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Top NSA cyber official points to ransomware attacks as key threat to 2020...

Anne Neuberger, director of the newly formed Cybersecurity Directorate at the National Security Agency (NSA), on Wednesday pointed to ransomware attacks as a key danger to the 2020...

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Schools in Arizona's Flagstaff closed for second day due to cyberattack

Schools in Flagstaff, Ariz., were closed for a second day in a row on Friday as the school district struggled to recover from a debilitating ransomware attack.The Flagstaff Unified School District...

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Treasury sanctions three North Korean cyber groups for targeting critical...

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions on Friday against three North Korean cyber groups for targeting critical infrastructure.OFAC identified the Lazarus...

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2020 Democrats raise alarm about China's intellectual property theft

Democratic presidential candidates raised concerns about China's theft of U.S. intellectual property at Thursday's debate, shining attention on an ongoing source of tension between the two countries....

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Democrats press for action on election security

Congressional Democrats renewed their call for election security legislation during a national day of action on Tuesday, as a Senate Appropriations subcommittee left out funding for it in its annual...

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Senate Democrats introduce legislation to limit foreign interference in...

Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Jack Reed (D-R.I.) introduced legislation on Wednesday meant to combat foreign influence in U.S. elections through the establishment of a response center that...

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Election security funds passed by Senate seen as welcome first step

Members of Congress and key federal and state officials on Thursday praised the $250 million approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee for election security efforts across the country, but noted...

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Democrats seize on whistleblower report to push for election security

Democrats renewed their push for election security legislation after a stark warning from acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire and the release of a whistleblower complaint about...

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House panel pushes forward election security legislation

The House Administration Committee voted 6-1 on Tuesday to push forward legislation intended to limit foreign interference in elections, moving the bill to the House floor for a vote against strong...

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Sen. Hassan calls for look into federal government support for entities hit...

Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) this week urged the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to look into how the federal government is supporting state and local governments that have been hit by...

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Democrats demand FCC act over leak of phone location data

The Democratic leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee strongly criticized the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Friday, accusing it of failing to enforce privacy laws and demanding...

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House GOP criticizes impeachment drive as distracting from national security...

Republicans on the House Homeland Security Committee this week criticized the focus by Democrats on an impeachment inquiry into President Trump, saying the process was distracting attention from...

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Voting machine vendors to testify on election security

The CEOs of the three biggest U.S. voting equipment manufacturers will testify before the House Administration Committee on Thursday, marking the first election security hearing of 2020.The hearing,...

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Supreme Court narrows cybercrime law

The Supreme Court limited the scope of a crucial federal computer fraud law Thursday by overturning the conviction of a former police officer accused of misusing a government database.The justices...

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Trump Organization controller testified before special counsel: report

Jeff McConney, a senior vice president and controller at the Trump Organization, has testified before a grand jury that was stood up by the Manhattan District Attorney's office to determine if charges...

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Cyber Ninjas shutting down after judge fines Arizona audit company $50K a day

Cyber Ninjas, a firm hired by the Arizona state Senate to conduct a review of Maricopa County’s election results, on Thursday announced that it is shutting down after a county government report slammed...

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