Andrew Blake

FBI director says bureau asked NSA for help cracking San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone

As the FBI remains committed to cracking the Apple iPhone at the center of a high-stakes national security case, Director James Comey told Congress on Tuesday that the bureau has appealed to other government agencies for assistance without avail.

March 2, 2016

Lawmakers ponder armed drones for Connecticut police

Connecticut's top police officers asked state lawmakers Tuesday to loosen restrictions on unmanned aerial vehicles so that authorities are allowed to use armed drones in exigent circumstances.

March 2, 2016

James Comey, FBI director, says he’s ‘very close personally’ to overseeing Clinton email probe

FBI Director James Comey told a House panel Tuesday that he is personally reviewing the probe of Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton's use of a personal email server while she ran the State Department.

March 2, 2016

Russian protests blamed for draining police resources

Russia's repressive anti-protest laws have created a quagmire for law enforcement, according to a top official. First Deputy Interior Minister Alexander Gorovoy told reporters Tuesday that the government's growing reluctance toward political rallies has led to a surge in unsanctioned gatherings where police can't guarantee public safety.

March 2, 2016

Russia imposes new rules on journalists covering elections

Journalists in Russia will require special accreditation going forward in order to cover federal and regional elections from within the country's polling centers following a decision reached Friday in the Duma.

February 26, 2016

Virginia ‘secret police’ bill tabled by committee

Virginia lawmakers on Thursday unanimously agreed to table a bill that aimed to make the names and training records of law enforcement officials exempt from Freedom of Information Act requests.

February 26, 2016

Air Force conducts second intercontinental ballistic missile test in less than a week

The U.S. Air Force conducted Thursday its second intercontinental ballistic missile test in less than a week to gauge its readiness for a potential attack and show rivals its defenses are up to snuff.

February 26, 2016

James Clapper says ‘jury’s out’ on Chinese cyber pact

U.S. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told lawmakers on Thursday that despite the cyber pact, it remains to be seen whether China has retired from waging hack attacks against American businesses.

February 26, 2016

Nissan disables app after hackers show how to remotely hack 200k electric LEAF cars

Nissan has pulled the plug on a mobile phone app made for owners of the world's best-selling electric car after security researchers revealed that it could be abused to remotely control the functions of another person's automobile from anywhere with an Internet connection.

February 25, 2016

Arturo Galvan, accused Calif. burglar, used Facebook, Instagram posts to find victims: Prosecutors

A Southern California maintenance worker is accused by prosecutors of using social media to steal underwear and electronics from dozens of college women during a 2015 crime spree.

February 25, 2016

Cyber experts link Sony hackers to campaigns against targets in U.S., South Korea

Cybersecurity researchers claim in a new report that the hackers who obliterated Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2014 were more prolific than previously thought -- so much so that a coalition of experts say that the perpetrators started attacking targets since at least 2009 and were active as of late last year.

February 25, 2016

Harvard University drops ‘House master’ over slavery association

Harvard University on Wednesday announced that it will stop using the term "House master" when referring to dormitory officials after students said the title evokes an association with slavery.

February 25, 2016

Photographing police not always protected by First Amendment, judge rules

Photographing police activity without "any stated purpose of being critical of the government" isn't constitutionally protected, a federal judge in Philadelphia has ruled.

February 24, 2016

Ithaca’s mayor proposes nation’s first heroin shoot-up center

A heroin injection facility could be coming to the central New York city of Ithaca if its mayor succeeds with plans for opening the first of its kind in the country amid a deadly opioid epidemic.

February 24, 2016

Florida police arrest four over garlic knot-induced rampage inside Palm Coast pizzeria

Police say an order of garlic knots gave way to an incident Friday inside a Palm Coast, Florida, pizzeria that ended with four friends being booked on charges of burglary and criminal mischief.

February 23, 2016

Matt DeHart, U.S. vet linked to Anonymous and WikiLeaks, sentenced for child porn

A former intelligence analyst with the U.S. Air National Guard was sentenced Monday to 71/2 years in prison after pleading guilty to child pornography and failure to appear charges.

February 23, 2016

Italy summons U.S. ambassador amid NSA eavesdropping allegations

Italy's foreign ministry on Tuesday asked the U.S. government for an explanation amid reports that the NSA eavesdropped on its former prime minister's telephone in 2011.

February 23, 2016

OPM cyber chief resigns ahead of data breach hearing

Donna Seymour, the chief information officer for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, announced her resignation on Monday, two days before she was scheduled to testify before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee about the massive data breach that affected more than 20 million federal employees and contractors.

February 23, 2016

AR-15 maker asks court to dismiss wrongful death suit stemming from Sandy Hook shooting

A Connecticut Superior Court judge on Monday began weighing whether the company that makes the AR-15 rifle should face a wrongful death lawsuit stemming from the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in 2012.

February 23, 2016

Romechia Simms, Md. mother, ‘not criminally responsible’ for toddler’s death on swing: psychologist

A court-appointed psychologist has determined that Romechia Simms, a Maryland woman who had been charged in the May 2015 death of her 3-year-old son, was not criminally responsible for her actions since she suffers from schizophrenia. On Monday, the court agreed.

February 22, 2016