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Julian Assange had ‘physical proof’ Russians didn’t hack DNC: Rep. Dana Rohrabacher

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, California Republican, left a meeting with Julian Assange believing the WikiLeaks publisher had "physical proof" Russia didn't supply his website with leaked Democratic National Committee emails it released during the 2016 U.S. presidential race.

April 19, 2018

Kyle Milliken identified as hacker behind Imgur, Disqus, Kickstarter data breaches: Report

Data breaches affecting 163 million users of popular websites including Imgur, Disqus and Kickstarter have been traced back to an Arkansas man quietly sentenced last month after agreeing to cooperate with federal authorities, The Daily Beast reported Thursday.

April 19, 2018

Alex Jones denounces Sandy Hook suit as part of assassination plot

Embattled conspiracy theorist Alex Jones described the defamation lawsuits filed against him this week by the parents of children slain in the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting as part of a globalist plot to have him killed.

April 19, 2018

Star Wars ‘holochess’ comes to Apple iOS devices

Disney has incorporated Apple's newly released augmented reality framework to let iOS users play rounds of Dejarik, a holographic chess-like strategy game initially featured in the first Star Wars film.

April 18, 2018

Facebook credentials stolen by malware resembling ‘stress-relieving’ painting program

Tens of thousands of Facebook accounts have been compromised this month by malicious software masqueraded as an "inspirational" painting program that surreptitiously slurps user credentials, a cybersecurity firm said Wednesday.

April 18, 2018

Nation-state sought to hack Pentagon with same vulnerability behind Equifax breach: NSA official

The software vulnerability used to breach Equifax last year was harnessed months earlier by a state-sponsored hacking group attempting to breach the U.S. Department of Defense, a senior National Security Agency official said Tuesday.

April 18, 2018

Billy Mitchell, disgraced ‘Donkey Kong’ champ, defends disqualified video game scores

Billy Mitchell, a competitive video game player previously regarded as the first person to score over million points in "Donkey Kong," has publicly responded after his records were scrubbed by professional scorekeepers over allegations of impropriety.

April 18, 2018

Maine sends retail marijuana bill to governor despite veto threat

Maine lawmakers sent a bill regulating recreational marijuana sales to Republican Gov. Paul LePage on Tuesday, a day after his office said he'd reject it.

April 17, 2018

James Comey, fired FBI director, admits regrets over handling of encryption debate

James Comey said Tuesday that he regrets the way he handled the encryption debate that erupted during his tenure atop the FBI between the Obama administration and Silicon Valley.

April 17, 2018

Anthony Scott Lloyd pleads guilty to threatening Maxine Waters, Trump critic

A man pleaded guilty in Los Angeles federal court to threatening to kill U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, a California Democrat highly critical of President Trump.

April 17, 2018

Alex Jones, InfoWars founder, sued by Sandy Hook victims’ parents for defamation

Parents of two children slain during the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, have sued right-wing media personality Alex Jones for defamation over remarks he made in the mass shooting's aftermath.

April 17, 2018

Chelsea Manning, WikiLeaks source, chides journalists over Syria reporting: ‘Do your job’

The source of hundreds of thousands of leaked U.S. military documents detailing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan condemned journalists over their reporting on the escalating situation in Syria.

April 12, 2018

U.K. unveils offensive cyber campaign against ISIS

Britain significantly disrupted the Islamic State's operations by conducting a first-of-its-kind cyberattack against the terror group, a top U.K. official said Thursday.

April 12, 2018

Russia advances bill banning websites deemed defamatory

Russian lawmakers have advanced a bill that lets the government block access to websites accused of publishing defamatory information.

April 12, 2018

Ransomware infection already cost Atlanta $2.7 million: Report

The ransomware infection that crippled the city of Atlanta's computer systems last month has cost nearly $3 million so far, local media reported Wednesday - about 54 times the amount sought by its culprit.

April 12, 2018

Retail marijuana bill passes Maine legislature by veto-proof margin

Maine has moved closer to allowing legal recreational marijuana sales after a regulatory bill establishing rules for the state's eventual commercial marijuana industry cleared both the state House and Senate with veto-proof margins.

April 12, 2018

Reddit boots 944 accounts linked to Internet Research Agency, Russian ‘troll farm’

Reddit, the nation's fourth most-visited website, has booted nearly 1,000 accounts believed to be run by the Internet Research Agency, the alleged Russian "troll farm" accused of exploiting social media networks including Facebook and Twitter during the suspected state-sponsored attack on the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

April 11, 2018

Twitter joins Facebook in touting bipartisan Honest Ads Act

Twitter has joined Facebook in supporting the Honest Ads Act, a bipartisan Senate bill that would subject online political advertisements to the same disclosure requirements as television and radio ads.

April 11, 2018

Retail marijuana bill passes Maine House with veto-proof majority

The Maine House of Representatives voted 112-34 on Tuesday in support of a regulatory bill establishing rules for the recreational marijuana marketplace residents approved in 2016, putting the state closer than ever to starting retail sales in spite of objections from its anti-legalization governor.

April 11, 2018

Russia likely behind cyberattack against German government computers: Intel chief

Germany's top intelligence official said Wednesday that Russia was likely behind a cyberattack conducted against the Informationsverbund Berlin-Bonn (IVBB), a German government computer network, but that federal authorities determined the incident didn't result in any damages.

April 11, 2018