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  • WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 11: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo walks on the ground of the White House December 11, 2020 in Washington, DC. Secretary Pompeo gave a tour of the White House to his family and announced to the press that his son just got engaged. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

    Secretary of State says Russia is 'clearly' behind federal agency hacks (updated)

    US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has blamed Russia for a hacking campaign against federal agencies — the first in the administration to accuse Putin.

    Jon Fingas
    12.19.2020

  • FBI investigating potential hack of Democrat officials' cells

    Reuters reports that the FBI is actively investigating whether several high ranking Democrat officials' cellphones have been hacked. The Bureau believes that this attack, should it be confirmed, could be tied to the earlier DNC hacks and that of former Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton. Details remain sketchy at this point -- there's no word on how many phones may have been compromised or their owners' positions within government. The FBI, the Clinton campaign and the DNC have yet to publicly comment. We'll update as more developments come to light.

    Andrew Tarantola
    09.27.2016

  • Email hacker Guccifer gets 52 months in plea bargain

    Marcel Lehel Lazar, a Romanian hacker better known by his handle, Guccifer, was sentenced to 52 months in federal prison Thursday morning. He pled guilty to charges of "unauthorized access to a protected computer and aggravated identity theft" back in May stemming from a series of high profile hacks of celebrities and heads of state.

    Andrew Tarantola
    09.01.2016
  • REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein

    Judge orders the release of additional Clinton emails

    The FBI recently discovered an additional 15,000 emails from Hillary Clinton's tenure as Secretary of State. Though a vast majority of those communications appear to be innocuous, a federal judge has ordered their release beginning on September 13th.

    Andrew Tarantola
    08.25.2016