Data Breach

Two federal employee unions had sued the Office of Personnel Management for the agency's failure to stop a 2015 data breach. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Largest federal employee union hints at appeal after judge dismisses OPM lawsuit

Pete Kasperowicz · September 20, 2017 5:50 pm

"We are particularly concerned about the roughly 1.3 million active-duty U.S. military personnel, especially the nearly 200,000 currently stationed overseas," the letter states. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Senators ask Equifax how it will help servicemembers hit by data breach

Anna Giaritelli · September 19, 2017 7:17 pm

Employees watch electronic boards monitoring possible ransomware cyberattacks at the Korea Internet and Security Agency in Seoul, South Korea. Beyond the frequently used shorthand that North Korea was behind the "WannaCry" ransomware attack lies a more complicated and enlightening story: the rise of an infamous group of workaholic hackers, collectively known as "Lazarus," who may be using secret lairs in northeast China and have created a virtual "malware factory" that could wreak a lot more havoc in the future. (Yun Dong-jin/Yonhap via AP)

US on high alert amid North Korea’s cyber threats

Charlie Mitchell · September 18, 2017 4:01 am

The current situation with North Korea centers around that country's nuclear weapons activities, but the Pyongyang government is also a well-known aggressor in cyberspace.

Tensions with North Korea present a test for key US cyber program

Charlie Mitchell · September 10, 2017 4:01 am

A Black Hat tech associate works in the network operating center during the Black Hat information security conference at Mandalay Bay on Wednesday in Las Vegas. Against a backdrop of cyberattacks that have grown into full-fledged sabotage, Facebook chief security officer Alex Stamos brought a sobering message to hackers and security experts in attendance. (Richard Brian/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)

Tech community confronts cyber policy at Black Hat

Charlie Mitchell · August 2, 2017 2:26 pm

Cyber defenders have a message that US policymakers should hear

Charlie Mitchell · July 25, 2017 4:01 am

Kerry: Russian cyberattacks had ‘profound impact’ on election

National Security

Kerry: Russian cyberattacks had ‘profound impact’ on election

Alex Pappas · December 28, 2016 6:20 pm

Several top intelligence officials have accused the Russian government of meddling in U.S. political affairs. (Monica Herndon/Tampa Bay Times via AP, Pool)

National Security

Obama orders ‘full review’ of cyberattacks during election

Gabby Morrongiello · December 9, 2016 3:57 pm

The Treasury Department plays an enormous regulatory role in overseeing how financial firms protect themselves against hacks.

Trump Cabinet picks are weak on cyber knowledge

Charlie Mitchell · December 5, 2016 5:01 am

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Democrats plan to push for an investigation and disclosure of Russian hacking of party emails last summer. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

Dems to Obama: Release info on Russian hacks

Susan Ferrechio · December 2, 2016 7:21 pm

A U.S. official told the AP that investigators are trying to determine who leaked personal information about Paula Broadwell, the woman whose affair with David Petraeus led to his resignation. (AP Photo)

National Security

The Department of Defense is investigating leaks involving the sex scandal of former CIA director Petraeus

Associated Press · November 28, 2016 11:35 pm

Brazile says she questioned O’Keefe to see if he ‘bugged’ her

Brazile says she questioned O’Keefe to see if he ‘bugged’ her

Mariana Barillas · November 11, 2016 8:20 pm