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January 19, 2021 at 6:05 am

Cybersecurity firm: Booting hackers a complex chore

BOSTON (AP) — Efforts to assess the impact of a more than seven-month-old cyberespionage campaign blamed on Russia — and boot the intruders — remain...

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January 17, 2021 at 7:00 am

Insider Q&A: Mark Weinstein, MeWe’s anti-Facebook CEO

BOSTON (AP) — Some users have fled Facebook and Twitter after the platforms booted President Donald Trump and some of his confederates for inciting unrest...

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January 9, 2021 at 9:15 pm

Parler squeezed as Trump seeks new online megaphone

President Donald Trump has been kicked off of most mainstream social media platforms following his supporters’ siege on the U.S. Capitol. But it remains to...

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January 9, 2021 at 2:25 pm

Squelched by Twitter, Trump seeks new online megaphone

BOSTON (AP) — One Twitter wag joked about lights flickering on and off at the White House being Donald Trump signaling to his followers in...

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January 6, 2021 at 10:50 am

Justice Department, federal court system hit by Russian hack

The Justice Department said that 3% of its Microsoft Office 365 email accounts were potentially affected by a hack linked to Russia, but did not...

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January 5, 2021 at 12:43 pm

US: Hack of federal agencies ‘likely Russian in origin’

WASHINGTON (AP) — Top national security agencies confirmed Tuesday that Russia was likely responsible for a massive hack of U.S. government departments and corporations, rejecting...

FILE – The U.S. Treasury Department building viewed from the Washington Monument, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019, in Washington. Hackers got into computers at the U.S. Treasury Department and possibly other federal agencies, touching off a government response involving the National Security Council. Security Council spokesperson John Ullyot said Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020 that the government is aware of reports about the hacks. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, file) NYPS210 NYPS210

December 18, 2020 at 3:15 pm

Hacked networks will need to be burned ‘down to the ground’

It’s going to take months to kick elite hackers widely believed to be Russian out of the U.S. government networks they have been quietly rifling...

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FILE – This June 6, 2013 file photo, shows the sign outside the National Security Agency (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Md.All fingers are pointing to Russia as author of the worst-ever hack of U.S. government agencies. But President Donald Trump, long wary of blaming Moscow for cyberattacks has so far been silent. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) WX203 WX203

December 17, 2020 at 9:54 pm

With Trump silent, reprisals for hacks may fall to Biden

The lack of any statement seeking to hold Russia responsible for the worst-ever hack of U.S. government agencies casts doubt on the likelihood of a...

December 15, 2020 at 3:33 pm

Hack may have exposed deep US secrets; damage yet unknown

BOSTON (AP) — Some of America’s most deeply held secrets may have been stolen in a disciplined, monthslong operation being blamed on elite Russian government...

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December 14, 2020 at 11:07 am

EXPLAINER: How bad is the hack that targeted US agencies?

Governments and major corporations worldwide are scrambling to see if they, too, were victims of a global cyberespionage campaign that penetrated multiple U.S. government agencies...

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