AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/law-enforcement-agencies-hacking-germany-politics-tx-state-wire-ab0a5f01a0bcdd4da347ba6763dcab61Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/law-enforcement-agencies-hacking-germany-politics-tx-state-wire-ab0a5f01a0bcdd4da347ba6763dcab61Click to copyRelated topicsBOSTON (AP) — At the behest of the U.S. government, German authorities have seized a computer server that hosted a huge cache of files from scores of U.S. federal, state and local law enforcement agencies obtained in a Houston data breach last month.The server was being used by a WikiLeaks-like data...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/law-enforcement-agencies-hacking-germany-politics-tx-state-wire-ab0a5f01a0bcdd4da347ba6763dcab61Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/law-enforcement-agencies-hacking-germany-politics-tx-state-wire-ab0a5f01a0bcdd4da347ba6763dcab61Click to copyRelated topicsBOSTON (AP) — At the behest of the U.S. government, German authorities have seized a computer server that hosted a huge cache of files from scores of U.S. federal, state and local law enforcement agencies obtained in a Houston data breach last month.The server was being used by a WikiLeaks-like data...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/ap-fact-check-american-protests-donald-trump-ap-top-news-mark-zuckerberg-d27a5a39782d2fa030bac8f7034d9d25Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/ap-fact-check-american-protests-donald-trump-ap-top-news-mark-zuckerberg-d27a5a39782d2fa030bac8f7034d9d25Click to copyRelated topicsBOSTON (AP) — Dozens of scientists doing research funded by Mark Zuckerberg say Facebook should not be letting President Donald Trump use the social media platform to “spread both misinformation and incendiary statements.”The researchers, including 60 professors at leading U.S....…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/ap-fact-check-american-protests-donald-trump-ap-top-news-mark-zuckerberg-d27a5a39782d2fa030bac8f7034d9d25Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/ap-fact-check-american-protests-donald-trump-ap-top-news-mark-zuckerberg-d27a5a39782d2fa030bac8f7034d9d25Click to copyRelated topicsBOSTON (AP) — Dozens of scientists doing research funded by Mark Zuckerberg say Facebook should not be letting President Donald Trump use the social media platform to “spread both misinformation and incendiary statements.”The researchers, including 60 professors at leading U.S....WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/georgia-virus-outbreak-us-news-ap-top-news-elections-66c2b4b36609d83aa5c08235f947ea59Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/georgia-virus-outbreak-us-news-ap-top-news-elections-66c2b4b36609d83aa5c08235f947ea59Click to copyRelated topicsFaulty software or poorly calibrated vote-tabulation scanners used to count mailed-in ballots in this week’s chaotic Georgia primary may have prevented thousands of votes from being counted, election officials and voting integrity activists say.The issue was identified in at least four counties, DeKalb, Morgan, Clarke and...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/georgia-virus-outbreak-us-news-ap-top-news-elections-66c2b4b36609d83aa5c08235f947ea59Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/georgia-virus-outbreak-us-news-ap-top-news-elections-66c2b4b36609d83aa5c08235f947ea59Click to copyRelated topicsFaulty software or poorly calibrated vote-tabulation scanners used to count mailed-in ballots in this week’s chaotic Georgia primary may have prevented thousands of votes from being counted, election officials and voting integrity activists say.The issue was identified in at least four counties, DeKalb, Morgan, Clarke and...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/technology-caribbean-toronto-software-journalists-5f0ebcace3bc8c0f2d21f66cd6278ae1Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/technology-caribbean-toronto-software-journalists-5f0ebcace3bc8c0f2d21f66cd6278ae1Click to copyRelated topicsMEXICO CITY (AP) — Dozens of journalists and human rights defenders in El Salvador had their cellphones repeatedly hacked with sophisticated spyware over the past year and a half, an internet watchdog said Wednesday.ADVERTISEMENTADVERTISEMENTReporting on its latest findings about use of the Israeli firm NSO Group’s Pegasus...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/technology-caribbean-toronto-software-journalists-5f0ebcace3bc8c0f2d21f66cd6278ae1Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/technology-caribbean-toronto-software-journalists-5f0ebcace3bc8c0f2d21f66cd6278ae1Click to copyRelated topicsMEXICO CITY (AP) — Dozens of journalists and human rights defenders in El Salvador had their cellphones repeatedly hacked with sophisticated spyware over the past year and a half, an internet watchdog said Wednesday.ADVERTISEMENTADVERTISEMENTReporting on its latest findings about use of the Israeli firm NSO Group’s Pegasus...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-government-and-politics-b26ab809d1e9fdb53314f56299399949Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/technology-business-government-and-politics-b26ab809d1e9fdb53314f56299399949Click to copyRelated topicsBOSTON (AP) — A very strange thing happened on the internet the day President Joe Biden was sworn in. A shadowy company residing at a shared workspace above a Florida bank announced to the world’s computer networks that it was now managing a colossal, previously idle chunk of the internet owned by the U.S. Department of Defense.That real...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-government-and-politics-b26ab809d1e9fdb53314f56299399949Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/technology-business-government-and-politics-b26ab809d1e9fdb53314f56299399949Click to copyRelated topicsBOSTON (AP) — A very strange thing happened on the internet the day President Joe Biden was sworn in. A shadowy company residing at a shared workspace above a Florida bank announced to the world’s computer networks that it was now managing a colossal, previously idle chunk of the internet owned by the U.S. Department of Defense.That real...