Patrick Semansky / AP US Officials Issue Rare Warning After Russian Hackers Compromise Government Computer Systems Federal authorities warned of the threat posed by a cybersecurity attack on government agencies likely carried out by Russian hackers. By The Associated Press December 17, 2020
Olivier Douliery - AFP / Getty Images Treasury Department Hit with Large-Scale Breach, National Security Council Now Involved At least two federal agencies have been the victims of a massive cyberattack that has been taking place for months, according to reports. By Jack Davis December 14, 2020
Vincenzo Pinto / AFP via Getty ImagesCommentary As US, Allies Rally Around Vaccine Effort, China's Own Ally Tries Sabotaging It A Wall Street Journal report last week said North Korea had targeted six vaccine makers in an attempt to breach their networks. By C. Douglas Golden December 6, 2020
ImYanis / Shutterstock 'Incredibly Popular' Christian App Has Reportedly Leaked 'Vast Amounts' of User Data The researcher said that the data sometimes contains PIN numbers, credit card numbers and other sensitive data. By Erin Coates November 20, 2020
Steve Pope / Getty Images Trump Campaign Working with Law Enforcement After Bizarre Website Hack 'There was no exposure to sensitive data because none of it is actually stored on the site. The website has been restored.' By Erin Coates October 28, 2020
Elaine Thompson / AP, File Feds Sound Alarm on Kremlin-Backed Russian Hackers Stealing Data from Local Governments US officials warned that state-sponsored Russian hackers are targeting state and local governments. By The Associated Press October 22, 2020
Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via APCommentary While Left Frets Over Russia, Iran Is Boosting Biden with Hacking Campaign Iran's campaign of hacking and disinformation against the United States hasn't gotten as much play as Russia's - for one predictable reason. By C. Douglas Golden September 12, 2020
Mikhail Svetlov / Getty Images UK: Russia Running Cyber Op To Steal COVID Vaccine Research 'APT29 has a long history of targeting governmental, diplomatic, think-tank, health care and energy organizations for intelligence gain.' By Erin Coates July 17, 2020
Mandel Ngan / AFP via Getty Images Report: Trump Secretly Authorized CIA Cyberattacks on Russia, China, Others Under President Donald Trump, the CIA has been given the green light to wage cyberattacks on America's enemies, according to a new report. By Jack Davis July 16, 2020
Bethany Clarke / Getty Images Joe Biden's and Barack Obama’s Twitter Accounts Compromised by Bitcoin Scammers Amid Massive Hack 'I am giving back to the community,' a tweet posted on Biden’s account read. 'All Bitcoin sent to the address below will be sent back doubled!' By Andrew Kerr July 15, 2020