Tag: Cybersecurity

Magazine - Washington Briefing

Warren wants credit rating agencies to pay for data breaches

Grant Gross · May 17, 2019 4:00 am

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., speaks during a campaign rally attended by former President Barack Obama, Friday, Nov. 2, 2018, in Miami.

Beltway Confidential

Bill Nelson claimed, without evidence, that Russia meddled in Florida’s 2018 midterms. Journalists say he has been vindicated

Becket Adams · May 16, 2019 1:59 pm

Social networking giant Facebook has come under increased scrutiny from members of Congress over its handling of consumer data and information with third-parties.

WhatsApp fixes security flaw in service used by journalists, Jared Kushner

James Langford · May 14, 2019 6:21 pm

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at the Capitol Monday April 29, 2019, in Tallahassee, Fla.

Voting databases hacked in two Florida counties during 2016 presidential election

Zach Halaschak · May 14, 2019 6:11 pm

Lawyers for the Chinese electronics giant Huawei from left, James Cole, Michael Alexander Levy, and David Bitkower leave Brooklyn federal court in New York, Thursday, March 14, 2019.

DOJ tries to disqualify ex-Obama official from defending China’s Huawei

Jerry Dunleavy · May 13, 2019 9:33 pm

In this Friday, Sept. 16, 2016, file photo, a customer sets up his new iPhone 7 Plus, right, as he switches from the iPhone 6 at the Apple Store on Michigan Avenue during the release of the Apple iPhone 7 and the latest Apple Watches, in Chicago.

ICE spends more than $1 million on iPhone hacking tech

Zach Halaschak · May 13, 2019 2:05 pm

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange being taken from court, where he appeared on charges of jumping British bail seven years ago, in London, Wednesday May 1, 2019.

Sweden reopens rape case against WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange

Caitlin Yilek · May 13, 2019 11:12 am

Lawsuit would limit device searches at border

Grant Gross · May 10, 2019 4:00 am

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un appears at an event.

US government unveils new North Korean hacking tool as tensions continue to rise

Russ Read · May 10, 2019 12:33 am

FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015, file photo, a man walks past health insurer Anthem's corporate headquarters in Indianapolis. Anthem, one of the nationâs biggest health insurers, says it will not return to Ohioâs public insurance exchanges in 2018, a decision that could open more holes in the Affordable Care Actâs increasingly thin system for helping people buy coverage.

Chinese national indicted on hacking charges in Anthem breach

Caitlin Yilek · May 9, 2019 9:18 pm

FBI’s Foreign Influence Taskforce readies for 2020 while Russia is ‘upping its game’

Jerry Dunleavy · May 7, 2019 8:42 pm

A woman rides a bicycle past a globe structure on display outside a bank in Beijing, Monday, May 6, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

Why intellectual property can’t be the centerpiece of a China trade deal

Tom Rogan · May 7, 2019 5:16 pm