Tag: Computer Hacking

Caught on Zoom: Eight wild moments from the pandemic captured through a camera lens

Zach Halaschak · December 10, 2020 1:53 pm

Researchers noted that the physical method of cracking a cryptographic algorithm, commonly known as a "side-channel attack," works even against even sophisticated 4,096-bit encryption keys. (AP Photo)

National Security

FireEye cybersecurity firm’s ‘Red Team’ tools hacked in ‘state-sponsored attack’

Jerry Dunleavy · December 8, 2020 11:49 pm

Magazine - Washington Briefing

Burying Sandworm: Indictment of Russian hackers a drop in the bucket, experts say

Grant Gross · October 23, 2020 3:00 am

DOJ hammers Chinese Communist Party in announcing charges against Chinese hackers

Jerry Dunleavy · September 16, 2020 7:31 pm

The goal of the accounts is to galvanize support against moves by the Trump administration to hamper science. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Virtual bail hearing for alleged Twitter hacker interrupted by porn attack

Mike Brest · August 5, 2020 6:56 pm

Bitcoins have been propelled from the world of Internet oddities to the cusp of mainstream use, a remarkable breakthrough for a currency which made its online debut only four years ago. (AP/Rick Bowmer)

Scammers collect over $100,000 in Bitcoin during elaborate hack of high-profile Twitter accounts

Spencer Neale · July 15, 2020 9:32 pm

Magazine - Washington Briefing

Cybercriminals target coronavirus fears

Grant Gross · March 27, 2020 3:00 am

FILE - In this April 5, 2009 file photo, the Department of Health and Human Services building is seen in Washington. Really? The Supreme Court's big health care decision means 30 million or more uninsured Americans are soon going to have coverage? It's far from that simple. The ruling points a way forward for millions who canât get affordable coverage because theyâve been sick, self-employed or otherwise shut out of insurance plans that most Americans get in the workplace. But the path is clouded for millions more: the people on the bottom rungs of the economic ladder who are expected to be reached by a major expansion of Medicaid.

Health and Human Services hit with cyberattack

John Gage · March 16, 2020 1:28 pm

A booth is ready for a voter at City Hall in Cambridge, Mass. Experts are concerned about hack attacks on voter rolls.

Washington Secrets

Warning: Election hacking could put 2020 winner in doubt

Paul Bedard · March 2, 2020 12:05 pm

FBI arrests hacker tied to Katie Hill campaign after primary opponents were hacked

Mike Brest · February 21, 2020 8:56 pm

Iran cyberattacks expected after Soleimani killing

Grant Gross · January 17, 2020 4:00 am

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey leaves after his talk with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace Friday, June 7, 2019 in Paris.

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey hacked, tweets 'F–k N——'

Mike Brest · August 30, 2019 8:00 pm