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White House Weighs New Cybersecurity Approach After Failure to Detect Hacks

The intelligence agencies missed massive intrusions by Russia and China, forcing the administration and Congress to look for solutions, including closer partnership with private industry....

Technology

Preparing for Cyberstrike on Russia, U.S. Confronts Hacking by China

In writings and talks over the past four years, Mr. Sullivan has made clear that he believes traditional sanctions alone do not sufficiently raise the...

Technology

Thousands of Microsoft Customers May Have Been Victims of Hack Tied to China

Businesses and government agencies in the United States that use a Microsoft email service have been compromised in an aggressive hacking campaign that was probably...

Technology

After Russian Cyberattack, Looking for Answers and Debating Retaliation

Those options, according to officials familiar with the discussions, include variants of steps that President Barack Obama considered and rejected after the 2016 hacking of...

Technology

How the US Lost to Hackers

Pandora’s BoxThere’s a reason we believed the fallacy that offense could keep us safe: The offense was a bloody masterpiece.Starting in 2007, the United States,...

Politics

Biden to Restore Homeland Security and Cybersecurity Aides to Senior White House Posts

President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr., facing the rise of domestic terrorism and a crippling cyberattack from Russia, is elevating two White House posts that all...

Technology

Widely Used Software Company May Be Entry Point for Huge U.S. Hacking

In a statement on its blog, JetBrains said it had not been contacted by government or security agencies.“We have not been contacted by any government...

Politics

As Understanding of Russian Hacking Grows, So Does Alarm

On Election Day, General Paul M. Nakasone, the nation’s top cyberwarrior, reported that the battle against Russian interference in the presidential campaign had posted major...

Technology

Microsoft Says Russian Hackers Viewed Some of Its Source Code

Microsoft said on Thursday that the far-reaching Russian hack of U.S. government agencies and private corporations had gone further into its network than the company...

Politics

Pompeo Says Russia Was Behind Cyberattack on U.S.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday it was clear that Russia was behind the widespread hacking of government systems that officials this week called...

White House Weighs New Cybersecurity Approach After Failure to Detect Hacks

Preparing for Cyberstrike on Russia, U.S. Confronts Hacking by China

Thousands of Microsoft Customers May Have Been Victims of Hack Tied to China

After Russian Cyberattack, Looking for Answers and Debating Retaliation

How the US Lost to Hackers

Biden to Restore Homeland Security and Cybersecurity Aides to Senior White House Posts

Widely Used Software Company May Be Entry Point for Huge U.S. Hacking

As Understanding of Russian Hacking Grows, So Does Alarm

Microsoft Says Russian Hackers Viewed Some of Its Source Code

Pompeo Says Russia Was Behind Cyberattack on U.S.

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