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/business-technology-general-news-government-and-politics-c9dab7eb3841be45dff2d93ed3102999Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/business-technology-general-news-government-and-politics-c9dab7eb3841be45dff2d93ed3102999Click to copyRelated topicsBOSTON (AP) — A global epidemic of digital extortion known as ransomware is crippling local governments, hospitals, school districts and businesses by scrambling their data files until they pay up. Law enforcement has been largely powerless to stop it.One big reason: Ransomware rackets are dominated by...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/business-technology-general-news-government-and-politics-c9dab7eb3841be45dff2d93ed3102999Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/business-technology-general-news-government-and-politics-c9dab7eb3841be45dff2d93ed3102999Click to copyRelated topicsBOSTON (AP) — A global epidemic of digital extortion known as ransomware is crippling local governments, hospitals, school districts and businesses by scrambling their data files until they pay up. Law enforcement has been largely powerless to stop it.One big reason: Ransomware rackets are dominated by...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/fireeye-ceo-microsoft-china-hack-870dfcc0b3dc9a95a641a85081464018Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/fireeye-ceo-microsoft-china-hack-870dfcc0b3dc9a95a641a85081464018Click to copyRelated topicsRESTON, Va. (AP) — Cyber sleuths have already blamed China for a hack that exposed tens of thousands of servers running Microsoft’s Exchange email program to potential hacks. The CEO of a prominent cybersecurity firm says it now seems clear China also unleashed an indiscriminate, automated second wave of hacking that opened the way for ransomware and other...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/fireeye-ceo-microsoft-china-hack-870dfcc0b3dc9a95a641a85081464018Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/fireeye-ceo-microsoft-china-hack-870dfcc0b3dc9a95a641a85081464018Click to copyRelated topicsRESTON, Va. (AP) — Cyber sleuths have already blamed China for a hack that exposed tens of thousands of servers running Microsoft’s Exchange email program to potential hacks. The CEO of a prominent cybersecurity firm says it now seems clear China also unleashed an indiscriminate, automated second wave of hacking that opened the way for ransomware and other...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/parler-announces-re-launch-cc939eb743cc46d63d5118357778c662Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/parler-announces-re-launch-cc939eb743cc46d63d5118357778c662Click to copyRelated topicsBOSTON (AP) — The right-wing friendly social network Parler, which was forced offline following the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of then-President Donald Trump, says it is re-launching.The Twitter alternative has been struggling to return online since Amazon on Jan. 11 over its unwillingness to remove posts inciting violence. Google and Apple removed...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/parler-announces-re-launch-cc939eb743cc46d63d5118357778c662Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/parler-announces-re-launch-cc939eb743cc46d63d5118357778c662Click to copyRelated topicsBOSTON (AP) — The right-wing friendly social network Parler, which was forced offline following the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of then-President Donald Trump, says it is re-launching.The Twitter alternative has been struggling to return online since Amazon on Jan. 11 over its unwillingness to remove posts inciting violence. Google and Apple removed...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/hacker-tried-poison-water-florida-ab175add0454bcb914c0eb3fb9588466Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/hacker-tried-poison-water-florida-ab175add0454bcb914c0eb3fb9588466Click to copyRelated topicsA hacker gained entry to the system controlling the water treatment plant of a Florida city of 15,000 and tried to taint the water supply with a caustic chemical, exposing a danger cybersecurity experts say has grown as systems become both more computerized and accessible via the internet.The hacker who breached the system at the city of Oldsmar’s water...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/hacker-tried-poison-water-florida-ab175add0454bcb914c0eb3fb9588466Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/hacker-tried-poison-water-florida-ab175add0454bcb914c0eb3fb9588466Click to copyRelated topicsA hacker gained entry to the system controlling the water treatment plant of a Florida city of 15,000 and tried to taint the water supply with a caustic chemical, exposing a danger cybersecurity experts say has grown as systems become both more computerized and accessible via the internet.The hacker who breached the system at the city of Oldsmar’s water...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-election-2020-u-s-news-ap-top-news-ca-state-wire-52e87011f4d04e41bfffccd64fc878e7Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-election-2020-u-s-news-ap-top-news-ca-state-wire-52e87011f4d04e41bfffccd64fc878e7Click to copyRelated topicsBOSTON (AP) — Brace yourself for what’s expected to be the first U.S. presidential election conducted mostly by mail. It could be messy.Amid the coronavirus pandemic, voting by mail in a contactless and socially distant way seems like a no-brainer. States have made the option widely available -- only...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-election-2020-u-s-news-ap-top-news-ca-state-wire-52e87011f4d04e41bfffccd64fc878e7Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-election-2020-u-s-news-ap-top-news-ca-state-wire-52e87011f4d04e41bfffccd64fc878e7Click to copyRelated topicsBOSTON (AP) — Brace yourself for what’s expected to be the first U.S. presidential election conducted mostly by mail. It could be messy.Amid the coronavirus pandemic, voting by mail in a contactless and socially distant way seems like a no-brainer. States have made the option widely available -- only...WW…