Andrew Blake

Norwegian appeals court won’t guarantee safe passage for Edward Snowden

A lawsuit filed in hopes of allowing Edward Snowden to attend an upcoming awards ceremony in Oslo without being extradited was rejected Wednesday by a Norwegian appeals court.

September 28, 2016

Yahoo CEO questioned by senators over timeline of data breach

Senate Democrats on Tuesday asked Yahoo for answers about its handling of the recently revealed data breach that resulted in more than 500 million accounts being compromised by hackers.

September 28, 2016

FBI probes possible hack of Democrats’ cellphones: Reports

The FBI has asked several Democratic staffers to surrender their cellphones so federal investigators can search for evidence of a possible state-sponsored hacking campaign that could have compromised their mobile devices as recently as last month, according to multiple reports this week.

September 28, 2016

Taco trucks in Houston double as voter registration booths

Donald Trump surrogate Marco Gutierrez's comment about there being "taco trucks on every corner" if Hillary Clinton becomes president has prompted a Texas man to have a handful of mobile taquerias double as voter registration booths.

September 28, 2016

Edward Majerczyk, second ‘Celebgate’ hacker, pleads guilty to scheme targeting dozens of actresses

A second computer hacker has pleaded guilty to breaking into hundreds of email accounts and stealing nude photos of female celebrities two years after the so-called "Celebgate" leak spurred an ongoing federal investigation.

September 27, 2016

Germany orders Facebook to delete records of 35 million WhatsApp users over privacy law violation

Facebook was told Tuesday to delete the records of millions of German citizens whose information was shared with the social network in violation of national privacy laws.

September 27, 2016

Daniel Rosen, former State Dept. official, convicted in second sex crimes case

A former State Department official who pleaded guilty last year to charges of stalking and voyeurism was reportedly convicted Monday of soliciting sex from a police officer who posed as a teenage girl.

September 27, 2016

Journalists at Hofstra presidential debate forced to pay $200 to use unreliable internet connection

Freedom of the press cost a pretty penny for reporters covering Monday night's presidential debate: Journalists in attendance said they were required to pay $200 for internet access and were prohibited from using personal wireless devices within Hofstra University.

September 27, 2016

Ardit Ferizi, hacker who aided Islamic State, sentenced for helping terror group with ‘kill list’

A 20-year-old computer science student from Kosovo described by the Justice Department as "the first terrorist hacker convicted in the United States" was sentenced Friday to two decades in prison for providing the Islamic State with a "kill list" containing the personal information of roughly 1,300 U.S. military members and government employees.

September 24, 2016

Charles “Butch” Troyer, cop who thwarted 1974 hijacking, dies after struggle with Parkinson’s

The retired Maryland police officer who helped stop a hijacker from carrying out an 1974 assassination attempt on Richard Nixon died this week, a local newspaper reported Friday.

September 24, 2016

Sidney Zelaya Gonzalez, Virginia woman, dies after falling from mattress atop moving cargo van

A Virginia woman died Friday morning after falling off the top of a Chevrolet cargo van where she had been attempting to secure a king-size mattress as the vehicle traveled through Prince William County, police said.

September 24, 2016

David Duke vows to keep protesters from removing Andrew Jackson monument from New Orleans square

David Duke, the former Klansman who later served as a Republican representative in the Louisiana state legislature, said he'll be in downtown New Orleans on Saturday to prevent protesters from removing a statue of President Andrew Jackson.

September 24, 2016

Obama used pseudonym in emails with Hillary Clinton: FBI

President Obama emailed Hillary Clinton using a pseudonym while she served as his secretary of state, according to FBI documents released Friday.

September 24, 2016

Five dead from mall shooting in Washington state, gunman still at large

A gunman was still at large early Saturday after opening fire the night before inside a Washington state shopping mall, killing five.

September 24, 2016

Trump Hotel Collection agrees to $50k settlement after multiple data breaches

Donald Trump's luxury hotel chain has agreed to pay $50,000 in penalties after failing to timely notify customers that two separate data breaches compromised more than 70,000 credit card numbers and other personal data, the New York Attorney General's Office announced Friday.

September 23, 2016

Democrats ask for answers, data breach laws after massive Yahoo hack

The timing behind Yahoo's decision to disclose details Thursday about a 2014 data breach is being questioned by lawmakers concerned with its effect on a half-billion account holders as well as Verizon Communication's plans to purchase the company for $4.8 billion.

September 23, 2016

Phoenix cops resign after motorist says they made him swallow marijuana or go to jail

Three members of the Phoenix Police Department have resigned after being accused of telling a motorist to eat marijuana during a recent traffic stop, law enforcement said Thursday.

September 23, 2016

Chelsea Manning, WikiLeaks source, sentenced to solitary confinement

Prison officials have decided U.S. Army Private Chelsea Manning should spend at least 7 days in solitary confinement after she attempted to take her own life earlier this year in the midst of serving a 35-year sentence for sharing classified materials with the website WikiLeaks, her attorney said Friday.

September 23, 2016

Yahoo confirms massive data breach; at least 500 million accounts affected

Yahoo confirmed Thursday the credentials of more than 500 million account holders have been compromised by hackers.

September 22, 2016

Ed Lavandera, CNN reporter, assaulted while covering Charlotte unrest

CNN national correspondent Ed Lavandera was knocked to the ground during a live television broadcast Wednesday evening in Charlotte as protests waged over the fatal police shooting this week of Keith Lamont Scott turned chaotic.

September 22, 2016