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Andrew Blake

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Andrew Blake was a cybersecurity reporter for The Washington Times.

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Hackers stole credit card data from Republican website for 6 months: Report

A Republican Party website that sells bumper stickers and T-shirts advertising presidential candidate Donald Trump was compromised earlier this year by hackers who spent several months silently stealing credit card details and other personal information from purchasers, according to a Dutch security researcher.

October 18, 2016
In this Dec. 9, 2014 file photo, Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chair Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Russia is hacking U.S. ‘with the goal of electing Donald Trump’: Dianne Feinstein

The Obama administration has already blamed Russia with interfering in the U.S. election process, but the vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee says the Kremlin isn't merely meddling: Dianne Feinstein, California Democrat, accused Russia this week of waging cyberattacks to help put Donald Trump in the White House.

October 14, 2016
In this Tuesday, July 19, 2016, photo, flowers bloom in front of a Yahoo sign at the company's headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Yahoo’s mass email scanning spurs questions from Congress

Four dozen members of the U.S. House of Representatives demanded answers from the Obama administration Friday over reports suggesting Yahoo scanned the emails of millions of its customers on behalf of the federal government.

October 14, 2016
In this July 25, 2016, file photo, John Podesta, Clinton Campaign Chairman, speaks during the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

WikiLeaks emails highlight Hillary Clinton campaign’s handling of encryption debate

Hillary Clinton's advisers wrestled for months over whether she should support the use of strong encryption or government-mandated "backdoors" as terror attacks in the U.S. and abroad put the question at the center of a national security debate in her lead up to securing the Democratic nomination for president, leaked emails reveal.

October 14, 2016
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton walks off the stage with her husband former President Bill Clinton after the presidential debate with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., Monday, Sept. 26, 2016. (Joe Raedle/Pool via AP) **FILE**

Clinton Wikipedia pages vandalized with porn, pro-Trump message

The Wikipedia pages for Bill and Hillary Clinton were briefly defaced Wednesday afternoon with a porn-laced statement in support of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, prompting one of the world's most popular websites to implement safeguards intended to protect the articles from further obscene edits.

October 13, 2016