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A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer is shown in this file photo. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Biden administration abolishes ICE labor union

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
A Meta Portal Go is displayed during a preview of the Meta Store in Burlingame, Calif., Wednesday, May 4, 2022. Facebook and Instagram’s parent company Meta posted its first revenue decline in history on Thursday, July 27, 2022 dragged by a drop in ad spending as the economy falters — and as competition from rival TikTok intensifies. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Studies find cyberbullying flourishing at Meta sites, kids switching to TikTok

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times
In this July 8, 2019, file photo, then-National Security Adviser John Bolton speaks at the Christians United for Israel's annual summit, in Washington. The Justice Department says an Iranian operative has been charged in a plot to murder Bolton. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

DOJ charges Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps member in plot to kill John Bolton

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
In this image provided by the U.S. Marine Corps, evacuees wait to board a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 30. 2021. (Staff Sgt. Victor Mancilla/U.S. Marine Corps via AP, File) **FILE**

Hundreds of Afghan evacuees in U.S. without vetting, GOP senators say

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
A security guard stands near a sculpture of the Chinese Communist Party flag at the Museum of the Communist Party of China on May 26, 2022, in Beijing. China said it was conducting military exercises Saturday, July 30, off its coast opposite Taiwan after warning Speaker Nancy Pelosi of the U.S. House of Representatives to scrap possible plans to visit the island democracy, which Beijing claims as part of its territory. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Chinese info operation uses false news and social media to hammer U.S., cyber firm says

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
In this file photo, Border Patrol agents hold a news conference prior to a media tour of a new U.S. Customs and Border Protection temporary facility near the Donna International Bridge in Donna, Texas, May 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) **FILE**

17% of immigration cases tossed because DHS failed to file paperwork, study finds

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
From left, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, talk about the bipartisan effort to pass a bill designed to encourage more semiconductor companies to build chip plants in the United States, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, July 27, 2022. The $280 billion measure, which awaits a House vote, includes federal grants and tax breaks for companies that construct their chip facilities in the U.S. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House sends Biden bill to spend $52 billion on computer chip production, compete with China

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times
In this file photo, a Mexican smuggler guides a Haitian family across the Morelos Dam over the Colorado River from Los Algodones, Mexico, on Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, to Yuma, Ariz., on the other side. (AP Photo/Elliot Spagat, File) **FILE**

Hatchets and radios: Smugglers prepare migrants for the dangers of border journey

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
Ranking member Rep. Michael Cloud, R-Texas, is seen here in a House Oversight subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019. Mr. Cloud is demanding answers after a major labor union with ties to President Biden took steps to abolish the National ICE Council, which represents thousands of officers at Homeland Security's deportation agency. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

AFGE move to 'abolish' labor union for ICE officers spurs call for probe

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
In this file photo from September 2021, National Guardsmen stand watch over a fence near the international bridge where thousands of Haitian migrants have created a makeshift camp, in Del Rio, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) **FILE**

Six terrorism suspects nabbed at southern border in June

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
In this courtroom sketch, Joshua Schulte, center, is seated at the defense table flanked by his attorneys during jury deliberations, Wednesday March 4, 2020, in New York. Schulte, a former CIA software engineer accused of causing the biggest theft of classified information in CIA history, has told a jury Thursday, July 7, 2022 there's not enough evidence to convict him, as he defended himself at a retrial. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)

Ex-CIA engineer convicted in massive theft of secret info

By LLarry Neumeister and Tom Hays - Associated Press
This Jan. 28, 2015, file photo, shows the Federal Trade Commission building in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) **FILE**

FTC warns of crackdown on companies making false claims of protecting personal data

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, left, listens to Deputy patrol agent in charge of the US Border Patrol Anthony Crane as he tours the section of the border wall Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in Hidalgo, Texas. (Joel Martinez/The Monitor via AP, Pool)

Biden DHS focusing border security spending on technology upgrades rather than wall building

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks with reporters following a closed-door caucus lunch, at the Capitol in Washington, June 22, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Schumer schedules classified briefing on China bill, chips funding

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer is shown in this file photo. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Appeals court slams DHS policy limiting deportations

