A fierce battle over the regulation of the internet was riddled with millions of fake comments in the most prolific known instance of political impersonation in US history.Sarah Reeves sat on her couch in Eugene, Oregon, staring at her laptop screen in furious disbelief. She was reading the website of a government agency, where her mother appeared to have posted a weighing in on a bitter policy battle for control of the internet. Something was very wrong.For a start, Annie Reeves, who loved to lead children’s sing-alongs at the Alaska Zoo, had never followed wonky policy debates. She barely...…A fierce battle over the regulation of the internet was riddled with millions of fake comments in the most prolific known instance of political impersonation in US history.Sarah Reeves sat on her couch in Eugene, Oregon, staring at her laptop screen in furious disbelief. She was reading the website of a government agency, where her mother appeared to have posted a weighing in on a bitter policy battle for control of the internet. Something was very wrong.For a start, Annie Reeves, who loved to lead children’s sing-alongs at the Alaska Zoo, had never followed wonky policy debates. She barely...WW…

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.SKIP TO CONTENTBy A hacker gang has stolen files from a company that manufactures Apple products and is openly trying to extort the tech giant in exchange for not leaking them.Apple declined to comment on whether it intended to pay. The hackers' extortion letter to the company remained online Thursday night.The Taiwanese company that was hacked, Quanta, makes a range of computer products, including the .The hackers, who posted the extortion letter and three sample technical files to their blog on the dark...…IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.SKIP TO CONTENTBy A hacker gang has stolen files from a company that manufactures Apple products and is openly trying to extort the tech giant in exchange for not leaking them.Apple declined to comment on whether it intended to pay. The hackers' extortion letter to the company remained online Thursday night.The Taiwanese company that was hacked, Quanta, makes a range of computer products, including the .The hackers, who posted the extortion letter and three sample technical files to their blog on the dark...WW…

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.SKIP TO CONTENTBy The U.S. has issued an after Microsoft said it caught China hacking into its mail and calendar server program, called Exchange.The perpetrator, , is a hacker group that the company has "high confidence" is working for the Chinese government and spies primarily on American targets. The latest software update for Exchange blocks the hackers, prompting the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, or CISA, to issue a that requires all government networks do so.CISA, the U.S.'s...…IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.SKIP TO CONTENTBy The U.S. has issued an after Microsoft said it caught China hacking into its mail and calendar server program, called Exchange.The perpetrator, , is a hacker group that the company has "high confidence" is working for the Chinese government and spies primarily on American targets. The latest software update for Exchange blocks the hackers, prompting the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, or CISA, to issue a that requires all government networks do so.CISA, the U.S.'s...WW…

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IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.SKIP TO CONTENTBy Hackers have published extensive patient information from two U.S. hospital chains in an apparent attempt to extort them for money.The files, which number in at least the tens of thousands and were posted to a blog on the dark web that the hackers use to name and extort their victims, includes patients’ personal identifying information, like their names, addresses and birthdays, as well as their medical diagnoses. They come from the Leon Medical Centers, which serves eight locations in...…IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.SKIP TO CONTENTBy Hackers have published extensive patient information from two U.S. hospital chains in an apparent attempt to extort them for money.The files, which number in at least the tens of thousands and were posted to a blog on the dark web that the hackers use to name and extort their victims, includes patients’ personal identifying information, like their names, addresses and birthdays, as well as their medical diagnoses. They come from the Leon Medical Centers, which serves eight locations in...WW…

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.SKIP TO CONTENTBy A number of pro-Trump extremists used Facebook to plan their attack on the U.S. Capitol, a watchdog organization has found, contradicting claims by Facebook's leadership that such planning was largely done on other sites.Private Facebook groups spent months advising one another about how to "take down" the U.S. government, particularly after Joe Biden was elected president, according to a from the nonprofit Tech Transparency Project, which tracked several of them.Many of the groups...…IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.SKIP TO CONTENTBy A number of pro-Trump extremists used Facebook to plan their attack on the U.S. Capitol, a watchdog organization has found, contradicting claims by Facebook's leadership that such planning was largely done on other sites.Private Facebook groups spent months advising one another about how to "take down" the U.S. government, particularly after Joe Biden was elected president, according to a from the nonprofit Tech Transparency Project, which tracked several of them.Many of the groups...WW…

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.SKIP TO CONTENTBy On Jan. 15, a hacker tried to poison a water treatment plant that served parts of the San Francisco Bay Area. It didn't seem hard.The hacker had the username and password for a former employee's TeamViewer account, a popular program that lets users remotely control their computers, according to a private report compiled by the Northern California Regional Intelligence Center in February and seen by NBC News. After logging in, the hacker, whose name and motive are unknown and who...…IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.SKIP TO CONTENTBy On Jan. 15, a hacker tried to poison a water treatment plant that served parts of the San Francisco Bay Area. It didn't seem hard.The hacker had the username and password for a former employee's TeamViewer account, a popular program that lets users remotely control their computers, according to a private report compiled by the Northern California Regional Intelligence Center in February and seen by NBC News. After logging in, the hacker, whose name and motive are unknown and who...WW…

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.SKIP TO CONTENTBy and The Energy Department was hacked as part of a massive, ongoing campaign against the U.S. government, a spokesperson said Thursday, making it the latest confirmed agency to have been breached by Russian spies.A number of federal agencies have been hit by a massive monthslong breach, which officials believe is the work of Russian intelligence, leaving the government scrambling to find out what was infected and how much information was stolen."The investigation is ongoing and the response...…IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.SKIP TO CONTENTBy and The Energy Department was hacked as part of a massive, ongoing campaign against the U.S. government, a spokesperson said Thursday, making it the latest confirmed agency to have been breached by Russian spies.A number of federal agencies have been hit by a massive monthslong breach, which officials believe is the work of Russian intelligence, leaving the government scrambling to find out what was infected and how much information was stolen."The investigation is ongoing and the response...WW…

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.SKIP TO CONTENTBy The suspected Russian hacking campaign that has torn through the U.S. government zeroed in on more than 40 organizations, Microsoft’s president said Thursday.The campaign, which U.S. officials believe is the work of Russian intelligence, began at least as early as , though it was discovered only last week, and has broken into multiple federal agencies.A multi-agency statement described it this week as “,” leaving open the question of how many organizations were compromised and how...…IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.SKIP TO CONTENTBy The suspected Russian hacking campaign that has torn through the U.S. government zeroed in on more than 40 organizations, Microsoft’s president said Thursday.The campaign, which U.S. officials believe is the work of Russian intelligence, began at least as early as , though it was discovered only last week, and has broken into multiple federal agencies.A multi-agency statement described it this week as “,” leaving open the question of how many organizations were compromised and how...WW…

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