Rudy Takala

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It started when a fake NSA account tweeted, "We'd like to say 'Happy Birthday!' to our former friend @Snowden. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia, File)

National Security

Snowden turns 33 in good humor

Rudy Takala · June 21, 2016 7:26 pm

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., criticized the Senate for failing to pass a string of gun control measures proposed earlier in the week. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

National Security

Wyden: Senate surveillance proposal a ‘fake’ solution

Rudy Takala · June 21, 2016 7:01 pm

—œIt has become increasingly clear that, for third-party box providers, the real value is not in producing or selling the box but in the data that the box will collect,—£ Harry Reid wrote. (AP Photo)

Reid criticizes FCC plan to let tech companies in on cable box market

Rudy Takala · June 21, 2016 5:55 pm

"The changes to Rule 41 give federal magistrate judges across the United States new authority to issue warrants for hacking and surveillance in cases where a computer's location is unknown," the group wrote in a Tuesday letter to congressional leaders. (iStock photo)

Tech companies urge against looser restrictions for federal mass hacking

Rudy Takala · June 21, 2016 5:55 pm

Justice Dept.: Mass hacking should require just one warrant

Rudy Takala · June 21, 2016 1:20 pm

The company said the September agreement between President Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping was an affirmation of the direction the country was already moving in, rather than an inflection point. (AP Photo)

National Security

Report: China doing less cyberspying

Rudy Takala · June 21, 2016 12:00 am

Documents made public Wednesday indicates State Department officials attempted to give Hillary Clinton a government email account to use while she was secretary of state. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Hillary Clinton’s tech failings could ripple through records rules

Rudy Takala · June 20, 2016 4:01 am

"The reason the hiring authority is important is that there are people who have the skills to ensure that we can actually get out in front of the hackers," said Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Ron Wyden: Sharing no secrets, asking tough questions

Rudy Takala · June 20, 2016 4:01 am

More than $80 million of the stolen money came from accounts that the Fed manages on behalf of the central bank in Bangladesh. (AP Photo)

Russian hackers responsible for $80M Bangladesh bank heist

Rudy Takala · June 17, 2016 9:19 pm

Gen. Michael Hayden, a former director of the NSA, said in March that he would be dumbfounded if Hillary Clinton hadn't been hacked by "scores" of intelligence agencies when she served as secretary of state. (AP Photo)

National Security

Experts: GOP, Democrats should expect to get hacked

Rudy Takala · June 17, 2016 4:01 am

CIA Director John Brennan said that Chinese hackers are still stealing American trade secrets despite of an agreement the country signed last year. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

CIA director: Chinese hacking never stopped

Rudy Takala · June 16, 2016 2:58 pm

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National Security

CIA: Islamic State now bigger than al Qaeda at its height

Rudy Takala · June 16, 2016 2:01 pm