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Andrew Blake

ablake@washingtontimes.com

Andrew Blake was a cybersecurity reporter for The Washington Times.

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In this Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017 photo, Kelly Monroe, investigator with the Georgia secretary of state office, left, takes a look at a new voting machine being tested at a polling site in Conyers, Ga. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Election security hearing sought by Democrats

Democratic members of the House Science Committee have called on Republican leadership to hold another hearing on security issues related to the nation's election infrastructure.

January 18, 2018
A man demonstrates how he enters his Facebook page as he works on his computer at a restaurant in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Facebook reconsiders Russia’s role in 2016 Brexit vote

Facebook is reconsidering whether Russian operatives exploited its platform to influence Britain's so-called "Brexit" referendum on leaving the European Union, Simon Milner, the social network's U.K. policy director, told a member of Parliament.

January 18, 2018
In this April 8, 2016 file photo, the Statue of Liberty is seen on Liberty Island in New York. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Islamic State recruiter advised NYC resident on foiled terror plots: DOJ

Junaid Hussain, an Islamic State operative considered one of the terror group's top recruiters prior to being killed in an August 2015 airstrike, sent bomb-making instructions three months earlier to a New York City man who said he wanted to attack Times Square or the Statue of Liberty, federal prosecutors claimed in a recent court filing.

January 17, 2018
Former CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling leaves federal court in Alexandria, Va., in this Jan. 26, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, File)

Jeffrey Sterling, CIA leaker, released from prison

Jeffrey Sterling, a former CIA employee convicted of leaking classified information about Iran's nuclear program to a New York Times reporter, has been released after serving most of a 3.5-year prison sentence.

January 17, 2018
Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler’s ‘Super Mercedes’ going up auction

A Mercedes-Benz custom-built for Adolf Hitler and used in Nazi parades during World War II is about to hit the auction block, with 10 percent of the winning bid going towards one of the world's largest Jewish human rights groups.

January 16, 2018
Senate Judiciary Committee member Ben Sasse, Nebraska Republican. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Ben Sasse presses Jeff Sessions on cybersecurity after Senate hack report

A Republican member of the Senate Armed Services Committee has asked Attorney General Jeff Sessions for an update on the Trump administration's efforts to strengthen the nation's cybersecurity defenses after researchers disclosed a recent hacking attack targeting Capitol Hill.

January 12, 2018