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Byline: Cate Cadell The China-linked hack of at least three major U.S. telecommunications providers that targeted high-level figures in the presidential campaign has sent a shock wave through Washington and, [...]

Byline: Joseph Menn, Josh Dawsey, Ellen Nakashima, Perry Stein, Yasmeen Abutaleb Chinese government hackers have tried to get inside telephones used by former president Donald Trump, Sen. JD Vance and [...]

The targeting of the Republican presidential ticket's phones is part of what appears to be a wide-ranging effort to gather information about American leaders. Chinese hackers targeted data from phones [...]

Byline: Joseph Menn, Josh Dawsey, Ellen Nakashima, Perry Stein, Yasmeen Abutaleb Chinese government hackers have tried to get inside telephones used by former president Donald Trump, Sen. JD Vance and [...]

He has been the target of two would-be assassins in a matter of months. The intelligence agencies have told him that Iran is still threatening to kill him, and Iranian [...]

Byline: Robyn Dixon Russia suffered major digital outages for a second day Tuesday after hackers targeted Russia's court information system, taking down court websites and claiming to have wiped court [...]

Byline: Josh Dawsey, Devlin Barrett Federal authorities are preparing to file criminal charges over Iran's alleged hack and leak attack against Donald Trump's presidential campaign, according to people familiar with [...]

Byline: Katie Mettler Federal prosecutors have charged five members of the Russian military with orchestrating a destabilizing cyberattack on critical Ukrainian computer systems just a month before Russia invaded the [...]

Byline: Joseph Menn Some of the most criticized names in the secretive business of selling high-end surveillance tools to government spies have continued to thrive despite international efforts to regulate [...]

Ransomware/Malware Activity New Gorilla Botnet Issues Over 300,000 DDOS Attacks Cybersecurity researchers have identified a new botnet family called 'Gorilla Botnet' that has been particularly active through the month of [...]

Ransomware/Malware Activity Storm-0501 Releases Embargo Ransomware in Cloud Environments Researchers at Microsoft have recently warned that threat actor Storm-0501 is now targeting and deploying ransomware in hybrid cloud environments in [...]

Byline: Joseph Menn Chinese government-backed hackers have penetrated deep into U.S. internet service providers in recent months to spy on their users, according to people familiar with the ongoing American [...]

Byline: Joseph Menn Iranian government hackers accused of breaching the Trump campaign with deceptive emails also used WhatsApp accounts to try to trick former Biden and Trump administration officials, parent [...]

American intelligence agencies also confirmed that the effort extended to the Biden-Harris campaign, though that bid was unsuccessful. American intelligence agencies said on Monday that Iran was responsible for hacking [...]

Byline: Perry Stein The FBI and U.S. intelligence agencies have confirmed Iran was responsible for recent attempted hacks into the Trump and Biden-Harris presidential campaigns, the agencies said in a [...]

Hackers may have gained access to the private information of millions of people from a background check company called National Public Data. Should you be worried? We have some advice. [...]

Byline: Devlin Barrett, Josh Dawsey FBI agents probing alleged Iranian hacking attempts directed at the Trump and Biden-Harris campaigns have gathered evidence that indicates one of the targets was senior [...]

Byline: Tatum Hunter An alleged hack at a background check company grabbed headlines this week for potentially exposing billions of social security numbers. Don't panic, though - this incident is [...]

Byline: Dan Morrison, USA TODAY WASHINGTON - The FBI confirmed Monday afternoon it's investigating allegations that Iranian cyber agents breached Donald Trump's presidential campaign in another case of foreign intelligence [...]

Byline: Joseph Menn Russian spy agencies are using deep knowledge about foreign and domestic opponents, reporters and human rights groups to target them with well-crafted phishing attacks, in some cases [...]

Byline: Shane Harris, Ellen Nakashima, Josh Dawsey As recently as last month, U.S. intelligence officials warned that Iran aimed to stoke societal discord and undermine former president Donald Trump's bid [...]

The bureau has repeatedly warned about foreign countries meddling in the upcoming election, including using artificial intelligence to spread misinformation. The F.B.I. said on Monday that it was investigating the [...]

Byline: Hannah Jewell; Jamie Ross 1 The FBI said hackers targeted the Trump and Biden-Harris campaigns. The details: Iran tried to hack advisers to the two presidential campaigns, the FBI [...]

Byline: Devlin Barrett, Josh Dawsey, Tyler Pager, Isaac Arnsdorf, Shane Harris The FBI is investigating suspected hacking attempts by Iran targeting both a Trump associate and advisers to the Biden-Harris [...]

Byline: Abbie Cheeseman Analysts and intelligence experts warned Sunday that wider efforts may be underway by foreign powers to disrupt the U.S. presidential election, after the Trump campaign said it [...]

Byline: Abbie Cheeseman Analysts and intelligence experts warned Sunday that wider efforts may be underway by foreign powers to disrupt the U.S. presidential election, after the Trump campaign said it [...]

Byline: Josh Dawsey, Isaac Arnsdorf, Ellen Nakashima, Shane Harris Donald Trump's presidential campaign said on Saturday that it has been the victim of a foreign hack, after the campaign received [...]

Byline: Joseph Menn LAS VEGAS - Some of Microsoft's most important tools for protecting Windows users from malicious hackers can be twisted into being used in attacks, according to research [...]

Byline: Karla Adam, Sarah Ellison LONDON - London Metropolitan Police have told former British prime minister Gordon Brown that they are considering his request to open a new police probe [...]

A preliminary inquiry threatens to reopen a tumultuous chapter in U.K. news media history. It could entangle The Washington Post's publisher and other former News Corp figures. Scotland Yard has [...]

A security breach at the maker of ChatGPT last year revealed internal discussions among researchers and other employees, but not the code behind OpenAI's systems. Early last year, a hacker […]

Byline: Kinsey Crowley, Anthony Robledo, Bailey Schulz and Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY After a cyberattack at CDK Global led to the shutdown of computer systems at auto dealers nationwide, the [...]

Byline: Joseph Menn The House Homeland Security committee is grilling Microsoft President Brad Smith Thursday about the software giant's plans to improve its security after a series of devastating hacks [...]