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Web pages used to show information for collecting unemployment insurance in Virginia, right, and reporting fraud and identity theft in Pennsylvania, are displayed on the respective state web pages, on Feb. 26, 2021, in Zelienople, Pa. The Secret Service said it has seized more than $1.2 billion while investigating unemployment insurance and loan fraud and has returned more than $2.3 billion of fraudulently obtained funds by working with financial partners and states to reverse transactions. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) **FILE**

China-backed hackers stole millions in COVID relief funds, Secret Service says

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times
Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers makes his acceptance speech on Nov. 9, 2022, in Madison, Wis., after winning the governorship election. Wisconsin's Republican representatives in Congress on Tuesday, Dec. 6, called on Evers to delete the video platform TikTok from all state government devices, including his own, calling it a national security threat. (AP Photo/Andy Manis, File)

Wisconsin Republicans ask Democrat Gov. Tony Evers to ban TikTok

By Scott Bauer - Associated Press
Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a caucus night campaign rally on Feb. 3, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Biden defends not visiting border, points to 'more important' tasks

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times
The Twitter logo is seen on the awning of the building that houses the Twitter office in New York, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Release of 'Twitter Files' revs GOP's pursuit of Big Tech, Dem collusion

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times
President Joe Biden speaks before signing H.J.Res.100, a bill that aims to avert a freight rail strike, in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022, in Washington. The measure passed Thursday by the Senate and Wednesday by the House binds rail companies and workers to a proposed settlement that was reached between the rail companies and union leaders in September. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Biden's domestic terrorism crusade against White supremacists backfires on minority groups

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times
The Twitter splash page is seen on a digital device, on April 25, 2022, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) ** FILE **

China gets fact-checked by Twitter after mocking U.S. in anti-freedom tweet

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
(Associated Press/File)

'Tis the season: Scammers get in the holiday spirit in quest for personal info

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times
Rev. Paula Stecker of the Christ the King Lutheran Church stands in front of a memorial set up outside Club Q following last week's mass shooting at the gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colo., Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)

DHS warns of continued threats to LGBT community in new terror alert

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
In this Aug. 11, 2019, file photo, an iPhone displays multiple apps in New Orleans. More than 50 government officials across 13 agencies “threatened, cajoled and colluded” with social media companies to silence online speech about topics the Biden administration disliked such as election integrity, the origins of the novel coronavirus and COVID-19 restrictions, according to a lawsuit filed by state attorneys general. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

House Republicans poised to investigate Big Tech's social media censorship, ties to Biden admin

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies during a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing on threats to the homeland on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Supreme Court asked to block Mayorkas deportation policy

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
This March 26, 2018, file photo shows a Facebook user going through privacy settings for the platform. In a July 2022 blog post at the agency's website, FTC acting Associate Director Kristin Cohen warned that the Federal Trade Commission will go after corporations that make false claims about how they are protecting the personal data of their consumers.  (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

FTC writing new internet rules to safeguard users' search, health and location data

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
Cargo vessels are anchored offshore near oil platforms, before heading into the Los Angeles-Long Beach port on Oct. 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Eugene Garcia, File)

Offshore oil and gas rigs could be targets of another cyberattack

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times
U.S. President Joe Biden, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands before a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit meeting on Nov. 14, 2022, in Bali, Indonesia. Worries over North Korea were also mentioned in high-profile talks between Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Bali, according to the U.S. president. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

China hones skills to rival U.S. as cyber superpower, 10 times more troops than U.S. Cyber Command

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times
Russian passengers exit a bus to the passport control at the Vaalimaa border check point between Finland and Russia in Virolahti, Eastern Finland Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. The long border between Finland and Russia runs through thick forests and is marked only by wooden posts with low fences meant to stop stray cattle. Soon, a stronger, higher fence will be erected on parts of the frontier. (Sasu M'kinen/Lehtikuva via AP, File)

Finland to start building fence on Russian border next year

By Jari Tanner - Associated Press
This Wednesday, April 26, 2017 file photo shows a Google icon on a mobile phone, in Philadelphia. European Union antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager is planning a statement on Wednesday, July 18, 2018 amid reports that her office will slap a record $5 billion fine on Google for abuse of its dominant position in the Android mobile phone operating systems. The decision was widely expected this week and financial media, including Bloomberg and the Financial Times, said the amount would total 4.3 billion euros. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Lawsuit: Massachusetts secretly installed COVID-19 contact tracing app on mobile phones

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times
A woman uses an Android smartphone in Brussels on Wednesday April 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

DuckDuckGo unveils new tools to stop Google from snooping on Android users

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
A damaged building seen at the scene of Russian shelling in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. Strikes hit residential buildings in the heart of Ukraine's capital Tuesday, authorities said. Further south, officials announced probes of alleged Russian abuses in the newly retaken city of Kherson, including torture sites and enforced disappearances and detentions. (AP Photo/Andrew Kravchenko)

Russia launches new airstrikes on Ukraine during G-20 summit; U.S. condemns the attacks on civilians

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times
In this June 15, 2017, photo, people walk inside the Oculus in New York. Google has agreed to a $391.5 million settlement with 40 states in connection with an investigation into how the company tracked users’ locations. State attorneys general announced the settlement Monday, Nov. 14, 2022, calling it the largest multistate privacy settlement in U.S history. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Google to pay $391.5M settlement over location tracking, state AGs say

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**

Customs officials seize 215 pounds of meth worth over $420,000 on the street from train in El Paso

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times
Twitter signage is seen outside Twitter headquarters on Friday, Nov. 4, 2022, in San Francisco. Twitter began widespread layoffs Friday as new owner Elon Musk overhauls the company, raising concerns about chaos enveloping the social media platform and its ability to fight disinformation just days ahead of the U.S. midterm elections. (Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

Tech platforms in trouble: Social media companies downsizing, facing government scrutiny

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
The Chinese flag flies at a plaza near the Potala Palace in Lhasa in western China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Tuesday, June 1, 2021, as seen during a government organized visit for foreign journalists. High-pressure tactics employed by China's ruling Communist Party appear to be finding success in separating Tibetans from their traditional Buddhist culture and the influence of the Dalai Lama. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

DNI: China expands use of cyber repression to control population

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times
These booking photos released Oct. 9, 2021, by the West Virginia Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority show Diana Toebbe, left, and Jonathan Toebbe. A judge cited the “great danger” that the Navy engineer and his wife placed on the United States in sentencing them to lengthy prison terms Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022, for a plot to sell secrets about nuclear-submarines to what they thought was a foreign government. (West Virginia Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority via AP)

Maryland couple sentenced to 20 years for espionage in Navy nuclear secrets case

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times
The Twitter logo is seen on a cell phone, Friday, Oct. 14, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer) ** FILE **

Biden says foreign Twitter funding is worthy of scrutiny

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
A motorist passes by a flag of the Islamic State group in central Rawah, 175 miles (281 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, July 22, 2014. (AP Photo) **FILE**

ISIS supporter gets 17 years in federal prison for planning Pittsburgh church bombing

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times
(Associated Press/File)

Some Mississippi websites overwhelmed on Election Day; state says voting system secure

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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