanation.
Politics Jun 01 FBI Director Christopher Wray says agency blocked planned cyberattack on children’s hospital FBI Director Christopher Wray says his agents thwarted a planned cyberattack on a Boston children's hospital that was to have been carried out by hackers sponsored by the Iranian government.
Politics Nov 08 WATCH: U.S. charges two suspected major ransomware operators Attorney General Merrick Garland, FBI Director Christopher Wray and other Department of Justice officials are holding a press briefing on "significant law enforcement matter".
Economy Oct 25 Russia-backed hackers are targeting cloud services, Microsoft says Microsoft said Monday the same Russia-backed hackers responsible for the 2020 SolarWinds breach continue to attack the global technology supply chain and have been relentlessly targeting cloud service companies and others since summer.
Nation May 08 Major US pipeline halts operations after ransomware attack Colonial Pipeline did not say what was demanded or by whom, but ransomware attacks are typically carried out by criminal hackers who seize data and demand a large payment in order to release it.
World Apr 20 Suspected Chinese hackers spied on U.S., European targets A prominent cybersecurity firm says suspected state-backed Chinese hackers exploited widely used networking devices to spy for months on dozens of high-value government, defense industry and financial sector targets in the U.S. and Europe.
Nation Feb 19 Massive breach fuels calls for U.S. action on cybersecurity U.S. officials are scrambling to reinforce the nation’s cyber defenses following a sweeping hack that may have exposed government and corporate secrets to Russia.
Nation Feb 10 Hack exposes vulnerability of cash-strapped U.S. water plants Suspicious incidents are usually chalked up to mechanical or procedural errors, but experts say they occur more often than the public is told and many go unreported to protect reputations, customer trust — and revenues.
Politics Sep 24 Health officials seek to block Trump rally in Virginia But it's unlikely to make a difference, as the Trump campaign has routinely flouted public health guidelines intended to halt the spread of COVID-19.
Politics Jun 17 Virginia governor to propose Juneteenth as state holiday RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced Tuesday that he’s making Juneteenth — a day that commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S. — an official holiday in a state that was once home to the capital…