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Andrew Blake was a cybersecurity reporter for The Washington Times.

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In this Dec. 14, 2014 file photo, Billy Corgan, of The Smashing Pumpkins, performs at the 25th annual KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas at The Forum in Inglewood, Calif. Live Nation announced on Thursday, April 30, 2015, that the first National Concert Day will be held on May 5 in New York. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP, File)

Smashing Pumpkins announce 36-city reunion tour

Billy Corgan, James Iha and Jimmy Chamberlin will perform together this summer as the Smashing Pumpkins for the first time in 18 years, the Grammy Award-winning alternative rock group announced Thursday.

February 15, 2018
(Twitter image by AP Photo)

Recovered tweets detail scope of Russian trolling

Hundreds of thousands of tweets attributed to Russian internet trolls deleted by Twitter have been recovered by NBC News and published online, offering new insight into the weaponization of social media amid ongoing concerns raised by Moscow's involvement in the 2016 U.S. presidential race.

February 14, 2018
BuzzFeed is trying to prove in court that XBT Holding and CEO Aleksej Gubarev directly participated in the hacking of Democrats with spyware and porn bots under orders from Russian intelligence. (Associated Press/File)

BuzzFeed sues DNC seeking evidence corroborating dossier claim

BuzzFeed has sued the Democratic National Committee seeking evidence of the cyberattack it suffered during the 2016 White House race in hopes of substantiating claims contained in the salacious dossier it published detailing President Trump's alleged ties to Russia.

February 14, 2018
In this May 19, 2017, file photo, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gestures to supporters outside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, where he has been in self-imposed exile since 2012. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

Julian Assange’s arrest warrant upheld by British judge

A British judge on Tuesday upheld an arrest warrant for WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange, averting again a ruling that could have opened the door for his exit from Ecuador's Embassy in London more than five years since seeking asylum inside.

February 13, 2018