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Andrew Blake

ablake@washingtontimes.com

Andrew Blake was a cybersecurity reporter for The Washington Times.

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Rep. Lamar Smith, Texas Republican (Associated Press)

House panel probes N.Y. Fed over $81 million bank heist

The high-stakes cyber heist that allowed hackers to steal tens of millions of dollars from Bangladesh central bank earlier this year prompted a congressional committee to request a briefing Tuesday with the New York Federal Reserve.

June 1, 2016
This July 3, 2014, file photo, shows the Microsoft Corp. logo outside the Microsoft Visitor Center in Redmond, Wash. (AP Photo Ted S. Warren, File)

ACLU asks to join Microsoft in Fourth Amendment fight against DOJ

Attorneys with the American Civil Liberties Union asked a federal judge Thursday for permission to take part in a Fourth Amendment lawsuit brought by Microsoft last month concerning the U.S. government's use of gag-orders, the likes of which have prevented the tech titan from telling thousands of customers annually that their accounts are under surveillance.

May 26, 2016
White supremacists once again can easily access Stormfront.org, the internet's oldest-operating hate site, after its sudden disappearance last month. (Associated Press/File)

Ransomware infections led to $1.6 million in losses during 2015: Report

An FBI report released Tuesday said that ransomware infections caused more than $1.6 million in losses last year for individuals and businesses, even before experts began sounding the alarm over a cyber epidemic whose latest victims include yet another medical center following a slew of hacks affecting hospitals coast to coast.

May 25, 2016
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton poses for selfies at a rally at the University of California, Riverside, Tuesday, May 24, 2016, in Riverside, Calif. (AP Photo/John Locher)

‘Guccifer’ hacker who breached Clinton confidant enters guilty plea

A Romanian computer hacker who claimed to have accessed Hillary Clinton's personal email server entered a guilty plea Wednesday in federal court to charges related to a criminal cyber-spree that spawned upwards of 100 victims, including a close friend of the presumptive Democratic nominee for president.

May 25, 2016
In this Friday Feb. 5, 2016 file photo, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange speaks from the balcony of the Ecuadorean Embassy in London. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

Julian Assange arrest warrant upheld by Swedish court

A District Court in Stockholm upheld Wednesday an arrest warrant against Julian Assange, rejecting the WikiLeaks founder's claims that Swedish prosecutors should abandon a probe launched as a result of a 2010 rape accusation.

May 25, 2016
"The only way to save our Second Amendment is to vote for a person that you all know named Donald Trump," the presumptive Republican nominee said at the NRA-ILA Leadership Forum. "I will never let you down. I will protect our Second Amendment. I will protect our country." (Associated Press)

Knife-check at NRA convention kept roughly 3,000 blades away from Donald Trump

Security measures in place during Donald Trump's address Friday at the National Rifle Association's Leadership Forum in Louisville, Kentucky, prohibited attendees from bringing weapons, prompting a knife-rights activist to put together a check-in station where thousands of blades were stored during the course of the day's events.

May 24, 2016