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Wednesday is the deadline to seek cash payments and claim free services as part of Equifax’s $700 million settlement over a massive data breach.
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Brazilian prosecutors on Tuesday accused U.S. journalist Glenn Greenwald of involvement in hacking the phones of officials involved in a corruption investigation, but said court rulings protecting free speech prevent them from bringing charges.
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A computer security expert says he found that a forensic image of the election server central to a legal battle over the integrity of Georgia elections showed signs that the original server was hacked.
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The FBI, in a change of policy, is committing to inform state officials if local election systems have been breached, federal officials said Thursday.
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TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — An Israeli court heard a case Thursday calling for restrictions to be slapped on NSO Group, an Israeli company that makes surveillance software that is said to have been used to target journalists and dissidents around the world… Continue reading Rights Group Demands Israel Rein in Murky Spyware Company
British and American officials are meeting as U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government prepares to decide on whether there’s a future for Chinese equipment maker Huawei in the country’s next-generation telecom networks, his spokesman said Monday…. Continue reading US, UK Officials Meet as PM Johnson’s Huawei Decision Nears
The FBI laid out new protocols Friday for how it conducts electronic surveillance in national security cases, responding to a Justice Department inspector general report that harshly criticized the bureau’s handling of the Russia investigation.
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An upstate New York airport and its computer management provider were attacked by ransomware over Christmas, officials said.
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The FBI asked Apple this week to help extract data from iPhones that belonged to the Saudi aviation student who investigators say fatally shot three sailors at a U.S. naval base in Florida last month.
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Las Vegas officials said Tuesday that that a cyber attack breached the city’s computer systems, but it wasn’t immediately clear if any sensitive data was compromised.
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