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Susan B. Anthony List kick-starts $2.5M abortion ad campaign aimed at Senate battleground states

The pro-life Susan B. Anthony List is mounting a multimillion-dollar ad campaign Wednesday to make abortion an issue at the top of voters' minds in nine states featuring Senate races in next year's elections.

November 17, 2021

FBI contradicts Biden cyber director’s claim of a slowdown in Russian cyberattacks on the U.S.

A top FBI official said Tuesday that the bureau has not seen a decrease in cyberattacks coming from Russia, contradicting what President Biden's national cyber director recently told Congress.

November 16, 2021

U.S. forms new partnership with Israel to fight ransomware

The Biden administration formed a new partnership with Israel to fight ransomware attackers and defend the critical infrastructure that underpins modern life in both countries.

November 15, 2021

YouTube admits mistake in removing video of Darrell Issa criticizing Russian vaccines

YouTube said it was wrong to take down a video of a speech by Rep. Darrell Issa in which he disparaged Russia's COVID-19 vaccine program.

November 11, 2021

Bipartisan legislation tackles tech companies’ algorithms that select what info to display

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers wants to force tech companies to give users options for algorithms -- the formulas that determine what information reaches users and the order in which data such as Google search results are presented.

November 9, 2021

Cotton, Klobuchar propose antitrust bill to block tech mergers, acquisitions

A proposal to prevent large technology companies like Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook from acquiring competitors has gained bipartisan support in the Senate.

November 8, 2021

Ukraine accuses Russia of 5,000-plus cyberattacks as Biden pushed Russia for aid

The Security Service of Ukraine is accusing Russia of conducting more than 5,000 cyberattacks on Ukrainian critical infrastructure and government entities since 2014.

November 5, 2021

Biden administration teams up with Big Tech to fend off cyberattacks

The Biden administration is working aggressively to enlist tech companies to help fight hackers and ransomware attackers, saying a cybersecurity public-private partnership is the best way to protect America's critical infrastructure.

November 4, 2021

Biden officials say it’s too soon to tell if Russia policy is thwarting cyberattackers

The Biden administration said Wednesday that it's too soon to tell if the policy toward Moscow has succeeded in reining in cyberattacks emanating from Russia.

November 3, 2021

Commerce Department adds NSO Group to blacklist on spyware tools

The Biden administration on Wednesday added Israeli tech and spyware firm NSO Group to the Commerce Department's Entity List, a blacklist of foreign people and enterprises facing restrictions on their business in the U.S. because of national security concerns.

November 3, 2021

Nikki Haley chastises conservatives ‘who should know better’ about socialism

Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley is taking aim at conservatives who are comfortable with increased government intervention in the economy, striking a contrast with other Republicans eyeing higher office.

November 3, 2021

Federal cyber agency: ‘No specific, credible threat to election infrastructure’ on Tuesday

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said there is "no specific, credible threat to election infrastructure" as voters head to the polls across the country on Tuesday.

November 2, 2021

NRA’s cyber problems multiplying in face of alleged hack

The National Rifle Association is facing a growing cyber headache caused by attackers who claim to have stolen data and by people manipulating social media to boost the bad news.

November 1, 2021

Senate Republicans ask watchdog to probe Biden’s cyber directives for pipelines

Senate Republicans have requested an inspector general to investigate the Biden administration's cybersecurity directives focused on pipelines due to concerns that the new rules may prioritize regulations over security.

October 29, 2021

Zuckerberg announces plans to make alternate reality ‘mainstream’ in five to 10 years

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday that his alternate virtual reality for everyone to live in will come together within the next five to 10 years.

October 28, 2021

Ransomware gang claims it hit the National Rifle Association

A ransomware gang with suspected connections to Russia claimed on Wednesday that it attacked the National Rifle Association.

October 27, 2021

SolarWinds executive says large companies privately tell him they faced nation-backed hackers

A top executive for SolarWinds, whose breach by hackers compromised federal networks, says he knows of large companies that have quietly gone toe-to-toe with nation-directed hackers like the ones who hit his company.

October 27, 2021

Senators accuse Snapchat, TikTok of fostering dangerous behavior, hate, anxiety on their platforms

Facebook is no longer the only social media company in Congress' crosshairs for potentially causing harm to America's children. Executives from Snapchat and TikTok made their first appearance before Congress on Tuesday, entering a new stage in the threatened crackdown on tech from lawmakers.

October 26, 2021

Cruz clashes with TikTok exec over Chinese espionage, propaganda allegations

Sen. Ted Cruz sparred with a TikTok executive on Tuesday over whether the video-sharing platform's fine print gives the Chinese Communist Party access to Americans' data.

October 26, 2021

Senator’s staff poses as a teen on Snapchat, gets lewd content, invite to ‘sexualized video game’

Sen. Mike Lee said Tuesday that his staffers created a Snapchat account posing as a young teenager in order to look into potential hazards facing minors who use social media. They were quickly inundated with sexually charged content.

October 26, 2021