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Joseph Menn
U.S. government probes VPN hack within federal agencies, races to find clues
Apr 29 2021
For at least the third time since the beginning of this year, the U.S. government is investigating a hack against federal agencies that began during the Trump administration but was only recently discovered, according to senior U.S. officials and private sector cyber defenders.
Exclusive: Government, industry push bitcoin regulation to fight ransomware scourge
SAN FRANCISCO Government and industry officials confronting an epidemic of ransomware, where hackers freeze the computers of a target and demand a payoff, are zeroing in on cryptocurrency regulation as the key to combating the scourge, sources familiar with the work of a public-private task force said.
U.S. directs agencies to apply patches to Microsoft servers
New wave of ‘hacktivism’ adds twist to cybersecurity woes
Mar 25 2021
At a time when U.S. agencies and thousands of companies are fighting off major hacking campaigns originating in Russia and China, a different kind of cyber threat is re-emerging: activist hackers looking to make a political point.
EXCLUSIVE-Software vendors would have to disclose breaches to U.S. government users under new order - sources
Putin likely directed 2020 U.S. election meddling, U.S. intelligence finds
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