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Andrew Blake

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Andrew Blake was a cybersecurity reporter for The Washington Times.

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The Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump speaks during the opening of Trump Towers in Sisli district in Istanbul, Turkey, in this April 20, 2012, file photo. The general manager of Trump Towers in Istanbul says the company is "assessing" its partnership with Donald Trump following his calls to ban Muslims from entering the United States. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel, File)

Hacker group Anonymous to Donald Trump: ‘You have been warned’

Hacktivists involved with the Anonymous movement said recently in a video that they've begun a cyber campaign against GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump for his proposed moratorium on Muslims entering the U.S., and they have taken credit for briefly disrupting a website affiliated with the real estate mogul.

December 11, 2015
Russian President Vladimir Putin heads a cabinet meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik,  Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin says he hopes Russia won’t need to nuke ISIS

Nearly three months after Russia began its own campaign against the Islamic State in Syria, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that he hopes his military won't have to rely on nuclear weapons to wipe out the terror group.

December 10, 2015
Encryption scrambles communications so that it is impossible to read the messages without a key, and it poses a potential problem for investigators as they ramp up surveillance of suspected Islamic State-inspired operatives in the U.S. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

White House wants public’s input during ‘critical conversation’ on encryption

After an online petition urging the Obama administration to endorse strong encryption managed to garner more than 100,000 signatures, the White House said this week that it wants Americans to be involved in a "critical conversation" that has already widened a rift between Washington and Silicon Valley in recent months.

December 9, 2015
This Nov. 4, 2013, file photo shows the icon for the Twitter app on an iPhone in San Jose, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Counterterrorism social media bills see bipartisan support in House and Senate

As terrorists continue to turn to social media for amplifying ideologies and scouting new recruits, Democrats and Republicans in the House and Senate are pushing a pair of legislative proposals to ensure companies like Facebook and Twitter are properly informing the federal government about suspected extremist activity as it unfolds on their networks.

December 9, 2015