Nation May 14

Spyware crafted by a sophisticated group of hackers took advantage of a flaw in the popular WhatsApp communications program to remotely hijack dozens of phones.

Nation May 06

Dubbed "ElectionGuard," the Microsoft kit will have early prototypes ready to pilot for next year's general elections.

Nation Mar 21

Facebook said there is no evidence its employees abused access to the data, but thousands of employees could have searched them.

Politics Nov 28

Earlier this year, the federal agency tasked with caring for asylum-seeking children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexican border officially took on a new, little heralded role: helping to deport relatives of the young migrants.

Politics Nov 05

Voting concerns have dominated the final weeks of the race between Democrat Stacey Abrams and Republican Brian Kemp, the secretary of state. Here's what we know.

Politics Sep 19

Senator Ron Wyden says in a letter to Senate leaders that "at least one major technology company" has warned an unspecified number of senators and aides that their personal accounts were targeted by foreign government hackers.

Politics Sep 01

Experts said it is too late to safeguard U.S. voting systems and campaigns this election cycle.

Politics Apr 03

The use of such cellphone-site simulators by foreign powers has long been a concern, but American intelligence and law enforcement agencies — which use such eavesdropping equipment themselves — have been silent on the issue until now.

Politics Oct 26

A computer server crucial to a lawsuit against Georgia election officials was quietly wiped clean by its custodians just after the suit was filed, The Associated Press has learned.

Nation Mar 08

Latest WikiLeaks documents say the CIA created tools that can turn a world of increasingly networked, camera- and microphone-equipped devices into eavesdroppers. How worried should consumers be?…