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A voter submits their ballot at an early voting location in Alexandria, Va., Sept. 26, 2022. A declassified U.S. government report says foreign hackers did not change vote totals or otherwise compromise the integrity of federal elections last year in the United States. The report does identify multiple instances in which hackers linked to Iran, China and Russia connected to election infrastructure, scanned state government websites and copied voter information. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Iran hacks try to trick American electorate; ‘kittens’ claw way into campaigns

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

A vendor sits near a board depicting surveillance cameras during Security China 2023 in Beijing, on June 9, 2023. After years of breakneck growth, China's security and surveillance industry is now focused on shoring up its vulnerabilities to the United States and other outside actors, worried about risks posed by hackers, advances in artificial intelligence and pressure from rival governments. The renewed emphasis on self-reliance, combating fraud and hardening systems against hacking was on display at the recent Security China exhibition in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Federal government’s lead cybersecurity agency reveals it was hacked

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

A vendor sits near a board depicting surveillance cameras during Security China 2023 in Beijing, on June 9, 2023. After years of breakneck growth, China's security and surveillance industry is now focused on shoring up its vulnerabilities to the United States and other outside actors, worried about risks posed by hackers, advances in artificial intelligence and pressure from rival governments. The renewed emphasis on self-reliance, combating fraud and hardening systems against hacking was on display at the recent Security China exhibition in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Look into China’s world of hackers astounds U.S. spies: ‘Eye-opening’

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin speaks during a press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing, Friday, June 16, 2023. China's government on Friday rejected as "far-fetched and unprofessional" a report by a U.S. security firm that blamed Chinese-linked hackers for attacks on hundreds of public agencies, schools and other targets around the world. (AP Photo/Liu Zheng)

China calls hacking report ‘far-fetched,’ accuses U.S. of targeting the cybersecurity industry

Associated Press

A TV monitor displays a message from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) during a news conference to announce an international ransomware enforcement action, at the Department of Justice in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. The FBI has seized the website of a prolific ransomware gang that has heavily targeted hospitals and other healthcare providers. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

‘We hacked the hackers’: Biden administration reveals international effort that nails cybercriminals

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Finnish President Sauli Niinisto (unseen) review an honor guard at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Monday, Jan. 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

China launches aggressive political power-play to undermine U.S. midterm elections

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 7, 2012, photo, U.S. and Chinese national flags are hung outside a hotel during the U.S. presidential election event, organized by the U.S. embassy in Beijing. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Pro-China disinformation scheme attempted to discourage Americans from voting, sow political discord

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

The American and Chinese flags wave at Genting Snow Park ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Feb. 2, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. Hackers working on behalf of the Chinese government broke into the computer networks of at least six state governments in the United States in the last year. That's according to a report released Tuesday by a private cybersecurity firm. The report from Mandiant does not identify the hacked agencies or offer a motive for the intrusions, which began last May and continued through the last month. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)

Chinese posed as local Texans online to target rare earth producer

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

A sign is shown on a Google building at their campus in Mountain View, Calif., on Sept. 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Google to acquire cybersecurity firm Mandiant for estimated $5.4 billion

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

This Feb 23, 2019, photo shows the inside of a computer. The Biden administration will offer rewards up to $10 million for information leading to the identification of foreign state-sanctioned malicious cyber activity against critical U.S. infrastructure, including ransomware attacks. The administration is launching the website stopransomware.gov to offer the public resources for countering the threat. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane) **FILE**

Cybersecurity pros warn Ukraine crisis could spur Russian cyberattacks around the world

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

The Kremlin in Moscow is seen here on Sept. 29, 2017. The federal government's primary cyber security agency is urging computer network administrators for American critical infrastructure networks to immediately bolster security against electronic attacks following suspected Russian cyberstrikes against Ukraine. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev) **FILE**

Report says Russian hackers haven’t eased spying efforts

By Eric Tucker and Frank Bajak - Associated Press

This Feb 23, 2019, photo shows the inside of a computer. The Biden administration will offer rewards up to $10 million for information leading to the identification of foreign state-sanctioned malicious cyber activity against critical U.S. infrastructure, including ransomware attacks. The administration is launching the website stopransomware.gov to offer the public resources for countering the threat. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane) **FILE**

Russian-speaking group ‘FIN12’ blamed for ransomware attacks on hospitals

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Dr. Michelle Lee, left, a radiology resident, and Ida Chen, right, a physician assistant student, unfold a banner Lee created to display at rallies protesting anti-Asian hate, Saturday April 24, 2021, in New York's Chinatown. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Cyber sleuths blame China-based digital propaganda for fanning Asian American protests

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

This Feb. 24, 2021, file photo shows a T-Mobile store at a shopping mall in Pittsburgh. T-Mobile says about 7.8 million of its current postpaid customer accounts’ information and approximately 40 million records of former or prospective customers who had previously applied for credit with the company were involved in a recent data breach. T-Mobile said Wednesday, Aug. 18, that customers’ first and last names, date of birth, Social Security numbers, and driver’s license/ID information were exposed. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

T-Mobile CEO says he’s ‘truly sorry’ for hack of 50M users’ data

Associated Press

In this Aug. 11, 2019, file photo, an iPhone displays multiple apps in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Researchers say they’ve found a flaw exposing millions of devices’ camera data and audio to hackers

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

This Feb 23, 2019, file photo shows the inside of a computer in Jersey City, N.J. A ransomware attack paralyzed the networks of at least 200 U.S. companies on Friday, July 2, 2021, according to a cybersecurity researcher whose company was responding to the incident. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File) **FILE**

Cybersecurity teams work stem impact of biggest global ransomware on record

By Frank Bajak - Associated Press

This undated image provided by the cybersecurity firm FireEye shows a Tweet from a social media persona related to a group called &quot;Liberty Front Press&quot; using the Twitter handle &quot;@Berniecratss.&quot; FireEye called the group an influence operation apparently aimed at promoting Iranian political interests. The group had multiple social media personas that masqueraded as liberal U.S. activists. (FireEye via AP)

FireEye: Tech firms’ secret weapon against disinformation

By MAE ANDERSON - Associated Press

In this Feb. 27, 2013, photo illustration, hands type on a computer keyboard in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Industrial safety systems targeted by Triton malware meant to cause ‘physical consequences’: Reports

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Equifax: 2.5 million more Americans may be affected by hack

By KEN SWEET - Associated Press

This Saturday, July 21, 2012, photo shows the corporate headquarters of Equifax Inc. in Atlanta. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is pressing credit monitoring companies TransUnion and Experian to explain what cybersecurity they have in place to protect sensitive consumer information following a breach at Equifax, discovered by the company in July 2017, that exposed the data of 143 million Americans. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Equifax says it had a security breach earlier in the year

By KEN SWEET - Associated Press