Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina had his phone seized by the FBI this week after he said he received a message from someone impersonating Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. Graham said the device might have been hacked as he addressed the strange message while speaking at the annual The Hill and Valley Forum […]
Newly released information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation has revealed, that depending on the state where you live, you could be more susceptible to being targeted by hackers for a cyber attack. According to a report in the U.K. Daily Mail, TorGuard, a company specializing in online security, examined data from the 2023 FBI […]
In the latest warning underscoring the danger to U.S. critical infrastructure from Chinese hackers, FBI Director Christopher Wray told a conference in Nashville, Tennessee on Friday that Beijing is poised “for just the right moment” to unleash chaos upon the American grid. The remarks were made at a security forum at Vanderbilt University, in which […]
Just over a week ago, the Department of Homeland Security warned of possible cyber attacks against the Emergency Service Sector (think “911 call operations”). The April 10 DHS memo said that previous ransomware attacks had “disrupted the networks of police department and 911 call center operations” because of their dependence on computers for the efficient […]
We live in some pretty weird times. Now you can make a killing by hacking famous politicians’ court documents and holding them hostage. It’s happening to former President Donald Trump right now. A hacker group claims that it has managed to get its digital hands on Trump’s court documents […]
After a service disruption Thursday effected tens of thousands of AT&T, sparking fears of a cyber attack, the company announced that evening that an internal error was the source of the problems. The company didn’t say how many of its customers had been affected by the issue, but USAToday cited data from website Downdetector as […]
Cell reception for many went out for a bit on Thursday. Sure, it may be fixed now, but the fact that it happened has fueled speculation as to why. Initially, two solar flares (when the sun releases a big pulse of energy) were thought to be the cause, but Dr. Ryan French of the […]
Just in case your opinion of the Transportation Security Administration wasn’t low enough already, now they’re going to be getting even more of your biometric data. According to a Monday report in tech policy outlet Nextgov/FCW, the TSA is planning a rollout of new facial-scanning units at over 400 airports in the United States and […]
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