U.S. Indicts Two Chinese Nationals for Hacking Defense Secrets & Covid19 Research Data

The Department of Justice indicted two Chinese nationals in what they are calling a decade-long cyber espionage campaign that targeted defense contractors, and most recently, U.S.-based Covid researchers. Officials say there were hundreds of victims in all worldwide.

Li Xiaoyu …

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DHS Confirms 21 State Voting Systems Were Targeted by Hackers in 2016, Some Had Their Voter-Roll Systems Breached

The head of cybersecurity at the Department of Homeland Security Jeanette Manfra confirmed today that a significant number of U.S. states had their voter registration rolls targeted by hackers during the 2016 election.  A number of states actually had …

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Spain Extradites One of the World’s Most Notorious Hackers, A Russian Citizen, to the U.S.

One of the world’s most notorious hackers has been extradited to the U.S. from Spain.  Thirty-seven-year-old Pyotr Levashov was arrested while vacationing with his family in Barcelona in April, Spanish authorities said.

U.S. officials have linked Levashov to a powerful …

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