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Trump administration grants TikTok a one-week extension

In this April 1, 2015, photo, GoDaddy signage and a race car announce the company's IPO, in front of the New York Stock Exchange in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) **FILE**

Study: U.S. is biggest cybertheft target in world as pandemic shifts people online

Then-Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas speaks at the Black Hat conference Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, in Las Vegas. The annual computer security conference draws thousands of hackers and security professionals to Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Biden selects architect of DACA to lead DHS

In this April 1, 2015, photo, GoDaddy signage and a race car announce the company's IPO, in front of the New York Stock Exchange in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) **FILE**

GoDaddy staff allegedly manipulated to let attackers access cryptocurrency platforms

This Feb. 25, 2020, file photo, shows the icon for TikTok in New York. (AP Photo/File)

TikTok accuses Trump admin. of ignoring it, says it's petitioning federal appeals court

In this Dec. 8, 2017, file photo, coins are displayed next to a bitcoin ATM in Hong Kong. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

Feds seize billion dollars worth of bitcoin stolen from infamous Silk Road site in 2013

This Feb. 25, 2020, file photo, shows the icon for TikTok in New York. (AP Photo/File)

Federal judge questions TikTok lawyers over data privacy protections and regulations

In this July 28, 2020, file photo, federal officers deploy tear gas and crowd control munitions at demonstrators during a Black Lives Matter protest at the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse in Portland, Ore. A new Department of Homeland Security inspector general report, released just ahead of the Nov. 3, 2020 election, criticizes the department's handling of the unrest in Portland. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File) **FILE**

Audit finds DHS cut corners when it sent agents to Portland riots

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Voter data copied by Iran in 'effort to influence and interfere' with White House race: FBI, CISA

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg appears on a screen as he speaks remotely during a hearing before the Senate Commerce Committee on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020, in Washington. The committee summoned the CEOs of Twitter, Facebook and Google to testify. (Michael Reynolds/Pool via AP)

Facebook political ad restriction causes tech glitches, confusion

In this file photo, President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020, in Janesville, Wis. (AP Photo/Andy Manis) **FILE**

Wisconsin GOP hacked, $2.3 million taken

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) **FILE**

Feds warn massive ransomware assault threatens health care system

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, appears on a screen as he speaks remotely during a hearing before the Senate Commerce Committee on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020, in Washington. The committee summoned the CEOs of Twitter, Facebook and Google to testify during the hearing. (Michael Reynolds/Pool via AP)

Ted Cruz clashes with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey: 'Who the hell elected you?'

Questions about technology vs. privacy, fairness on state ballots

In this file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks via video conference during a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing on antitrust on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, July 29, 2020, in Washington. (Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP)

Zuckerberg to testify in favor of 'more active' role for government regulation of social media

In this Oct. 20, 2020, file photo, an election worker pulls a stack of returned ballots from a sorting machine at the King County Elections office, in Renton, Wash. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

U.S.: Russian hackers targeting state, local networks

This April 26, 2017, file photo shows the Twitter app icon on a mobile phone in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Army walks back hacking claim, blames lewd Twitter posts on administrator of Fort Bragg account

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies remotely during a House Judiciary subcommittee on antitrust on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, July 29, 2020, in Washington. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

Senate Judiciary Committee votes to subpoena Twitter, Facebook CEOs over Hunter Biden story

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks during an event with Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden at Beech Woods Recreation Center, in Southfield, Mich., Friday, Oct. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Facebook ghosts anti-Whitmer pages in Michigan, extends crackdown to state politics

In this file photo, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, of N.Y., questions FBI Director Christopher Wray as he testifies during an oversight hearing of the House Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Bipartisan breakthrough as Nadler hails Trump DOJ's Google antitrust lawsuit

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Chinese firm monitored Americans' social media profiles, harvested data

In this Aug. 28, 2018, file photo, a cursor moves over Google's search engine page, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)

DOJ files antitrust lawsuit against Google, says it stifles competition

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey leaves after his talk with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris, In this June 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Francois Mori) ** FILE **

Senate Judiciary Committee to subpoena Twitter, Facebook CEOs over Hunter Biden story

Facebook blocks 120,000 posts attempting to obstruct election, rejects 2.2 million ads

This Friday, March 22, 2019, photo shows the Department of Justice Building in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) **FILE**

U.S. charges Russian military officials with causing deadly cyberattacks around the globe

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, listens during the confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Republicans vow to subpoena Jack Dorsey over Twitter blocks on Hunter Biden report

A woman walks in front of the Microsoft stand during the Cybersecurity Conference in Lille, northern France, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020. Microsoft announced legal action Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, seeking to disrupt a major cybercrime digital network that uses more than 1 million zombie computers to loot bank accounts and spread ransomware, which experts consider a major threat to the U.S. presidential election. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)

Microsoft attempts takedown of global criminal botnet

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies remotely during a House Judiciary subcommittee on antitrust on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, July 29, 2020, in Washington. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

Facebook bans Holocaust denial, distortion posts

In this image made from UNTV video, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a prerecorded message that was played during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020, at UN headquarters in New York. (UNTV via AP)

U.S. seizes 92 websites running Iranian disinformation campaign, after tip from Google

In this Nov. 6, 2018, file photo, Katie Hill, then a Democratic Party candidate from California's 25th Congressional district, talks to a reporter after voting in her hometown of Agua Dulce, Calif. She won the election, flipping a traditional GOP stronghold. Now, U.S. Rep. Hill, D-Calif., has apologized to friends and supporters for engaging in an inappropriate affair with a campaign staffer, but she still let down Susan Slates, a fellow Democrat, who said she was &quot;disappointed,&quot; but quickly jumped to Hill's defense, saying anything she did pales in comparison to what's she's witnessed under President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

'Former staff' hacks ex-Democratic lawmaker's Twitter, alleges abuse

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