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    Fireworks explode over the Kremlin and Red Square during New Year's celebrations on Jan. 1 in Moscow. The U.S. government says a widespread computer incursion into U.S. government and private computer networks was likely carried out by Russia.
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    U.S. Security Agencies: Massive Computer Hack Is 'Likely Russian'

    Jan 05, 2021
    In its most detailed comment so far, the U.S. government says the breach of government and private company computer networks "will require a sustained and dedicated effort to remediate."
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    Kevin Mandia, the chief executive of FireEye, says the prominent cyber-security firm was hacked recently by an unnamed foreign country. FireEye helps protect government and private computer networks around the world. Mandia is shown here at a 2015 confer
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    Top Cyber Firm, FireEye, Says It's Been Hacked By A Foreign Govt.

    Dec 08, 2020
    The California-based company is often called by governments and companies around the world to protect against hacks and respond to breaches. FireEye acknowledged that some valuable tools were stolen.
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    Politics
    Russian hackers successfully infiltrated emails of employees at Burisma Holdings, a Ukrainian energy company, according to a U.S. security firm. Here, a building is seen in Kyiv that holds the offices of a Burisma subsidiary.
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    Russia Hacked Ukrainian Company Linked To Trump Impeachment, Security Firm Says

    Jan 14, 2020
    Days after the House formalized its impeachment inquiry into President Trump, Russian hackers reportedly started working to gain access to Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holding's email accounts.
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    Technology
    Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during the 2013 TechCrunch Disrupt conference in San Francisco on Sept. 11, 2013.
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    The Central Question Behind Facebook: 'What Does Mark Zuckerberg Believe In?'

    Oct 04, 2018
    Facebook and its CEO have come up against "a growing and really serious decline of public trust, both among politicians and among the general public," New Yorker staff writer Evan Osnos says.
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    Politics
    A New York City election worker tests a ballot scanner ahead of the November 2016 election. Two congressional panels are looking into the extent of Russian attempts to hack parts of the election system.
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    5 Questions Ahead Of The Election Hacking Hearings

    Jun 21, 2017
    Russia's efforts to interfere with last year's elections will be front and center during two hearings on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.
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    The Two-Way
    North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un. A hacking group linked to North Korea has used code that's identical to some of the malware used in the WannaCry attack, security researchers say.
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    North Korea May Be Linked To WannaCry Ransomware, Researchers Say

    May 16, 2017
    Google security researcher Neel Mehta pointed out similarities between WannaCry and malware used by Lazarus, the group that has been blamed for the Sony Pictures hack of 2014.
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    The Two-Way
    A world map shows where computers were infected by WannaCrypt ransomware since Sunday, as recorded by MalwareTech.com.
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    WannaCry Ransomware: What We Know Monday

    May 15, 2017
    A Homeland Security official says that so far, "the U.S. is still in a relatively good place." But because of the malware's success, it is being tweaked to foil attempts to stop its spread.
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    All Tech Considered
    AOL CEO Tim Armstrong will take the same position at the head of Verizon's Oath.
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    Yahoo And AOL Move In Together Under 'Oath,' Verizon's New Digital Arm

    Apr 05, 2017
    The digital content mashup of Internet oldsters will be led by Tim Armstrong, AOL's CEO. Though the Yahoo deal was widely panned, it gives Verizon a vast subscriber base appealing to advertisers.
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    The Two-Way
    President-elect Donald Trump gets on an elevator Monday after speaking with reporters at Trump Tower in New York.
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    Trump Denies Allegations Of Secret Ties, Collusion Between Campaign And Russia

    Jan 10, 2017
    Intelligence officials recently briefed both Obama and Trump about the unconfirmed reports. U.S. intelligence agencies have said Russia engaged in an extensive hacking effort during the 2016 election.
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    Parallels
    NPR's David Welna had personal documents posted by a pro-Kremlin website when he applied for press credentials in Ukraine. He's hardly alone. But it's an issue the U.S. is reluctant to discuss.
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    Russian Hackers Doxxed Me. What Should I Do About It?

    Sep 25, 2016
    NPR's David Welna was recently hacked by a pro-Kremlin website when he applied for press credentials in Ukraine. He's hardly alone. But it's an issue the U.S. government is reluctant to discuss.
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    The Two-Way

    OPM Now Says More Than 5 Million Fingerprints Were Stolen In Cyberattack

    Sep 23, 2015
    Hackers were able to steal the prints of some 5.6 million people — up from the original estimate of 1.1 million. The new number comes as Chinese President Xi Jinping visits the U.S.
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    All Tech Considered
    Casey Corcoran and his wife, Margie Skeer, were on a romantic getaway when they discovered he was listed in the Ashley Madison leaked data.
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    Husband Found On Ashley Madison: It Wasn't Me. (His Wife Believes Him)

    Aug 26, 2015
    When Casey Corcoran found his email address in the adultery website's customer database, he told his wife. It was a mistake, and he wanted her to know that. Then they did some computer forensics.
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    Shots - Health News
    A 3-D reconstruction of a healthy auditory neuron from a chick.
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    Hackers Teach Computers To Tell Healthy And Sick Brain Cells Apart

    Mar 31, 2015
    Scientists are still better than computers at assessing a neuron's health by looking at its shape. But an effort that includes an international series of hackathons could help speed the process.
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    The Black Market For Stolen Health Care Data

    Feb 13, 2015
    The U.S. is moving to digitize health care with electronic medical records, Web portals and mobile apps. But as medical data goes online, it is becoming a hot commodity for hackers.
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