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US officials unveiled criminal charges Wednesday against a former university student and two others in the Mirai botnet attacks which shut down parts of the internet in several countries starting in mid-2016.
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Greece’s Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered that a Russian accused of laundering $4 billion using bitcoin digital currency be extradited to the United States, a court source said.
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A Philippine bank on Tuesday accused Bangladesh’s central bank of a “massive cover-up” over an $81-million cyber-heist last year, as it rejected allegations it was mostly to blame.
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As soon as Ethiopian opposition activist Henok Gabisa read the email, he knew something was not right.
With the subject line “Democracy in Ethiopia: Can it be saved?”, the message seemed tailor-made for him.
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The US Senate confirmed White House deputy chief of staff Kirstjen Nielsen as Secretary of Homeland Security on Tuesday, putting her in charge of implementing the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission said Monday its newly-created Cyber Unit shut down a digital currency investment scam, charging a company that took millions from investors, “falsely promising” a speedy, 13-fold profit.
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A member of the US National Security Agency’s elite hacking team has been charged with illegally removing top secret materials, in an embarrassing breach for the crucial electronic espionage body.
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Our mobile phones are troves of personal, private information, and the US Supreme Court weighed Wednesday how easily police should be able to get it.
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Uber, the ride-sharing giant hit with a number of scandals in recent months, is now suspected of operating a program to hide nefarious tactics.
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Privacy rights in the digital age face a crucial test Wednesday when the Supreme Court hears a case over police use of a person’s location data from cellphone towers.
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