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

A big, beautiful firewall: As 2020 race gears up, RNC cybersecurity outpaces DNC's, report finds

In this photo taken Monday, May 20, 2019, a child plays with bubbles near the logo for tech giant Huawei in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Huawei: U.S. controls have 'no impact,' talking to Google

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

Hacktivists taking credit for 95% fewer attacks since 2015: IBM

Jailed again on contempt, Manning blasts Assange prosecution: 'It's just a very bananas case'

In this Nov. 2, 2016, file photo, the FBI's J. Edgar Hoover headquarters building in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Lawmakers demand FBI reveal Florida election hack

This Feb. 3, 2012, file photo shows FBI headquarters in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

FBI offering counterintelligence briefings to presidential campaigns, election officials: Report

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U.S., international authorities disrupt cybercrime organization responsible for $100M in damages

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MIT tool lights up darknet to expose illegal operations

Travelers using the Chicago Transit Authority's Blue Line wait in a warming section of the Montrose Station as a train heading to O'Hare International Airport arrives Tuesday, March 14, 2017, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) ** FILE **

Rep. Mike Quigley: Chicago rail cars pose 'dangerous threat' to national security over Chinese ties

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, right, smiles prior to give a press conference, at the OECD headquarters, in Paris, Tuesday, May 14, 2019. The leaders of France and New Zealand will make a joint push to eliminate acts of violent extremism from being shown online, in a meeting with tech leaders in Paris on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Facebook limits livestreaming ahead of tech summit in Paris

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at national prayer day event at the Capitol Thursday May 2, 2019, in Tallahassee, Fla. (AP Photo/Steve Cannon)

DeSantis: Russians accessed 2 Florida voting databases

Commuters walk by the new Huawei P30 smartphone advertisement on display inside a subway station in Beijing Monday, May 13, 2019. China's intensified tariff war with the Trump administration is threatening Beijing's ambition to transform itself into the dominant player in global technology. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Huawei offers to sign 'no-spy' agreements amid 5G snooping fears

Former Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks during a campaign stop at the Community Oven restaurant in Hampton, N.H., Monday, May 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Joe Biden says he's open to breaking up Facebook

This Friday, March 10, 2017, file photo shows the WhatsApp communications app on a smartphone, in New York. WhatsApp says a vulnerability in the popular communications app lets mobile phones be infected with sophisticated spyware with a missed in-app call alone. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)

WhatsApp discovers spyware that infected with a call alone

In this March 10, 2017, file photo, Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Robert Neller speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Marines plan to draft civilians to aid in cyberwarfare

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks during a campaign stop, Saturday, May 11, 2019, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

2020 Democrats take aim at Facebook: 'Essentially a utility that has gone unregulated'

In this April 11, 2018, file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before a House Energy and Commerce hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Why does Facebook fail to fix itself? It's partly humans

This undated booking photo provided by the Alexandria Sheriff's Office, in Virginia, shows Chelsea Manning. A federal appeals court on Monday, April 22, 2109, rejected a bid by former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning to be released from jail for refusing to testify to a grand jury investigating Wikileaks. (Alexandria Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

Chelsea Manning released from jail as WikiLeaks grand jury expires, risks returning next week

In this March 29, 2018, file photo, the logo for social media giant Facebook, appears on screens at the Nasdaq MarketSite, in New York's Times Square. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes urges regulator to break up company's monopoly

Facebook auto-generates videos celebrating extremist images

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Chinese spies used NSA hacking tools to target U.S. allies: Reports

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

Wall Street Market, dark web marketplace, targeted in international takedown

In this Sept. 20, 2018, file photo, voting booths stand ready in downtown Minneapolis for the opening of early voting in Minnesota. (AP Photo/Steve Karnowski) ** FILE **

2020 campaign staffers being trained to handle cyberthreats

Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Sasse asks DOJ to clarify if presidential candidates can campaign using info obtained from hackers

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

FBI asked to brief Florida congressional delegation about 2016 hack revealed in Mueller report

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange being taken from court, where he appeared on charges of jumping British bail seven years ago, in London, Wednesday May 1, 2019. Assange has been jailed for 50 weeks for breaching his bail after going into hiding in the Ecuadorian embassy in London.(AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

WikiLeaks' Julian Assange facing hearing on U.S. extradition request

Protesters outside court as Julian Assange will appear to be sentenced on charges of jumping British bail seven years ago, in London, Wednesday, May 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

WikiLeaks' Julian Assange gets 50 weeks in prison for bail-jumping

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., joined at right by then-Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., holds a news conference to unveil his plan to address gun violence with legislation on restraining orders, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 7, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Sen. Marco Rubio: Hackers were 'in a position' to change voter rolls in Florida in 2016

FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Christopher Wray, FBI director, warns: 2020 presidential race at risk from foreign adversaries

In this April 10, 2018, file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before a joint hearing of the Commerce and Judiciary Committees on Capitol Hill in Washington, about the use of Facebook data to target American voters in the 2016 election. Zuckerberg said Facebook will start to emphasize new privacy-shielding messaging services, a shift apparently intended to blunt both criticism of the company's data handling and potential antitrust action. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Facebook under investigation by New York AG over collection of email contacts

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