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Hackers used the U.S. Agency for International Development's email marketing account to send messages that looked legitimate — but links in the email exposed recipients to malicious software, Microsoft says.

What We Know About The Apparent Russian Hack Exploiting A U.S. Aid Agency

5:02pm May 28, 2021

Screenshots of the malicious email show that it purports to be a special alert from the government. "Donald Trump has published new documents on election fraud," the message declares.

An NPR investigation into the SolarWinds attack reveals a hack unlike any other, launched by a sophisticated adversary intent on exploiting the soft underbelly of our digital lives.

National

A 'Worst Nightmare' Cyberattack: The Untold Story Of The SolarWinds Hack

5:11pm April 16, 2021

by Dina Temple-Raston

Russian hackers exploited gaps in U.S. defenses and spent months in government and corporate networks in one of the most effective cyber-espionage campaigns of all time. This is how they did it.

Twitter says it is investigating the coordinated hack, which attacked the accounts of some of the richest and most popular names on the social media platform.

Twitter Says It Was The Victim Of A 'Coordinated Social Engineering Attack'

5:02am July 16, 2020

by Bobby Allyn

Twitter confirms to NPR that it is investigating the coordinated hack, which attacked the accounts of some of the richest and most popular names on Twitter and may have reaped more than $100,000.

The phone of Jeff Bezos allegedly was hacked via a WhatsApp account held by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

Economy

Don't Be Like Jeff Bezos. Here's How To Keep Your Phone Safe From Hackers

5:24pm January 23, 2020

by Chris Arnold

The world's richest man and high-tech mastermind, Jeff Bezos, allegedly was hacked by the crown prince of Saudi Arabia. What do you need to know to protect your phone from perhaps less royal attacks?

Politics & Government

Computer Experts Say Even Newest Voting Machines Could Be Hacked

12:01pm September 17, 2019

by Neal Charnoff

A panel of computer security specialists told a Greensboro crowd on Monday that even newer model voting machines could be reprogrammed.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection security cameras scan license plates as motor vehicles cross the U.S.-Mexico border from Tijuana, Mexico, in September 2016 in San Ysidro, Calif.

National

Hackers Grabbed Security Camera Images Taken At Border Crossing, CBP Says

11:47am June 11, 2019

by Scott Neuman

The photographs of license plates and people inside vehicles were taken over a six-week period at a single U.S. land-border point, the Customs and Border Protection agency says.

Politics & Government

Federal Authorities To Investigate NC Election Hacking Concerns

11:05am June 06, 2019

by Paul Garber

Federal investigators will examine North Carolina's polling equipment supplied by a company targeted by Russian hackers.

Courts

Iranian Hackers Target North Carolina-Based Company In Ransomware Attack

2:16pm November 28, 2018

by Sean Bueter

A North Carolina-based medical company was targeted as part of an alleged nationwide cyber attack by Iranian hackers, according to an indictment released Wednesday by the U.S.

Four Russian intelligence officers who had entered the Netherlands under diplomatic passports were escorted out of the country after they were found to be carrying out a cyberattack on the OPCW chemical weapons watchdog.

U.S. Charges 7 Russian Intelligence Officers With Hacking 40 Sports And Doping Groups

11:25pm October 04, 2018

by Bill Chappell

Once Russia's cheating was exposed, the Justice Department says, the embarrassed country "fought back by retaliating against the truth tellers, and against the truth itself."

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"To an extraordinary degree, Mark Zuckerberg is Facebook ... so if you're going to understand Facebook in any meaningful way, the conversation really has to start with him and end with him," journalist Evan Osnos says.

Politics & Government

The Central Question Behind Facebook: 'What Does Mark Zuckerberg Believe In?'

5:15pm October 04, 2018

by Dave Davies

Facebook and its CEO have come up against "a growing and really serious decline of public trust, both among politicians and among the general public," New Yorker staff writer Evan Osnos says.

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