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Russian hackers slipped up in attempt to hack senator
Hackers that targeted a Democratic senator up for reelection this year may have left behind clues in their attack that further suggest Russian involvement. The office of Claire McCaskill, a Missouri s
The DNC’s lawyers subpoena WikiLeaks with a tweet
In a very unusual move, WikiLeaks has been subpoenaed via Twitter. In a tweet on Friday, a law firm representing the Democratic National Convention in its civil lawsuit against WikiLeaks and other def
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is now an Ecuadorian citizen
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is stateless no more. On Thursday, Ecuador revealed that it had extended citizenship to Assange, a controversial figure who moved into London's Ecuadorian embassy to e
Julian Assange’s Twitter account goes offline, returns
It’s a Christmas miracle of sorts. Julian Assange’s Twitter account disappeared from the site, returned, and now there’s a bouncing baby Corgi up top. The account appears to have gone offline ar
Wikileaks releases documents it claims detail Russia mass surveillance apparatus
Wikileaks has released a new cache of documents which it claims detail surveillance apparatus used by the Russian state to spy on Internet and mobile users. It's the first time the organization has le
Why the WikiLeaks CIA dump was the most damaging one yet
There are no hackers anymore -- now it's all about the spies we in the intelligence and security communities are trying to stop. The “insiders” have known this for some time, but it’s becoming m
The CIA is really, really mad at WikiLeaks
Speaking at the Center for Strategic and International Studies today, CIA Director Mike Pompeo went off on WikiLeaks. Pompeo is pretty mad about that whole Vault 7 hacking tools data dump, it looks li
Crunch Report | Amazon Buys Souq
Amazon buys Souq, the "Amazon of the Middle East," Apple acquires Workflow, Instagram blurs sensitive photos and adds two-factor authorization while Facebook rolls out mention alerts and reaction emoj
Apple says recent WikiLeaks CIA docs detail old, fixed iPhone and Mac exploits
Apple says that its preliminary assessments of the WikiLeaks documents released today indicate that the vulnerabilities it details for iPhone and Mac were fixed years ago. The documents, which origina
WikiLeaks releases new CIA documents describing Mac exploits
WikiLeaks just shared a few new documents as part of the CIA Vault 7 data dump. These documents describe hacking methods allegedly used by the agency to access Apple devices and upload data. Most of t
WikiLeaks will give tech giants CIA zero-day exploits after they meet mystery demands
WikiLeaks doesn't ever make things easy. When it became clear that the organization possessed documents that detail exploits affecting a handful of major tech companies, it looked like Julian Assange
Names and definitions of leaked CIA hacking tools
The WikiLeaks-hosted "Vault7" collection of documents allegedly leaked from within the CIA's Computer Operations Group is a messy mix of jargon, incomplete info and broken links. So for your convenien
Google is the latest company to brush off most of the WikiLeaks vulnerabilities
WikiLeaks dumped thousands of alleged CIA documents online yesterday that contained lists of vulnerabilities in popular tech products, sending companies scrambling to make sure their security patches
Apple says most vulnerabilities in Wikileaks docs are already patched
Wikileaks today published a trove of documents, allegedly taken from the CIA, that detail the government’s efforts to hack popular devices like iPhones, Android phones, and Samsung smart TVs. B
No, you shouldn’t delete Signal or other encrypted apps
As alarm bells sound around the latest document dump from WikiLeaks, misinformation can spread like wildfire. Journalists are just starting to pore over the files, but a number of security researchers
WikiLeaks publishes data trove claiming to detail CIA hacking methods
WikiLeaks is at it again. A massive new set of documents believed to be legitimate just hit the organization's website. Called "Vault 7," the initial data dump is said to include more than 8,000 files
Chelsea Manning to be freed this May
President Obama commuted the majority of the 35-year sentence faced by Chelsea Manning, a former Army intelligence analyst and whistleblower who supplied diplomatic and military documents to WikiLeak
Intel report on hacking says Russian interference with US election was ‘boldest yet’
Today the U.S. intelligence community released a report claiming that the Russian government was behind hacks of American political organizations during the 2016 election cycle and that the hackers a
WikiLeaks mulls building a dox database of verified Twitter users
As it tweets in lockstep with the President-elect about punishing leakers involved in the Russian hacking scandal, WikiLeaks somehow managed to come up with something even more questionable. Seemin
WikiLeaks reveals Barack Obama’s pre-presidential email address
R.I.P. Barack Obama's inbox. Among the many secrets and not-so-secrets exposed by WikiLeaks in the dump of Clinton campaign head John Podesta's emails is the president's personal email address.