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Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee nomination hearing for Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool) ** FILE **

Ron Wyden pushing to block the export of Americans' data to foreign adversaries

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
This Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009, photo shows the United States Chamber of Commerce building in Washington. Elite cyber spies have spent months secretly exploiting SolarWinds software to peer into computer networks, putting many of the company's highest-profile customers in national governments, including the U.S. Treasury and Commerce departments, and Fortune 500 companies on high alert. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

Russians responsible for SolarWinds hack are targeting COVID-19 research, cyber officials say

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a session of the Russian Geographical Society via video link in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, April 14, 2021. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Biden expels diplomats, hits Russia with sanctions over cyberattacks, election interference

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times
This Feb 23, 2019, file photo shows the inside of a computer in Jersey City, N.J. Ransomware attacks targeting state and local governments have been on the rise, with cyber criminals seeking quick money by seizing data and holding it hostage until they get paid. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Who is accountable across agencies? Biden nominates federal cybersecurity officials

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
Entrepreneur Peter Thiel says China has created a mass surveillance state and leaders in Silicon Valley should view the regime as adversarial. (Associated Press)

Silicon Valley urged to grasp China threat

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times
FILE - In this April 14, 2020, file photo, the thumbs up Like logo is shown on a sign at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Facebook said Tuesday, April 6, 2021, it has removed hundreds of fake accounts linked to an Iranian exile group and a troll farm in Albania. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Facebook says it's working to get leaked user data taken down

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
Sen. Gary Peters., D-Mich., speaks during a hearing to examine United States Special Operations Command and United States Cyber Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2022 and the Future Years Defense Program, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, March 25, 2021, in Washington. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Senators want federal government to take accountability for SolarWinds hack

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
In this Aug. 11, 2019, file photo an iPhone displays a Facebook page in New Orleans. Facebook says hackers in China used fake accounts and impostor websites in a bid to break into the phones of Uyghur Muslims, Facebook announced Wednesday, March 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File). **FILE**

Data of 500 million Facebook users leaked

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
(Associated Press/File)

Ransomware attacks growing steadily in 2021, says cybersecurity firm

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

AP sources: SolarWinds hack got emails of top DHS officials

By Alan Suderman - Associated Press
(Associated Press/File)

Facebook says it disrupted Chinese hackers targeting Uyghurs

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
In this Oct. 3, 2019, file photo, Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks during a visit to El Centro College in Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Sundar Pichai, Google CEO, opposes changes to legal protections for tech platforms

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies remotely during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Facebook and Twitter's actions around the closely contested election on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020, in Washington. (Hannah McKay/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

Mark Zuckerberg: Tie legal protections to tech companies' ability to 'combat the spread' of bad info

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies remotely during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Facebook and Twitter's actions around the closely contested election on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020, in Washington. (Hannah McKay/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

Facebook deleted more than 1.3 billion 'fake' accounts in 2020's final months

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies remotely during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Facebook and Twitter's actions around the closely contested election on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020, in Washington. (Hannah McKay/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

Facebook insists 'mind reading' isn't part of new wearable tech

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, speaks during a confirmation hearing for Treasury Secretary-nominee Janet Yellen before the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, in Washington. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times via AP, Pool) ** FILE **

'Who exactly, who is accountable?': Rob Portman presses cybersecurity officials on SolarWinds hack

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
In this Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, photo illustration, hands type on a computer keyboard in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

FBI reports 69% spike in complaints of internet crime

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times
(Associated Press/File)

McAfee cybersecurity researchers find likely Chinese espionage campaign aimed at telecom companies

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
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)

'Three Warfares': U.S. pummeled by covert disinformation war waged by Russia, China

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times
Former Google executive and billionaire Eric Schmidt, who was a major donor and informal presidential adviser to Barack Obama, is heading a the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence, a new panel led by Democrats. (Associated Press/File)

Congress-created commission warns of brain drain to China, pushes new artificial intelligence policy

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
In this Dec. 17, 2018, file photo, a man using a mobile phone walks past Google offices in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Cybersecurity researchers uncover hacked apps targeting Google Play Store users' phones

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
Questions about the integrity of voting systems prompted the U.S. Election Assistance Commission to create new standards. (Associated Press photograph)

'Diminish voter confidence': Alarm over voting machines using wireless technology dismissed

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
In this Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, file photo, the Microsoft company logo is displayed at their offices in Sydney. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File) ** FILE **

Microsoft detects China-backed cyberattack targeting U.S.

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
This Sept. 28, 2020, file photo shows a view of the TikTok app logo, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)

TikTok tore down 347,000+ videos containing election misinformation in 2020

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
SolarWinds CEO Sudhakar Ramakrishna speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021 in Washington. (Drew Angerer/Photo via AP)

SolarWinds unsure how hackers breached their system, months after public disclosure

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
This Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009, photo shows the United States Chamber of Commerce building in Washington. Elite cyber spies have spent months secretly exploiting SolarWinds software to peer into computer networks, putting many of the company's highest-profile customers in national governments, including the U.S. Treasury and Commerce departments, and Fortune 500 companies on high alert. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

Warner questions why multibillion-dollar U.S. cybersecurity enterprise did not catch SolarWinds

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
This combination of photos shows (from left) Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, LM Otero, Jens Meyer) **FILE**

Facebook, Google and Twitter CEOs to testify before Congress on misinformation, disinformation

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
White House deputy national security adviser Anne Neuberger speaks during a press briefing, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden administration readying executive action responding to SolarWinds hack of federal networks

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
(Associated Press/File)

DOJ charges North Koreans with attempting to hack and steal $1.3B: 'World's leading bank robbers'

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
In this Jan. 10, 2021, photo, the website of the social media platform Parler is displayed in Berlin. (Christophe Gateau/dpa via AP) ** FILE **

Parler says it will be back online for existing users this week

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Print Special Section

Download the Special Report available in the January 29, 2018, edition of The Washington Times. (3.8 MB)

Cybersecurity 2018: Online Security and Safety in Government, Industry and Civil Society: Download the Special Report available in the January 29, 2018, edition of The Washington Times. (3.8 MB)

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