Author: Joseph Menn

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Rep. Don Bacon tweeted Monday that he had been notified by the FBI that his emails had been hacked.

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The hacktivist group Cult of the Dead Cow will release details about the system at Def Con next week.

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The prospect comes as a range of professionals report real progress in security, from slowing ransomware attacks to more timely sharing of information by the U.S. government.

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More than 180 letters were filed with the judge praising Sullivan and asking that he be spared jail time for covering up the hack of data of 50 million Uber customers.

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U.S. officials disrupted the attack before the votes were tallied.

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An analysis of Russia’s effectiveness at boosting propaganda on social media platforms is part of a trove of documents recently leaked on the chat app Discord.

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Guo Wengui has previously been described as an investor in the site, which was founded by Trump adviser Jason Miller. But former employees say he really controlled the site.

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The actions taken Thursday were another sign that international cooperation against ransomware criminals is growing.

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Former employees and online researchers say an increase in physical attacks in the United States tracks with spikes in some categories of hate speech on Twitter, notably antisemitic and anti-gay slurs and rhetoric.