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
FBI Director Christopher Wray at a joint press conference with MI5 Director General Ken McCallum at MI5 headquarters, in central London, Wednesday July 6, 2022. The head of the FBI and the leader of Britain’s domestic intelligence agency raised alarms Wednesday about the Chinese government, warning business leaders that Beijing is determined to steal their technology for competitive gain. (Dominic Lipinski/PA via AP)

FBI director, U.K. counterpart say China wants to steal business tech

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times
In this Sept. 28, 2020, file photo, The TikTok app logo appears in Tokyo. As the company's CEO has confirmed, it turns out that American users of the popular social media platform can have their information accessed by employees at the app’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance Ltd. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)

Sens. Warner, Rubio urge FTC investigation of TikTok over 'repeated misrepresentations'

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
In this Sept. 28, 2020, file photo, The TikTok app logo appears in Tokyo. As the company's CEO has confirmed, it turns out that American users of the popular social media platform can have their information accessed by employees at the app’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance Ltd. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)

TikTok admits that some China-based employees can access U.S. user data

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times
Cybersecurity hacker. (Photo credit: ViChizh / Shutterstock) ** FILE **

Many businesses still exposed to hacking vulnerability discovered last year: Cybersecurity firm

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
This Monday, Sept. 28, 2020, photo, shows the TikTok logo on a smartphone in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato) **FILE**

TikTok hiding in 'sheep's clothing' to surveil people, FCC commissioner says

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
A technician stands at the entrance to a Huawei 5G data server center at the Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital in Guangzhou, in southern China's Guangdong province on Sept. 26, 2021. Chips are a top priority in the ruling Communist Party's marathon campaign to end China's reliance on technology from the United States and official urgency over that grew after Huawei Technologies Ltd., China's first global tech brand, lost access to U.S. chips and other technology in 2018 under sanctions imposed by the White House. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Huawei partners with U.S. publication it accused of bias to win new supporters

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
In this May 18, 2021, file photo, Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Ms. Cantwell has expressed skepticism about the bipartisan American Data Privacy and Protection Act working its way through the House. She has said she sides with Sen. Brian Schatz, Hawaii Democrat, who urged an alternative process from what the House committee is pursuing. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

'No way' House privacy bill will be considered in Senate, committee chairwoman warns

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
In this May 16, 2012, file photo, the Facebook logo is displayed on an iPad in Philadelphia. Facebook will change its algorithms to prevent discriminatory housing advertising and its parent company will subject itself to court oversight to settle a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Meta's Facebook settling DOJ lawsuit alleging discriminatory housing ads

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
Migrants who had crossed the Rio Grande river into the United States are taken away by Border Patrol agents in Eagle Pass, Texas, Saturday, May 21, 2022. The Eagle Pass area has become increasingly a popular crossing corridor for migrants, especially those from outside Mexico and Central America, under Title 42 authority, which expels migrants without a chance to seek asylum on grounds of preventing the spread of COVID-19. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

Border Patrol catches record number on terrorist list

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
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White House task force strives to understand scope of online harassment, link to mass shootings

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times
A woman walks below a Google sign on the campus in Mountain View, Calif., on Sept. 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Class-action privacy lawsuit against Google to proceed

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
In this May 18, 2021, file photo, Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Ms. Cantwell has expressed skepticism about the bipartisan American Data Privacy and Protection Act working its way through the House. She has said she sides with Sen. Brian Schatz, Hawaii Democrat, who urged an alternative process from what the House committee is pursuing. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Bipartisan House bill offers new data privacy protections but faces big hurdle in Senate

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
Homeland Security logo is seen during a joint news conference in Washington, Feb. 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Senators demand answers about the extent of work already done by DHS' disinformation board

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
American researcher Christopher Balding said he uncovered evidence that China is devouring data collected through smart coffee machines made in the communist country. Coffee pot. Photo credit: Pixel-Shot via Shutterstock.

Strange brew: Americans warned of China possibly spying through smart coffee makers

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., arrives for a hearing on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, June 8, 2021, in Washington, in this file photo. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Lawmakers eye cryptocurrency laws to combat ransomware attacks

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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