Andrew Blake

Hillary Clinton raises millions with private Paul McCartney concert in the Hamptons

Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign concluded a three-day fundraising blitz through the Hamptons with a private concert Tuesday evening that included performances by rock legends Paul McCartney, Jon Bon Jovi and Jimmy Buffett.

August 31, 2016

Guccifer attorneys say Clinton-linked hacker wanted to expose hypocrisy on eve of sentencing

The Romanian computer hacker who breached the personal accounts of more than 100 victims including an advisor to Hillary Clinton has asked a federal judge to spare him a lengthy prison stint ahead of a sentencing hearing scheduled for Thursday morning in Alexandria, Virginia.

August 31, 2016

Los Alamos to put gun safes stocked with AR-15s in city schools

Two public schools in Los Alamos, New Mexico, will be outfitted with gun safes designed to hold shotguns and AR-15s as the result of a board ruling last week.

August 31, 2016

Researchers challenge report that says St. Jude pacemakers are prone to hacking

Researchers at the University of Michigan on Tuesday disputed cybersecurity concerns raised in a recent effort to short-sell St. Jude Medical, the U.S.-based manufacturer of implanted heart devices including pacemakers and defibrillators.

August 31, 2016

FBI ‘very seriously’ concerned with foreign attempts to influence U.S. elections: Comey

The FBI is working to ensure the U.S. government is able to deal with any potential cyberattacks taken against the nation's election process, the head of the bureau said Tuesday.

August 30, 2016

Clown sightings in South Carolina under police investigation

An investigation is underway in Greenville, South Carolina, after police received multiple reports of clowns attempting to lure children into a wooded area, authorities said Tuesday.

August 30, 2016

St. Jude Medical pacemakers prone to cyberattack, class-action suit claims

Concerns raised by the release of a report last week highlighting supposed security vulnerabilities affecting pacemakers, defibrillators and other medical devices have prompted attorneys to pursue a class-action lawsuit against their manufacturer, St. Jude Medical.

August 30, 2016

Facebook apologizes after touting fake news article that calls Megyn Kelly a ‘closet liberal’

Facebook apologized Monday for promoting a fake story on its list of trending news articles only three days after the social network replaced its team of content curators with a computer algorithm.

August 30, 2016

Donald Trump uses fatal shooting of Dwyane Wade’s cousin to ask for the black vote

Donald Trump's reaction to the shooting death of NBA star Dwyane Wade's cousin spurred new criticism Saturday amid the Republican presidential nominee's effort to gain the support of African American voters before November's presidential election.

August 27, 2016

Southwest flight makes emergency landing in Pensacola after mid-air engine failure

A Southwest Airlines flight from New Orleans to Orlando made an emergency landing Saturday morning in Pensacola after a mid-air malfunction sidelined the plane's primary engine.

August 27, 2016

Sean Michael Fitzgerald, charter pilot, arrested before scheduled flight; he blew a .30 BAC

A co-pilot was arrested Thursday morning at a Michigan airport after a breath test revealed his blood-alcohol content exceeded the legal limit several times over.

August 27, 2016

Dems urged to encrypt their communications weeks prior to DNC email leaks: Report

Democratic officials were urged to begin encrypting their communications in the weeks before thousands of internal party emails were published online by WikiLeaks, Vanity Fair reported Friday.

August 27, 2016

Dr. Harold Bornstein, Trump physician, wrote glowing bill of health as limo waited: report

Donald Trump's longtime physician said he wrote a strongly-worded bill of health for the White House hopeful in just five minutes while a limo sent by the Republican candidate waited outside his office, NBC News reported Friday.

August 27, 2016

Colin Kaepernick, 49ers quarterback, sits out national anthem; team defends his constitutional right

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick made waves with his preseason debut Friday evening when he sat down during the playing of the national anthem. He told NFL Media in a Saturday interview he did so because the United States "oppresses Black people and people of color."

August 27, 2016

Candidate in Pa. House race denounces leak of damning Democratic memo after DCCC hack

The campaign manager for a Republican member of Congress voiced concerns this week after damaging documents concerning a Democratic opponent were leaked online as voters in Pennsylvania prepare to hit the polls.

August 26, 2016

DOJ widens KickassTorrents probe, charges three Ukrainians in global copyright-infringement case

The Justice Department broadened its copyright infringement case against the KickassTorrents (KAT) website this week by formally charging three Ukrainian citizens in federal court.

August 26, 2016

Congress urged to investigate security concerns raised by Apple flaws used by ‘digital arms dealers’

Rep. Ted Lieu, who has a degree is computer science, urged his colleagues Thursday to hold a hearing on mobile phone security after Apple rushed to repair critical iPhone vulnerabilities reportedly being leveraged by state-sponsored hackers.

August 26, 2016

Russian surveillance measures could cost telephone companies $156B: Report

Complying with new surveillance measures recently approved by Russian President Vladimir Putin may cost the nation's telecommunication companies upwards of $156 billion -- about 450 percent more than previously estimated -- according to the CEO of a Moscow-based data storage company.

August 26, 2016

Patsy Capshaw Skipper, interim Midland City mayor, denies using n-word to describe opponent

Midland City, Alabama, interim Mayor Patsy Capshaw Skipper denied using a racial epithet to describe an opponent on Facebook this week and instead said hackers had likely compromised her account, local media reported Thursday.

August 26, 2016

Apple rolls-out iOS update to fix previously unknown iPhone vulnerabilities used by foreign hackers

Apple urged iPhone owners Thursday to update their devices after security researchers revealed how foreign hackers used previously unknown vulnerabilities to target a well-known human rights activist.

August 25, 2016