Ryan Lovelace

Mark Warner questions why multibillion-dollar U.S. cybersecurity enterprise did not catch SolarWinds

Federal cybersecurity officials did not know about the SolarWinds hack until a private cybersecurity company identified it, raising concerns that the U.S. government may have never independently discovered the intrusion, according to a new assessment by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.

February 23, 2021

Twitter reveals state-backed influence operations from Armenia, Iran and Russia

Twitter revealed new details Tuesday about influence operations on its platform backed by Armenia, Iran and Russia.

February 23, 2021

Small business coalition urges lawmakers to tread carefully against Big Tech

The Connected Commerce Council is urging federal lawmakers to consider the harm to small businesses that could result from new antitrust policy aimed at Big Tech.

February 23, 2021

Chinese hackers tried to exploit Americans by copying National Security Agency-linked tools

Chinese cyberattackers copied tools linked to the National Security Agency and sought to hack Americans, according to cybersecurity analysts.

February 22, 2021

Google to lift political ad ban on Wednesday

Google said it is lifting its ban on political advertising this week, after implementing the pause in response to the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

February 22, 2021

Kelly Loeffler forms voter registration group aimed at Georgia conservatives

Former Sen. Kelly Loeffler of Georgia is building a voter registration group to help Republicans claw back losses at the polls, weeks after her run-off defeat to Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock.

February 22, 2021

Big Tech censorship spreads to press in Australia; U.S. conservatives crow

Australia's proposed law to make tech giants pay for the news articles shared on their networks has Google and Facebook doing a good cop/bad cop routine.

February 18, 2021

Facebook, Google and Twitter CEOs to testify before Congress on misinformation, disinformation

Congress will hold a hearing with the CEOs of Facebook, Google and Twitter next month, according to the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

February 18, 2021

Liberal groups building $22 million ‘Latino Anti-Disinformation Lab’

Liberal advocacy groups are building a $22 million "Latino Anti-Disinformation Lab" led by Media Matters for America president Angelo Carusone, Voto Latino president Maria Teresa Kumar, and former Democratic National Committee chair Tom Perez.

February 18, 2021

Conservative groups kick-start anti-Biden push with $2 million ad blitz

Three conservative advocacy groups are leading a new $2 million effort targeting President Biden's nominees.

February 18, 2021

Biden administration readying executive action responding to SolarWinds hack of federal networks

The Biden administration is preparing to take executive action to address cybersecurity vulnerabilities in the aftermath of the SolarWinds hack affecting federal networks, according to Anne Neuberger, deputy national security adviser for cyber and emerging technology.

February 17, 2021

Scandal-plagued Lincoln Project defends itself as co-founder George Conway calls for investigation

A top adviser to the Republican anti-Trump group Lincoln Project on Wednesday pleaded for supporters not to abandon it because of sexual harassment and reported coverup.

February 17, 2021

DOJ charges North Koreans with attempting to hack and steal $1.3B: ‘World’s leading bank robbers’

The Justice Department on Wednesday unsealed criminal charges against three North Koreans accused of attempting to hack and steal $1.3 billion in cryptocurrency and cash.

February 17, 2021

Activists fight against GOP state proposals to tighten election rules

Liberal groups that pushed for expanded mail-in voting for the 2020 elections are fighting to prevent Republicans in battleground states from tightening the rules that likely helped Democrats score wins last year.

February 16, 2021

Mike Lee wants antitrust agenda to focus on ‘corporate shadow state,’ but not toss out all rules

As federal lawmakers debate new antitrust policy, the Republican atop the Senate's key antitrust panel said Tuesday he wants Congress to focus on the "corporate shadow state" but not toss out existing antitrust rules altogether.

February 16, 2021

China able to access users’ data on Clubhouse app, researchers warn

China has access to user data on the by-invitation-only social networking app Clubhouse and may be able to snoop on American users' private conversations, according to Stanford Internet Observatory researchers.

February 15, 2021

Parler says it will be back online for existing users this week

The social media platform Parler said Monday that it would make its return to the web this week, after more than a month away from regular function.

February 15, 2021

Ransomware attack spike targets hospitals

An uptick in ransomware complaints flooded the FBI in the final months of 2020, including a spate of attacks on hospitals, The Washington Times has learned.

February 14, 2021

After Senate acquittal, Democrats don’t rule out criminal prosecution of Trump

Democrats are leaving open the possibility that prosecutors may pursue former President Donald Trump for criminal charges related to the Jan. 6 deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol.

February 14, 2021

Jamie Raskin: Impeachment a ‘dramatic success’ despite Trump acquittal

Donald Trump's opponents declared victory, despite his acquittal in a second impeachment trial Saturday, with Democrats claiming they have the moral high ground and the support needed to crush what remains of the former president's political movement.

February 14, 2021