Browsing the "US: News" Tag

Twitter hides Donald Trump tweet for ‘glorifying violence’ | Technology

May 30th, 2020 📆 | 4633 Views ⚑

Twitter has hidden one of Donald Trump’s tweets behind a warning that it “glorifies violence”, further escalating the social media

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Facebook declines to take action against Trump statements | Technology

May 30th, 2020 📆 | 1634 Views ⚑

As Twitter for the second time in a single week took unprecedented action against a tweet by Donald Trump, Facebook declined

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‘People still need to laugh’: how lipsyncing spoofs saved lockdown | Technology

May 16th, 2020 📆 | 1824 Views ⚑

In the TikTok videos going viral across social media, the voices are familiar: a rambling presidential whine, or a patronising

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Jeff Bezos met FBI investigators in 2019 over alleged Saudi hack | Technology

January 31st, 2020 📆 | 1641 Views ⚑

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NSA faces questions over security of Trump officials after alleged Bezos hack | US news

January 27th, 2020 📆 | 1514 Views ⚑

The US National Security Agency is facing questions about the security of top Trump administration officials’ communications following last week’s

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Roger Stone wanted to ‘debrief’ Kushner on hacked emails, Trump campaign aide says | US news

November 12th, 2019 📆 | 6769 Views ⚑

Roger Stone wanted to contact Jared Kushner in order to “debrief” the president’s son-in-law about hacked emails that were damaging

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Shadow Brokers threaten to unleash more hacking tools | Technology

October 26th, 2019 📆 | 5335 Views ⚑

The hacking group that says data they released facilitated the WannaCry ransomware attack has threatened to leak a new wave

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Permanent Record by Edward Snowden review – gripping spy story | Books

September 23rd, 2019 📆 | 5738 Views ⚑

The work “hack” used to be a term of approbation among geeks, as a means of describing an elegant way

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Permanent Record review: Edward Snowden writes in 50 shades of grey | US news

September 22nd, 2019 📆 | 6351 Views ⚑

Eighteen years after the towers fell and the Pentagon burned, nearly three in four Americans call terror a national priority.

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Briton who helped stop 2017 WannaCry virus spared jail over malware charges | Technology

August 25th, 2019 📆 | 7744 Views ⚑

The British computer expert who helped shut down the WannaCry cyberattack on the NHS said he is “incredibly thankful” after

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Capital One: hacker stole data of over 100m Americans | Business

July 30th, 2019 📆 | 3525 Views ⚑

A hacker gained access to personal information from more than 100 million Capitol One credit applications, the bank said Monday

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Brazil: Bolsonaro says his phones were hacked amid fallout over leaked chats | World news

July 26th, 2019 📆 | 7061 Views ⚑

Mobile phones used by Jair Bolsonaro were accessed by a group of hackers who also targeted a senior judge and

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Outcry after reports Brazil plans to investigate Glenn Greenwald | World news

July 5th, 2019 📆 | 5825 Views ⚑

Brazil’s Bar Association, journalists and opposition lawmakers have reacted with outrage to reports that the country’s federal police plan to

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The Guardian view on hacking: a dangerous arms trade | Editorial | Opinion

May 14th, 2019 📆 | 4314 Views ⚑

NSO Group, an Israeli firm that has risen to a billion-dollar valuation on the strength of the aggressive hacking tools

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Marcus Hutchins: UK ransomware ‘hero’ pleads guilty to US hacking charges | Technology

April 26th, 2019 📆 | 5549 Views ⚑

A British computer security researcher once hailed as a “hero” for helping stem a ransomware outbreak and later accused of

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Facebook urged to tackle spread of fake profiles used by US police | Technology

April 22nd, 2019 📆 | 4736 Views ⚑

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has called on Facebook to address the proliferation of undercover law enforcement accounts on the

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Anonymous Comes to Town: hackers take on sexual assault in Ohio | News

April 18th, 2019 📆 | 7415 Views ⚑

The sleepy, rust-belt city of Steubenville, Ohio, was once best known for its high school sports and for being the

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China acknowledges IP theft, hacking problem

April 15th, 2019 📆 | 4437 Views ⚑

China has acknowledged for the first time that the United States has legitimate gripes about IP theft, forced technology transfer

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