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How lessons learned from the 2016 campaign led US officials to be more open about Iran hack

Aug. 27, 2024 17:46 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The 2016 presidential campaign was entering its final months and seemingly all of Washington was abuzz with talk about how Russian hackers had penetrated the email accounts of Democrats, triggering the release of internal communications that seemed designed to boost Donald...

Iranian hackers targeted WhatsApp accounts of staffers in Biden, Trump administrations, Meta says

Aug. 23, 2024 20:52 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The same Iranian hacking group believed to have targeted both the Democratic and Republican presidential campaigns tried to go after the WhatsApp accounts of staffers in the administrations of President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, Meta Platforms said Friday. ...

US intelligence officials say Iran is to blame for hacks targeting Trump, Biden-Harris campaigns

Aug. 19, 2024 21:04 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. intelligence officials said Monday they were confident that Iran was responsible for the hack of Donald Trump's presidential campaign, casting the cyber intrusion as part of a brazen and broader effort by Tehran to interfere in American politics and potentially shape the...

US intelligence community says Iran responsible for hack of Trump campaign

Aug. 19, 2024 17:56 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — US intelligence community says Iran responsible for hack of Trump campaign.

Trump and his allies once cheered hacked materials. No longer, now that they say he's a target

Aug. 12, 2024 17:12 PM EDT

Donald Trump was once a cheerleader of publicizing hacked materials. “Russia, if you're listening,” Trump said during a press conference in his 2016 presidential run, when Hillary Clinton's deleted personal emails were a hot topic, “I hope you are able to find the 30,000 emails that are...

How a faulty CrowdStrike update crashed computers around the world

Jul. 20, 2024 09:45 AM EDT

Airlines, banks, hospitals and other risk-averse organizations around the world chose cybersecurity company CrowdStrike to protect their computer systems from hackers and data breaches. But all it took was one faulty CrowdStrike software update to cause global disruptions Friday that...

Tech disruptions sparked by software update highlight the fragility of globally connected technology

Jul. 19, 2024 16:33 PM EDT

Airlines, banks, hospitals and other risk-averse organizations around the world chose cybersecurity company CrowdStrike to protect their computer systems from hackers and data breaches. But all it took was one faulty CrowdStrike software update to cause global disruptions Friday that...

Chinese hackers have stepped up attacks on Taiwanese organizations, cybersecurity firm says

Jun. 24, 2024 05:26 AM EDT

HONG KONG (AP) — A suspected Chinese state-sponsored hacking group has stepped up its targeting of Taiwanese organizations, particularly those in sectors such as government, education, technology and diplomacy, according to cybersecurity intelligence company Recorded Future. In...