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05/28/2018 / By JD Heyes

Did Obama LET China hack 21 million records of U.S. personnel?

Long forgotten by most in the plethora of scandals that occurred during the very scandal-prone Obama administration was the fact that Chinese government hackers were able to penetrate the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) — the government agency that keeps the employment records of all U.S. government personnel, past and present — and steal 21 […]

10/31/2017 / By Jayson Veley

Cyber attack on U.S. power companies: Experts believe North Korea is behind attempts to infect systems with malware

Tensions between the United States and North Korea just seem to be getting worse and worse. According to the Daily Mail, U.S. cybersecurity experts now believe that a team of North Korean Internet hackers targeted American power companies in an attempt to download malware in preparation for a cyber attack. According to a report by […]

07/26/2017 / By Ethan Huff

Tech aide to former DNC chairperson Debbie Wasserman Schultz arrested after attempting to flee the country

Democratic congresswoman and longtime friend of Hillary Clinton, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, is back in the news after her information technology (IT) administrator who currently faces charges for bank fraud was caught trying to flee the country. Just days after it was announced that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had seized a number of “smashed […]

08/31/2016 / By whitehousenews

White House blames US Cyber Woes on GOP

The White House on Tuesday blamed the state of U.S. cybersecurity on congressional Republicans. Article by Katie Bo Williams Asked if the U.S. is “doing a good job on cybersecurity” in light of recent reports of attacks on two state voter databases — believed to be the work of Russian intelligence — White House spokesperson Josh Earnest […]

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