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Andrew Blake

ablake@washingtontimes.com

Andrew Blake was a cybersecurity reporter for The Washington Times.

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Campaign worker Gabe Tegoseak makes a note on a list of voters he keeps on his phone as he gets a promise card to vote for Sen. Mark Begich from a resident while canvassing in Barrow, Alaska, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

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
People wait in line outside the Taco Loco food truck in Des Moines, Iowa, on June 21, 2013. (Associated Press/The Des Moines Register, Zach Boyden-Holmes) **FILE**

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
Logos are seen on a laptop, Monday, July 25, 2016, in North Andover, Mass. Verizon is buying Yahoo for $4.83 billion, marking the end of an era for a company that once defined the internet. It is the second time in as many years that Verizon has snapped up the remnants of a fallen internet star as it broadens its digital reach. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

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
In this undated file photo provided by the U.S. Army Pfc. Chelsea Manning poses for a photo wearing a wig and lipstick. (AP Photo/U.S. Army, File)

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