Andrew Blake

Support for marijuana legalization at record high, Quinnipiac poll finds

Support for legalizing marijuana has reached a record high among U.S. voters, according to the results of a Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday.

April 26, 2018

Chelsea Manning unveils Senate platform: ‘Abolish’ ICE, Border Patrol

Senate hopeful Chelsea Manning said she'll work to abolish federal immigrations and customs agencies if successful in her bid to unseat U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin, Maryland Democrat.

April 26, 2018

FISA court denied more surveillance warrants in 2017 than any year on record

The secretive surveillance court President Trump accused of authorizing warrants improperly targeting his 2016 election campaign rejected a record number of applications during his first year in office, Congress learned Wednesday.

April 26, 2018

Facebook said it ignored terms and conditions of app that collected user data on 87 million accounts

Facebook didn't read the terms and conditions of the controversial app that allowed Cambridge Analytica to collect the personal information of millions of Facebook users without their permission, the social network's chief technology officer testified Thursday.

April 26, 2018

Richard Pan says cyber scam duped campaign out of $46K

California state Sen. Richard Pan, Sacramento Democrat, said his re-election campaign was scammed out of $46,000 as the result of a "sophisticated" cybercrime scheme.

April 26, 2018

Navalny campaign says Bitcoin accounted for a quarter of campaign donations in race against Putin

Bitcoin donations accounted for nearly a quarter of the roughly $6 million raised since December 2016 by Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny's failed campaign against President Vladimir Putin, his campaign manager said Wednesday.

April 25, 2018

Democrats demand answers over reports involving Donald Trump’s unsecured cellphone

President Trump's reported use of an unsecured cell phone and the related security risks spurred two Democratic congressmen to seek answers Wednesday from the White House Communications Agency, U.S. Secret Service and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

April 25, 2018

Moscow to limit alcohol sales during World Cup matches: Reports

Soccer fans attending the World Cup in Moscow this summer will be restricted from purchasing alcohol outside of official sports stadiums and viewing areas, Russian media reported.

April 25, 2018

Hotel key vulnerability made millions of rooms accessible to hackers, researchers warn

Finnish researchers have alerted the world's largest lock manufacturer about a security vulnerability that allowed them to create "master keys" capable of unlocking millions of hotel rooms around the world, they said Wednesday.

April 25, 2018

DHS has no evidence of Russia hacking 2018 midterm elections, assistant secretary tells Senate

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has failed so far to find any evidence of foreign hackers attacking American voting systems ahead of the 2018 midterm elections, a top DHS official said Tuesday.

April 24, 2018

Kaspersky Lab risks U.S. sanctions: Report

An embattled Russian cybersecurity company recently barred from contracting with the U.S. government reportedly risks being sanctioned by the Trump administration and prohibited from doing business with American customers once a pair of related lawsuits brought by the company in D.C. federal court reach their conclusions.

April 24, 2018

Donald Trump increasingly using personal cellphone to contact outside advisers: Report

President Trump has increasingly been using his personal cellphone to contact outside advisers in lieu of placing calls through the White House switchboard and leaving records accessible to his chief of staff, John Kelly, CNN reported Monday, citing several unnamed sources.

April 24, 2018

Ukrainian energy website hacked to display ransom message

The website for Ukraine's energy and coal ministry was hacked Tuesday to display a message demanding a ransom paid in Bitcoin, but no other government websites or systems were affected, authorities said.

April 24, 2018

Kane Gamble, ‘Crackas with Attitude’ founder, sentenced for hacking Obama officials

A British teenager who pleaded guilty to hacking high-ranking Obama administration officials has been handed a sentence of two years at a youth detention center.

April 21, 2018

Bathroom doors removed at Maryland high school to curb smoking, vaping

A high school in Maryland has removed the doors leading into several bathrooms to discourage students from discreetly smoking and vaping, drawing complaints from pupils who say the decision is detrimental to their privacy.

April 21, 2018

Jeff Sessions considering resigning if Donald Trump fires Rod Rosenstein: Reports

Attorney General Jeff Sessions told the White House he may resign if President Trump fires Rod Rosenstein, his deputy attorney general and second-in-command at the Department of Justice, according to multiple news reports.

April 21, 2018

Stormy Daniels’ attorney says warning-shot disc is ‘locked and loaded’

A disc allegedly containing evidence of an affair between President Trump and the pornographic film actress known as Stormy Daniels is "locked and loaded," her attorney said Friday.

April 21, 2018

Eric Greitens, embattled Missouri governor, charged with felony computer tampering

Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens was charged Friday with felony computer tampering in connection with allegedly stealing a fundraising list from a veterans charity he co-founded, The Mission Continues, after leaving the organization in 2014.

April 21, 2018

Karim Baratov case: DOJ seeks 94-month prison sentence for extradited Yahoo hacker

The Department of Justice has recommended a nearly eight-year prison sentence for Karim Baratov, a Canadian man who pleaded guilty to criminal hacking charges related to the 2014 Yahoo breach that compromised more than 500 million user accounts.

April 19, 2018

Hundreds of police prep for neo-Nazi rally near Atlanta

Hundreds of local, state and federal law enforcement officials are expected to be on hand Saturday in Newnan, Georgia, a city of nearly 40,000 people south of Atlanta, in anticipation of potentially violent clashes erupting at a rally being organized by the National Socialist Movement, an American neo-Nazi group.

April 19, 2018