Oct 19 Hackers breach HealthCare.gov system, nab data on 75,000 people By Associated Press The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services made the announcement late Friday afternoon, a time slot agencies often use to release unfavorable developments. Continue reading
Sep 06 North Korean programmer charged in Sony hack, WannaCry attack By Michael Balsamo, Eric Tucker, Associated Press Park Jin Hyok, who is believed to be in North Korea, conspired with others to conduct a series of attacks that also stole $81 million from a bank in Bangladesh, according to the Justice Department's criminal complaint. The U.S. believes… Continue reading
Aug 12 An 11-year-old changed election results on a replica Florida state website in under 10 minutes By Michael D. Regan An 11-year-old on Friday was able to hack into a replica of the Florida state election website and change voting results found there in under 10 minutes. Continue reading
Aug 01 Stopping foreign meddling in U.S. elections via social media is an 'enormous' task, senators say By Deb Riechmann, Associated Press The Senate Intelligence Committee hearing came one day after Facebook said it had uncovered new sophisticated efforts, possibly linked to Russia, to manipulate U.S. politics ahead of the midterm elections. Continue reading
Jul 14 Watch 3:53 Indictment of 12 Russian agents exposes gaps in election security By PBS News Hour Robert Mueller’s team indicted 12 Russian intelligence officers on Friday for hacking into the Democratic campaign and state election operations in 2016. The indictment also revealed how state and local election boards were targeted, information on 500,000 American voters was… Continue watching
Oct 15 Can you be hacked by the world around you? By Jeremy Straub, The Conversation You've probably been told it's dangerous to open unexpected attachment files in your email – just like you shouldn't open suspicious packages in your mailbox. But have you been warned against scanning unknown QR codes or just taking a picture… Continue reading
Oct 04 How this NATO commander discovered someone in Moscow tried to hack his phone By Zach Fannin ORSZYSZ, Poland -- As U.S. Army Lt. Col. Christopher L’Heureux, commander of the NATO base in Poland, wrapped up a day of military exercises in Poland, he checked his iPhone and noticed something irregular. Continue reading
Jul 20 WATCH: Sessions, Rosenstein announce international crackdown on cybercrime By Raphael Satter and Frank Bajak, Associated Press Two of the world's most notorious "darknet" marketplaces have been knocked out in a one-two punch that officials say yielded a trove of new intelligence about drugs and weapons merchants that operate from hidden corners of the internet. Continue reading
May 17 ProPublica finds lax internet security at four of Trump's resorts By Jeff Larson, Julia Angwin, ProPublica The risks posed by the lax security, experts say, go well beyond simple digital snooping. Sophisticated attackers could take advantage of vulnerabilities in the Wi-Fi networks to take over devices like computers or smart phones and use them to record… Continue reading
May 16 Why there are bound to be sequels to the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' hack By Elizabeth Flock In the newest Pirates of the Caribbean film, Captain Jack Sparrow is dogged by deadly ghost pirates, led by the maniacal Captain Salazar. In real-life, he’s apparently being pursued by a different kind of foe: hackers that claim to be… Continue reading