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Andrew Blake

ablake@washingtontimes.com

Andrew Blake was a cybersecurity reporter for The Washington Times.

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This Jan. 30, 2017, file photo shows a sign above the headquarters of Kaspersky Lab in Moscow. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

Kaspersky Lab cut off from U.S. contractors

An interim rule published Friday in the Federal Register aims to ensure U.S. agencies and government contractors alike are banned from using hardware, software and services made by Russian antivirus vendor Kaspersky Lab effective July 15.

June 15, 2018
In this Feb. 27, 2013, photo illustration, hands type on a computer keyboard in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Roger Thomas Clark, Silk Road suspect, extradited over U.S. drug charges

Roger Thomas Clark, a Canadian man accused of helping run the groundbreaking Silk Road online drug bazaar shuttered by the FBI in 2013, has been extradited to the United States more than 2.5 years after being arrested in Thailand, the Department of Justice announced Friday.

June 15, 2018
In this June 12, 2018, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, right, meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Sentosa Island in Singapore. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump administration blames North Korea for ‘TYPEFRAME’ malware

President Trump's administration accused the North Korean government on Thursday of being behind another strain of malicious software, naming and shaming Kim Jong-un's regime as tensions between nations appear to reach an all-time low following Tuesday's historic summit in Singapore.

June 15, 2018
The Capitol building in Washington, D.C. (Associated Press)

House passes bill targeting child sex robots

The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill prohibiting the importation and interstate sale of realistic sex dolls and robots designed to resemble children.

June 14, 2018
This Aug. 15, 2017, file photo shows an arrangement of pills of the opioid oxycodone-acetaminophen in New York. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison) ** FILE **

Gal Vallerius, French beard grower, pleads guilty in Dream Market dark web drug case

Gal Vallerius, a French national arrested by U.S. authorities en route to last year's annual World Beard and Moustache Championships, pleaded guilty Tuesday to counts of narcotics trafficking and money laundering related to his involvement in running Dream Market, a site on the dark web that lets users buy and sell contraband ranging from heroin to hacking tools.

June 13, 2018
A statue of Lenin stands outside the stadium after the official training session of the Russian team one the eve of the group A match between Russia and Saudi Arabia at the 2018 soccer World Cup at Luzhniki stadium in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, June 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

U.S. warns World Cup attendees of Russian hacking risks

World Cup attendees of all sorts risk having their personal data compromised by hackers, state-sponsored or otherwise, the head of the U.S. National Counterintelligence and Security Center warned ahead of the annual soccer tournament starting in Russia this week.

June 13, 2018