BERLIN — European and American investigators have broken up one of the world's largest online criminal marketplaces for drugs, hacking tools and financial-theft wares a series of raids in the United States and Germany, authorities said Friday. Three German men, ages 31, 22 and 29, were arrested after the raids...
Student Council Presidential Election Hacked by Candidate
SAN FRANCISCO — The first online election for student government at Berkeley High School became a lesson in more than democracy. Students also learned about vote fraud, hacking and digital privacy after a high school junior who was running for class president cast hundreds of fake online votes for himself....
'I Know Nothing' – Trump Changes His Tune on WikiLeaks
WASHINGTON — It was a far cry from "I love WikiLeaks!" President Donald Trump declared on Thursday that "I know nothing about WikiLeaks" after its disheveled founder Julian Assange was hauled out of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London to face charges, a stark contrast to how candidate Trump showered praise on Assange's...
Notorious California Serial Killer Juan Corona Dead at 85
LOS ANGELES — Juan Corona, who gained the nickname "The Machete Murderer" for hacking to death dozens of migrant farm laborers in California in the early 1970s, has died. He was 85. Corona died Monday at an undisclosed hospital, Vicky Waters of the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation reported....
US Election Systems More Secure, But Voting Problems Persist
ATLANTA — Tuesday's midterm elections will mark the first nationwide voting since Russia targeted state election systems in the 2016 presidential race, with federal, state and local officials seeking to reassure the public their voting systems are secure. There have been no signs so far that Russia or any other...
US Charges 7 Russian Intel Officers as West Condemns GRU
BRUSSELS — The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday charged seven Russian intelligence officers with hacking anti-doping agencies and other organizations hours after Western officials leveled new accusations against Moscow's secretive GRU military spy agency. Hours before the U.S. indictment was announced, Western nations accused the GRU of new cybercrimes, with...
Nunes Issues Statement on Russia Investigation Indictments
Indictments were issued today against 13 Russian nationals suspected of criminal interference with the 2016 U.S. presidential election as part of the Justice Department's special counsel investigation. The Washington Post reports, "The Internet Research Agency, based in St. Petersburg, was named in the indictment as the hub of an ambitious effort...
Nunes Issues Statement on Russia Investigation Indictments
Indictments were issued today against 13 Russian nationals suspected of criminal interference with the 2016 U.S. presidential election as part of the Justice Department's special counsel investigation. The Washington Post reports, "The Internet Research Agency, based in St. Petersburg, was named in the indictment as the hub of an ambitious effort...
How Safe Is Your Vote? This Is What Affects Election Integrity.
Every vote counts. It’s the key principle underlying democracy. Through the history of democratic elections, people have created many safeguards to ensure votes are cast and counted fairly: paper ballots, curtains around voting booths, locked ballot boxes, supervised counting, provisions for recounting and more. With the advent of computer technology...
How Safe Is Your Vote? This Is What Affects Election Integrity.
Every vote counts. It’s the key principle underlying democracy. Through the history of democratic elections, people have created many safeguards to ensure votes are cast and counted fairly: paper ballots, curtains around voting booths, locked ballot boxes, supervised counting, provisions for recounting and more. With the advent of computer technology...