Tag: Cybersecurity

Magazine - Washington Briefing

Instagram’s new under-18 rules are long overdue, children’s safety advocates say

Jessica Melugin · October 11, 2024 12:30 am

In this Dec. 12, 2016, file photo illustration, a person types on a laptop in Florida. Riviera Beach, Fla., agreed to pay $600,000 in ransom to hackers who took over its computer system, the latest in thousands of attacks worldwide aimed at extorting money from governments and businesses. Spokeswoman Rose Anne Brown said Wednesday, June 19, 2019, that the city of 35,000 residents has been working with outside security consultants, who recommended the ransom be paid.

Washington Secrets

Hackers targeted FEC, prompting preelection ‘threat hunt’

Paul Bedard · September 26, 2024 3:56 pm

Mike Johnson calls Harris Iran’s ‘preferred candidate’ in demand for Trump hack answers

Cami Mondeaux · September 23, 2024 2:56 pm

AI chip industry leader Nvidia’s high market share draws federal prosecutors’ scrutiny

Jessica Melugin · September 20, 2024 5:57 am

National Security

Mike Pompeo predicts Iran will ‘double down’ on election interference efforts

Asher Notheis · September 19, 2024 5:03 pm

The irri-tyranny: Death by a thousand petty techno-annoyances

Wessie du Toit · September 13, 2024 6:20 am

Israel’s vaunted high-tech sector resilient nearly a year after Oct. 7 attacks

Michele Chabin · September 6, 2024 5:48 am

Hacker class

What to know about the Columbus cyberattack one month later

Annabella Rosciglione · September 5, 2024 1:11 pm

How to protect your credit after massive data breach

Brady Knox · August 27, 2024 6:00 am

Hackers may have stolen your Social Security number: Here are precautions you should take

Emily Hallas · August 14, 2024 6:41 pm

Trump insists ‘it was Iran’ when pressed about FBI verdict on campaign hack

Emily Hallas · August 14, 2024 6:34 pm

Trump campaign hack highlights Iranian threat to US elections

Emily Hallas · August 12, 2024 11:15 am